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How to Prepare Your Body for Singing
How to Do Vocal Exercises
How to Project Your Voice
How to Prepare for a Singing Performance
How to Overcome Stage Fright
How to Practice Piano
How to Position Yourself at the Piano
How to Learn Piano Fingering
How to Learn to Read Music
How to Use a Metronome
How to Play Music by Ear
How to Find a Piano Teacher
How to Improve Your Songwriting Skills
How to Start Singing
How to Write a Song
How to Learn to Play Piano
How to Learn Scales on the Piano
How to Sing in Tune
How to Memorize a Song
How to Start a Career as a Singer/Songwriter
How to Clean Piano Keys
How to Play Piano (Chord Style) - Lesson 1 - Notes
How to Become a Lyric Writer
How to Sing Falsetto
How to Read Piano Music
How to Learn Bass Clef Notes
How to Increase Vocal Range
How to Read Music (The Notes)
How to Have a Better Singing Voice
How to Play Chopsticks on the Piano
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Summary: Vocal exercises begin with a low hum and develop into longer vowel sounds of varying pitch. Practice vocal exercises with tips from a pianist, singer and songwriter in this free video on musical tips.
Tom Kenaston is a pianist, singer, songwriter, theatrical performer and vocal coach with more than 25 years of professional experience. He has taught and performed in New York City and...read more
"Hi, this is Tom Kenaston. Singer, songwriter, pianist, musician, composer, living in West Palm Beach and New York City. In this clip we're going to talk about how to exercise your voice and to warm up for a performance or any time you're going to sing. It's very important that you get your vocal chords warmed up before you sing. I'm sure you know if wake up in the morning and you haven't had a cup of coffee and you haven't talked, the first words that come out of your mouth generally sound a little croaky a little blah, blah, blah. So you don't want to do that. And it's even worst when you sing. I generally start with long tones. I usually start low in my range, even humming is good. And then I move up a half step. You do that for a while, don't get too high. And then I generally open up the hum into an ah and stay on the nice long vowel sound. And also go up and down the scale a little bit that way. Then you want to start introducing other vowels. O, E, A, long tones are always good. French horn players love to warm up with long tones. Then you might want to start moving your lips more. Ma, ma, wah, wah, e, woe, woe, that kind of thing. Eventually you're wanting to start to moving up and down quickly, with ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. And as you get further into that you can start singing higher. Because you don't want to sing high too soon or you'll stress the voice out. But once the voice gets warmer you start singing higher. It's like lifting weights. Start with light weights, work your way up to the heavier weights. This is Tom Kenaston. I hope you've enjoyed this little clip about how to exercise and warm up your voice."
eHow Article: How to Do Vocal Exercises
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caterinas said
on 9/13/2009 Hi Tom,
God bless you! I just want to make sure you know that you are appreciated for what you have provided. I really like the simplicity of it! Thank you, thank you!!!