Sing Happy - a vocal warm up for all

Sing Happy is a great 16 exercise vocal warm up for both male and female voices.

Devised by Paul Knight, an experienced actor, musican and vocal coach, this CD has been used extensively by singers working in the performing arts. Each exercise is initially sung by Michael Rouse (currently appearing as Legolas in the West End Lord of the Rings stage show) leaving you to complete them with piano accompaniment.

The exercises include:
Vocal siren - creat an 'ng' sound (as in sing)
Hum changing to ahh - a gentle hum allowing the lips to vibrate with a relaxed jaw moving to ahh sounds
Ooh ahh and ee ay - experiment with different placement of vowel sounds and sense where they resonate
Mad - Italian hard 'a' sound. Go deep into the growl of the voice
Yah - With a relaxed jaw, placing the vowel carefully
No-ah - open throat and a smooth transition betweeh oh and ahh avoiding the Nowah sound
Brrr - an exercise to aid note placement
Diaphragm staccato - a gentle diaphragm movement
Legato, intervals - ensuring that the bottom note is correctly placed each time and that you are not sliding up and down the intervals
Delay- this exercise is to be sung on delay, delight, receive and remove singing at the front of the vowel and keeping the dipthong until the last moment
Plain bun plum bun - correct placing of plosives
Sister Susie - correct placing of 's' practising using the hard and soft 's'
t'adoro - gradual controlled crescendo into the centre of the sound
Maria - gradual controlled diminuendo. This exercise demands considerable support
Scales - fast scales using ma, me, maw and finally legato ahh
Senor Pieta - a melody comprising intervals up the scale

Customer Reviews
"Great CD. Ideal for use in the car to make use of all those wasted hours spent travelling"
David Upson, West Midlands UK

"I use the vocal warm-up cd to get ready for concerts and have found it very helpful."
Deanna Chapman, Ontario, Canada

"The Musicademy Essential Vocals Warm-up CD is very helpful to put into place a daily routine to practice the concepts learned in the Worship Vocals Course DVDs. I use it each day in my car as I drive to work."
Pastor Nick Daugherty, Iowa, USA