Warm up your voice to sing comfortably.
Just like athletes, singers should warm up before every practice session and performance. Run through a range of vocal warm-ups to get your voice loose and limber and to get your body ready to work. A good warm-up takes about 10 minutes to accomplish, so plan your time accordingly. Remember to start gently. If you try to go for big notes early you'll overtax your vocal muscles.
Instructions
1. Perform some light physical exercise to flex your whole body. Jog in place, swing your arms or stretch to get your blood flowing.
2. Make a yawn sound quietly at the top of your natural range. Slowly descend all the way to the bottom your range. Repeat five to seven times.
3. Sing a note in the middle of your range using a gentle vowel like "ah". From this point, sing a series of five notes up and five notes down. Repeat the sequence half a step higher, then another half-step higher, and so on until you start to stretch. Stop before you get to a note that's too high for comfort.
4. Repeat the exercise, starting again from the middle of your range, but this time go down and then up a five-note scale. Sing each successive scale a half-step down until you reach the bottom of your range.
5. Work on flexibility. Sing "ah" on a note near the bottom of your range, then sing "ah" on the second note in the major scale. Return to the first note, then sing the third note in the major scale. Return to the first note again. Continue until you jump an entire octave. Repeat the using each of the vowel sounds.
6. Sing a complete song gently. "The Star-Spangled Banner," for example, covers a wide range.
7. Sing. Don't warm up too much. After a few minutes of exercise your voice should be warm and ready to perform.
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