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Choir Warm Up Posture: Exercise 1

The document provides instructions for warm up exercises for a choir. It includes exercises to improve posture, breathing, and vocal range. The breathing exercises focus on proper breath control and involve breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth with different breath lengths and sounds. The singing exercises involve singing vowel sounds on different notes to improve vocal flexibility, control, and range. They start on a comfortable note and scale up in pitch, with reminders to use proper breathing technique.

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Choir Warm Up Posture: Exercise 1

The document provides instructions for warm up exercises for a choir. It includes exercises to improve posture, breathing, and vocal range. The breathing exercises focus on proper breath control and involve breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth with different breath lengths and sounds. The singing exercises involve singing vowel sounds on different notes to improve vocal flexibility, control, and range. They start on a comfortable note and scale up in pitch, with reminders to use proper breathing technique.

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Choir Warm Up

Posture
 Stand up straight - imagine a string pulling you up from the top of your head.
 Place your feet shoulder-width apart, keep your knees unlocked.
 Your head should be upright, looking straight ahead.
 Keep your shoulders down and your abdomen relaxed.
 Try to relax - tension will prevent you from making a good sound.

Breathing
Exercise 1
 Breathe out through your mouth releasing all the air from your lungs.
 Once your lungs feel completely empty, relax your stomach muscles, open your
mouth and let the air flood back in.
 Do this several times.
 Now breathe in again and when you release the air add an 'sss' sound. See how
long you can hold it.
 Try this again using 'shh' and 'fff' sounds. This will help to build different vocal
muscles.

Exercise 2
 Close your eyes and spend a little time breathing in through your nose and out
through your mouth. (When singing, you should breathe in through your nose and
out through your nose and mouth.)
 When breathing in, imagine the breath going down into the lowest part of the
lungs, keeping the shoulders down and relaxed.
 When breathing out, try to maintain your inflated shape, breathing out slowly until
you feel as empty as possible.

Exercise 3 - Hissing
 Breathe in to the count of 4, breathe out, hissing, to the count of 4
 Then, breathe in for 6, and hiss out for 10
 in for 6, out for 12
 in for 2, out for 12
 in for 4, out for 16
 in for 2, out for 16
 in for 4, out for 20
 in for 1, out for 20
Singing Exercises

Exercise 1
 Start on a note that's comfortable for you, and slowly sing 'mee meh mah mor
moo', all on the same note.
 Go up a note and sign it again. Repeat the phrase, going up a note each time.
 As you get higher, make sure the sound doesn't get lost in the back of your throat
- remember to use your diaphragm, to avoid a weedy sound.
Exercise 2
 This time start around middle C for women, or an octave lower for men:
 Start at 'ah', then go up 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 one step (semi-tone), and 'eh', then up
one stop on 'ee', then up one step on 'oh' and up one step on ‘oo’.
 Repeat the exercise again from C, going through the vowels: 'ah', 'eh', 'ee', 'or',
'oo'. Feel your mouth opening into the vowel.

Exercise 3
 Try the exercise again, this time jumping through the notes to build flexibility.
 Start at 'doh', ‘ray’, ‘mi’, ‘fah’, ‘so’, lah, ti, doh
 1 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 5 – 4 – 6 – 5 – 7 – 6 – 8 – 7 – 9 – 8 then back down
Also try with ah, eh, ee, or, oo

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