| Exercise | Gist |
|---|---|
| Breathing | Proper standup, relaxed posture. Breathe in slowly (5 sec) expanding diaphram (only). Breath out slowly with hiss sound. |
| Siren | Make “ng” or “ooh” sound and glide up and down pitch range. |
| Lip Trills | Relax lips and cheeks. Loose pucker while pushing corners of mouth upwards. Inhale through nose and exhale making “brr” sound |
| Tongue Trills | Like Lip Trills but rolling your “R’s” instead |
| Humming | Relax facial muscles and body. Hum “hmmm” sound with jaw open and lips closed gliding up and down pitch range. |
| Vowels | Sing through vowels “Ah, Eh, Ee, Oh, Ooh” on same pitch then step, then glide, up and down pitch range. Keep consistent mouth shape and pay attention to throat muscles. |
| Solfege | Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do Up and down scale starting from middle C. Focus on pitch. Then variations. |
| Tongue twisters | She sells seashells by the seashore Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot |
| Yawn | |
| Jaw loosening | |
| Jaw massaging |
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