5 Reasons to Do Your Vocal Exercises
When
you are singing you use the vocal
cords (soft tissue) and the inner
muscles of the larynx (the
muscles that control the closing of your cords). These guys are to be treated
kindly as they're pretty delicate.
We need
to stretch and relax the muscles before we sing, just as we would warm up
before going for a run or lifting weights. Warming up loosens those muscles,
helps to remove excess mucous and reduces the risk of injury (because let's
face it, losing your voice sucks).
Commit
to at least 15 - 20 minutes to really wake up the muscles in a caring,
you're-important-to-me way.
1. Exercises Help Maintain Your Voice
Singing vocal exercises are as important as the
performance itself, if not more so, as the preparation will determine the
outcome of the show. Most of us can’t go onto a stage without doing some
kind of warm up at the back dressing room by running through a few piano scales
warming up and preparing our voice.
2. Exercises Help Develop Your Range and Pitch Control
Doing regular vocal
exercises can help develop your higher or lower register and also help develop
your vocal flexibility. Vocal exercises will also help you maintain better
control over pitch or melody of a song.
3. Exercises can Help You Improve Your
Diction
You can maintain good vocal health by warming
up the voice on vowel and consonant sounds that allows the vocal folds and
vocal muscles to function very efficiently without having to compress too
firmly. An “oo” or “ee” vowel with an “m” or “n” consonant are often good
choices. This can help improve your pronunciations while singing as well.
4. Exercises Help Recover From Sleep
When we awake after sleep, our voice would not have
been used for several hours. During this time mucus builds in our nasal cavity
and reduces the clarity of our vocal chords. Vocal exercises warm up your vocal
cords and clear some of the mucus build up thus ensuring clearer sound.
5. Exercises Help Reduce Vocal Damage
Just like athletes, it is important to warm up as well as cool down
your voice. If you do not loosen up your muscles, it can cause strain on your
vocal cords. A lot of amateur singers lose their voices after big shows because
they fail to warm up correctly.
6. Singing Makes You Happy
Vocal exercises
require a great deal of oxygen intake, and this in turn stimulates the
production of the body’s own mood-lifting endorphin's. So essentially, singing
lifts your mood can make you feel happier!
Summary
So overall make sure that the voice is maintained regularly
and drink plenty of fluid while trying to avoid sugary drinks. Never go
on stage without going through a proper vocal warm up routine and by following
this advice, your voice will not only get stronger but also perform well.
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