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Solo Soprano/ Mezzo Soprano Warm-upsDate: March 4, 2010 by Stacy Heller
 I am a soprano/ mezzo soprano (I do both for different gigs) and I am looking for some warm-ups that I can do to end the extremely mundane warm-up routine I have right now. Please help!!!
Thanks,
Stacy Heller
Amy Gould on September 5, 2010 11:44am
I'm not sure of your vocal ability. I'm guessing that since you are gigging you are probably pretty good. I like to sing variations on scales. I use lip trill a lot when I am somewhere where I don't want to project the sound very far (I sing in an Army National Guard Band and we aren't often in a location that allows for a private warm-up area. It is usually an out door location) Here are some of the scales and warm-ups that I use. I listed them in scale degrees.
1-8, 5, 3, 1 (I lo-ove to sing)
12321234543212345678987654321
12345 Mee, 12345 May, 123454321 Mah
I also like to do vocal trill exercises at the end of a warm-up to relax. Go back and forth a whole step (or a half step) slowly, then get faster and faster until you sing a trill.
Hope some of these break up the monotony for you.
Amy Gould
Singer/Voice Teacher
www.voicelessonsonthego.com
on March 19, 2011 11:35am
For just a practical basic warm up, when I'm on the road or bored I've used the Beatty warm ups for years.
Obviously they will not substitute for personal warm ups geared to you and your specifics. But if you are looking for something to pull out of a hat...
They are called: Vocal Coach Complete Vocal Warm Up by Chris and Carole Beatty
About 20.00
on October 24, 2011 12:09am
I always use this one to get my focus forward -- starting on 5 (a b-flat above middle C) sing: ming-mung-ming (going straight to the ng -- holding the ng in the nasal bridge) sing each these on the same pitch with fermata--- then come down 54321 on open Meeh. It really floats the tone freely. Go up or down from there depending where you wish to work the voice.
When first singing, I always do just a 3-note slur up and back down, diatonic for legato and vowel on
'zah' or 'zeeh'.
Always work the breaks areas.
Also, sustain one open vowel while playing chord progression w/ pedal point that is (whole notes) 8-measures long-- Basically it is: I, IV, vii/I bass, I, I (7 in bass), IV6, V (sus 4) -- resolve V7 - I (singing down to 'ti' -back to 'do'.)
I use : ah, ee, oh, ay, ih, eh, and uh
Hope these are helpful. Laura
on October 25, 2011 6:38am
One of the easiest ways I've found to keep warmups interesting is simply to change vowels at random. Particularly effective for long scales where you can fit three or four vowels into one warmup. I try to not plan the vowel ahead of time, and just see what comes out. It gives you brain a bit of a workout, too, trying to come up with different vowel combinations and not getting stuck on one.
Same goes for consonants - there are a whole bunch of voiced consonants that work well for building resonance/air pressure, whether it's m, n, ng, z, v, etc. plus lip and tongue trills, which can be good for getting different parts of the voice warmed up. Again, try changing up your consonants and singing random syllables as you warm up rather than sticking to the same vowel pattern.
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