Warm-Ups

Resources

• Quick & Easy Vocal Workouts from Head to Toe for Children
• FUN-TASTIC VOCAL WARMUPS & ACTIVITY SONGS FOR CHILDREN
• Patterns of Sound
• All Together Sing published by BriLee
• The Singing School warm-ups videos
• Voice Science Works

Quick List of Warm-Ups

• Humming
  • 1-3-1 slide
  • 5-4-3-2-1 while "chewing"
• Z - Z -Z (1 -8- 1)
• Z - Z - I - I (1 - 8 - 8 - 1)
• hng -hng - uh -uh (1 - 8 - 8 - 1)
• Roger Emerson's “The Witch Doctor” oo, ee, oo, ah, ah etc. it’s in his “Pop Warmups and Workouts for Choir 2” Book.
• Sirens
• Lip Trills
  • 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
  • 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
  • 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1-3-5-3-1
• Mah-Meh-Mi-Moh-Moo (5-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-1)
• "I Love to Sing" (5-8-5-3-1)
• ae-ee-ah-oh-oo
  • All on same pitch, then up by semi-tones
  • 5-4-3-2-1
• Nee-ee-ee-ah-ah-ah-ee (1-3-5-8-5-3-1)

For Tall Vowels

• "I'm a banana." or "Tomato and potato"
  • 1-2-1-3-1
  • 1-2-1-4-1
  • 1-2-1-5-1
  • 1-2-1-6-1
  • 1-2-1-7-1
  • 1-2-1-8-1

Tongue Twisters

• "Peppy purple people eaters party at the pool" (5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-1)
• "Chester Cheetah chewed a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese." (5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5 - 3-3- 1)
• "Girl Gargoyle, Guy Gargoyle"
• "A cup of proper coffee in a proper coffee cup"
• "Whether the weather is cold, whether the weather is hot, we'll be together, whatever weather, whether you like it or not."
• "Blue bugs bleed black blood and black bugs bleed blue blood."
• Which witch watched which watch? (5-4-3-2-1)
• "The big bright blue K Q Cruiser"
• "Sumomomo, momomo, momonouchi
• "Maybe my mammy may move to Miamo, Maybe my Mammy may not."
• "Many mumbling mice are making mignight music in the moonlight, mighty nice."
• "The older soldier's shoulder's sore."
• "Sally saw Silverster stringing silver saucers side by side." (chromatic scale)
• Bee bi bee, bee bi bo, bee bi bicky bicky bi bicky bo, bicky bi bo be, bicky bi, bicky bi bo bee.
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