Vocal Warm-Up & Workout CDs
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 West End singers. Each exercise is initially sung by vocalist Michael Rouse (currently starring in the stage production of Lord of the Rings) leaving you to complete them with piano accompaniment.
Click to download sample singing warm-up exercises:
Hum changing to ahh
Yah
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
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The Vocal Workout CD is another excellent vocals training CD.
This high quality CD contains exercises for voice training with varying levels of difficulty. Each exercise is explained as you go, and once you have the hang of it you can skip the initial tracks and warm up without any interruptions. It is probably the most advanced of the three vocals warm-up CDs that Musicademy offers.
Taught by our friend Jo Noel Hartley, this CD has the benefit of Jo’s 16 years vocal coaching experience as well as professional work as a musician, composer, conductor, arranger, singer, producer and director.
Click below to hear sample explanations and vocals exercises:
Explanation for Legato exercise
Legato vocal exercise
Explanation for Control exercise
Control exercise using Day
Jo was music teacher for the BBC’s Fame Academy, and the German Pop Idol tour. As a musician and coach, she has worked with many artists including Sting, 911, The Spice Girls, Mel B, and Damage, M People (Brit Awards), Shania Twain, and regularly acts as a consultant to performing arts colleges and theatre companies in the UK.
This CD is suitable for singers at any level. Each of the 14 exercises are explained beforehand and cover pitch, staccato, legato, placing your voice, abdominal support, diction, control and ad libs.
Jo Noel-Hartley says "I have compiled what I find to be the most necessary vocal training exercises for a singer to warm-up effectively. This CD will help you with your control, extend your range, develop your sense of pitch and help you to experiment with creating your own melodies and ad libs".
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Also available The Musicademy Essential Vocals Warm-Up CD - both are good complementary products, the Work-Out CD particularly pushes the range of the voice and is better suited for trained singers.
Click below to listen to sample exercises from the Musicademy Essential Vocals Warm-Up CD:
May mee mai mah moo
Hee ah hee hah
Flah flah ning ah