Voice Exercises

Stand erect with correct singing posture:
1. Inhale through the nose quietly and easily. With lips rounded, exhale gently through the mouth as if blowing. Keep the breath stream even. Do not let the chest drop during exhalation. Inhale with lips slightly parted. Take only a comfortable amount of breath. Retain or hold breath while thinking […]

Correct breathing is deep, inaudible, with no perceptible movement of the upper chest and shoulders. Singing teachers generally have defined this manner of breathing "diaphragmatic-costal." t The term refers to muscles that are largely responsible for proper action. The diaphragm is a large, strong muscle, shaped like a dome or inverted saucer that separates the […]

BREATHING
As life is dependent upon breath, so is voice, for it is air exhaled from the lungs that sets the vocal cords into vibration, thereby generating tone. It is also breath vibrating in the resonating chambers that gives tone quality and carrying power. ‘Therefore, if you wish to have a pleasant and effective voice, you […]

Besides developing breath control and agility, Exercise 15 serves to make the more advanced student feel that he is working on something difficult enough to be worth doing. As breath control develops, the exercise is sung twice on one breath. This is difficult for a majority of vocalists, and shows definite attainment in breath control […]

This exercise should be sung quickly the first time, and repeated rather slowly with breath controlled. The high notes should be held and changed in color and dynamics as they are sustained. It develops perfect tonal line, and serves as ear training when it is sung without accompaniment.

Singing Success techniques

This exercise promotes agility, breath control, and voice color. When exercises such as this are repeated, they should be sung first full voice, then half voice.

Learn To Sing Lesson Reviews

This exercise, as all the others, should be sung without the "ung-oah" at the beginning, as soon as the principle of placement is understood. Being a tone over the scale, it enlarges range and breath control.
 

 
Singing Success by Brett Manning

While this exercise is primarily a developer of agility in the upper voice, it also demands breath control and color change in a scale. Accent the higher notes, then bring the voice to a piano tone without change of placement. This exercise can be sung on any and all vowels.
 

Singorama Vocal Coach

This exercise is similar to number 9 except that it adds the practice of a scale to the sustained high note. Correct placement while changing color and vowel must be held in mind at all times. It is excellent for attaining breath control.

Singing Success Vocal Coaching

This exercise teaches the student to attain and sustain a high note without scooping or pulling to reach it. It also develops perfect pitch and the ability to diminuendo and crescendo on a single note, holding perfect placement all the while. The vowels used should be changed at the teacher’s discretion, but the "ung-oah" helps […]