Exercises

[AnneC]

Ok, vocalists... how often do you practice the fundamentals, such as scales? What exercises work best for you in terms of improving quality and comfort? And I wouldn't mind hearing the way you warm up either.

[ramadhaniyanto]

there are fundamentals?

what fundamentals are there?

i just warm up by singing other people's songs first, or playing songs on the piano and singing along

[john]

Hi Anne

Lately I've notched it down. I sing every day and I do some scales and enunciation exercises once a week.

Most common exercises I do are:

Starting with a Doh in my lower mid range: Doh Rae Me Fa So Fa Me Rae Doh Doh' Doh where Doh' is an octave above the starting Doh I then move up a semitone and repeat the exercise. When I get to the top of my range I go back to the original note and work down to the bottom of the range. I do this using different vowel and consonant combinations like all La's, or Me's etc.

I sometimes do: Do Me Rae Fa Me So Fa La So Tee La Doh' Tee Mee' Doh'

I also do vowel consonant combos on the same pitch like Ta Tay Taw Tee Too, Ra Ray Raw Ree Roo etc. I often use this as a basic warm up.

Other than that I just sing songs.

Cheers

John

[Steve]

Hi Anne

Lately I've notched it down. I sing every day and I do some scales and enunciation exercises once a week.

Most common exercises I do are:

Starting with a Doh in my lower mid range: Doh Rae Me Fa So Fa Me Rae Doh Doh' Doh where Doh' is an octave above the starting Doh I then move up a semitone and repeat the exercise. When I get to the top of my range I go back to the original note and work down to the bottom of the range. I do this using different vowel and consonant combinations like all La's, or Me's etc.

I sometimes do: Do Me Rae Fa Me So Fa La So Tee La Doh' Tee Mee' Doh'

I also do vowel consonant combos on the same pitch like Ta Tay Taw Tee Too, Ra Ray Raw Ree Roo etc. I often use this as a basic warm up.

Other than that I just sing songs.

Cheers

John

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