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How To Warm Up And Cool Down When Singing

Warming up and cooling down before and All well trained singers develop their
after singing is crucial in preserving a own distinctive warming up routines best
healthy singing voice. If you don't warm suited to their own personal
up and cool down your voice, you risk requirements. The routines may vary with
damaging your vocal cords and sometimes changes in physical, mental and also
permanently so. emotional state.
All athletes know that an effective warm Most good singers begin by warming up
up is essential for optimal athletic their body first with light physical
performance. But you say, singers are not exercises. This is done to reduce the
athletes, so why should singers warm up muscular tension so that the singing
their singing voices? voice will not sound strained or tensed.
Singers who are dinner guests are often Furthermore, light exercises helps to
asked to perform impromptu entertainment stimulate deep breathing which is
by their host after the dinner to essential for good voice support.
entertain other guests. The wise singer It is vital to start vocalizing in your
will politely decline the request rather comfortable vocal range so as not to
than singing raw which is further strain your vocal cords when it is cold.
complicated by a bloated tummy. You can then gradually move on to the
A proper warming up before a singing higher and lower extreme notes. Some
performance lets the singer to get in recent biomechanical research have shown
touch with the singer's inner self that singing at the extremity of both the
physically and psychologically since self higher and lower notes of the vocal range
awareness is the foundation of good vocal can strain the laryngeal muscles, and can
techniques. result harmful patterns of muscle
All good singers know that there is a tension. It goes on to say that thus it
co-ordination of many muscles parts and is good common sense to avoid the extreme
therefore warming up before singing pitches whether they are high or low
should be an unhurried and a leisurely notes until your voice is warmed up
self-exploration that allows enough time appropriately. Most singer's warm up is
for the loosening and coordination of the devoted to the goals of obtaining a
muscles that assist voice production. beautiful voice timbre through the use of
Warming up your voice should be an various vocal exercises.
enjoyable experience because as you warm After a singing session, the singer
up, your voice begins to sound better, should cool down the voice with exercises
effortless and a sense singing freely is that soothe the vocal cords such as soft
felt. descending scales on the "oo" or the "ee"
Unfortunately, most of the time, the vowel. If the singer does not cool down
singer is warming up while rushing to a after a sing session, the vocal tension
rehearsal or as a last minute preparation will stay and the vocal cords remain
before taking the stage. The pressure of tensed and this will lead to further
a hurried warming up may cause physical voice complications. So, to maintain and
and mental tension and as such, the preserve a healthy singing voice,
warming up may prove to be ineffective or adequate warm up and cool down is a must
worse, counter-productive. in any singer's inventory.




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