So I went to a focus group for students who were interested in summer internships, and if a blog by the office of internships would be helpful for students. One of the questions they asked us was whether we kept a blog. Sheepishly, I replied that I had, but I was slacking on updating it.
And then I picked up a job as an accompanist for a choir class thing, and the leader/teacher has some cool warmups. And because it is the unspoken duty of the accompanist to provide creative voice warmups for ward choir, I thought this would be a cool place to keep track of them.
So here goes nothing.
Today we warmed up with a practice that was meant to stretch the top and bottom voice range. Going down in sets of five notes .. 54321, we sang "ee" while keeping the sound forward in the mouth instead of letting it go to the back through where it usually goes when people try to sing deep. Then we did 135 up also keeping the sound forward in the mouth. While singing high, it is important to keep the air flowing. One way to practice this is to sing a 'fricative w' .. halfway between an "oo" and a "w" if that makes sense.. the lips are tight together. During the warmup, hold the hand in front of the lips, and make sure air is coming out as you do the warmup. Make sure it comes out at a constant rate throughout the exercise.
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