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Vocal Lessons: 1 Warm Ups and Cool Downs

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Overview

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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Jeannie Deva

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