{"id":22,"date":"2015-03-26T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychoirs.wordpress.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-03-26T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:51:56","slug":"why-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.community-choirs.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/why-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Warm Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');<\/p>\n<p>  ga('create', 'UA-74309659-1', 'auto');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');<\/p>\n<p><\/script><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21 size-full\" style=\"margin:15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.community-choirs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/4224808_f260.jpg\" alt=\"4224808_f260\" width=\"260\" height=\"244\" \/>How long does your choir session last for? &nbsp;A couple of hours or so, once a week? &nbsp;That is certainly how most of mine seem to run. &nbsp; Depending on the group we can run on a little longer so as to have time for a cup of tea and a biscuit or cake during the session as well (never underestimate the social power of a good quality biscuit!). &nbsp;But the limitation of singing for an hour or two means that it is very tempting to not warm up properly.<\/p>\n<p>Spending half an hour or more on warm up exercises which are generally less than thrilling seems like a huge chunk of time out of the general singing which is, after all, why people come to the choir in the first place. &nbsp;However, don&#8217;t underestimate the importance of warming up your voice.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that you don&#8217;t have to give up a huge chunk of your choir time to warm up your voice. &nbsp;It is something that you can easily do at home, or on your way to choir.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you drive to your choir? &nbsp;A car is the best place for making the odd noises that are so beneficial to vocal warmups.&nbsp; Nobody except you can hear yourself, and if you give a lift to another choir member, you can warm up together. &nbsp;Beware of doing lip trills in the car in summer when your windows are down, though. &nbsp;People look oddly at you whilst you are stationary at traffic lights. &nbsp;And yes, I know this from experience&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Is your choir after you&#8217;ve come home from work? &nbsp;Do you have an hour or so whilst you are making dinner or whatever else you do between the finish of your daytime activities and start of your evening activities? &nbsp;Warm up in the kitchen whilst you are cooking or hum whilst you check Facebook. &nbsp;Anything that gets your voice working is great!<\/li>\n<li>Do you walk your dog before choir? &nbsp;Are you generally on your own? &nbsp;Have a bit of a sing whilst you are doing it, maybe put on a gentle song on a music player, and step out whilst you hum along. &nbsp;There are lots of great warmup exercises on the web which can be easily downloaded to an iPod or MP3 player.<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a shower before going out? &nbsp;The shower is the absolute best place to warm up &#8211; the air is warm and moist (excellent for your vocal muscles), the sound bounces around on the hard tiled surfaces, making you sound excellent, and there is a lock on the door, so no-one can interrupt you! &nbsp;Perfect!<\/li>\n<li>Does your choir leader give you CDs and\/or downloadable tracks to practice along with? &nbsp;Use them before choir to warm up with &#8211; gently &#8211; and arrive at choir with your head full of harmonies and melodies and a voice ready to sing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The difference between your cold voice and your warmed up voice can be really stark. &nbsp;Try recording yourself with your phone singing a simple song or nursery rhyme before you warm up, then warm up *properly* for half an hour &#8211; sing scales, lip trills, vowel enunciations, consonant practice, vocal placement and all the other stuff that we&#8217;ll talk about here in time &#8211; and then try recording yourself again. &nbsp;Listen to how many notes you got right the second time. &nbsp;Feel how much easier it is to move between notes and sing quick passages. &nbsp;Listen to the liquid quality of your voice in the second example as opposed to the tighter and more stressed sound of the first.<\/p>\n<p>Now &#8211; isn&#8217;t that worth singing in the shower before you go out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How long does your choir session last for? 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