Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

Learn how to sing with lessons from a top voice coach. Learn warm-up and cool-down exercises to reduce vocal tension, improve range and resonance, and protect your vocal health.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Warming Up

• Basics: Warm-ups vs. exercises and songs
• What are cool downs, part 1
• What are cool downs, part 2
• Exercise 1: Seven-step massage, part 1
• Exercise 1: Seven-step massage, part 2

2. Tongue Exercises and the La-Ga Series

• Basics: Your tongue
• Exercise 2: Ice cream lick
• Exercise 3: Tongue roll
• Exercise 4: Serpent tongue
• Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 1
• Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2
• Exercise 5 instructions: The la-ga series, part 2
• Exercise 5 coaching: The la-ga series, part 1
• Exercise 5 coaching: The la-ga series, part 2
• Exercise 6 instructions: The la-ga series
• Exercise 6 coaching: The la-ga series

3. Slides, Trills, and Tone

• Introduction to the N and NG slides for exercises 7 and 8
• Exercise 7 instructions: N slides
• Exercise 7 coaching: N slides
• Exercise 8 instructions: NG Slides
• Exercise 8 coaching: NG slides
• Exercise 9 instructions: Melodic tongue stretch
• Exercise 9 coaching: Melodic tongue stretch
• Exercise 10 instructions: Tongue release
• Exercise 10 coaching: Tongue release
• Exercise 11 instructions: Lip trills
• Exercise 11 coaching: Lip trills

4. Quick-Fix Exercises

• Introduction to quick-fix exercises
• Exercise 1 instructions: Reducing vocal strain
• Exercise 1 coaching: Reducing vocal strain
• Exercise 2: Improving vocal range and flexibility with lip trills
• Exercise 3 instructions: Developing vocal range and resonance (nose buzz)
• Exercise 3 coaching: Developing vocal range and resonance (nose buzz)
• Exercise 4 instructions: Enhancing vocal range and tone (oow)
• Exercise 4 coaching: Enhancing vocal range and tone (oow)
• Exercise 5: Connecting vocal range and tone (hmm)

Conclusion

• ArtistWorks and Next Steps