On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:59:23 -0000 chenweijie81 <chenweijie81@y...> wrote:
> Hi vocalists out there, > I have quite an interesting > question over here to ask.Anyway as u all know we should always warm up our voices before > singing so as to have a mental and physical > preparation of our voice.But how long should one really warm up his/her voice???And how do u truly know that u have really warm up your > voice already???
Good question - I think the start of an answer is to define "warm up" in terms of one's voice. We talk a little, and our voice is warmed up, the way our legs are warmed up after we walk a little.
I think the vocal "warm-up" is a term that makes a lot of people think vocalising is like doing jumping jacks in gym, and leads some choral directors to have a group do intermniable, intricate exercises that have little to do with preparing to sing with good vocal technique.
So, rather than "warm up", I like to think in terms of vocalizing to reinforce good vocal technique for singing. When I start vocalize, I should have a clear idea in mind as to what I hope to accomplish by the various exercises I do. The first step might be to have my breath working the way I want to. Then I might focus on making good vowels in various parts of my voice. And so forth.
If you're studying with a teacher, and you don't know the objectives of the vocaleses you do together, you might ask your teacher waht the objectives are of the various vocaleses you do at the beginning of the lesson. This can help you do them on your own, and work towards the same objectives in your individual practice, as you do during your voice lesson.
Peggy
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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