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Lancaster Studio Vocalises (based on vocalises of Judith Haddon & Mark Crayton)

The following vocalises will be tailored to your range and needs in your lessons to help you establish a good warm­up routine.

1. Breath Energy ­ Lip Trills: ​ ​

2. Breath Energy ­ Rolled R’s: ​

3. Resonance/Registration: Find "mask" resonance along with ease of registration in your voice, ​ ​ gently humming (while chewing) around pitches in middle range. Seek “high/forward” sensations and try to vibrate in all of your sinus cavities while sliding around in pitch.

4. Resonance/Articulation: Apply “mask” resonance to your articulation and free the jaw and tongue, ​ ​ speaking text like “tuggedy­tuggedy” and “diddle­dee­diddle­dee” while sliding in pitch and seeking “high/forward” vibrational sensations.

5. Resonance/Articulation: ​

6. Resonance/Articulation: ​

7. Register blending: ​

8. Vowel Resonance/Articulation: ​

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9. Resonance/Articulation: ​

10. Female Register Blending: ​

11a. Male Falsetto: ​

11b. Male Falsetto: ​

11c. Male Register Blending: Top notes in falsetto ​ ​

12. Resonance/Register Blending/Coloratura Full Voice: ​

13. Tongue/Jaw Release: Hold jaw fully open with hands and stretch tongue in and out of mouth on ​ ​ each note

14. Resonance/Register Blending & Legato Full Voice: ​

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15. Range Extension: ​

16. Male Upper Range Extension: ​

17. Low Voice Coloratura Exercise: ​

18. High Voice Coloratura Exercise: ​

19. Female Coloratura & Range Extension: ​

Additional Technical Vocalises

20. Beginning Range Extension: ​

21. Beginning Coloratura: ​

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22. Tenor Register Blending: ​

23. Legato Line: ​

24. Intonation Exercise: ​

25. Melismatic Flexibility: you may also use alternating [i] and [ɛ] ​ ​

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26. High Voice Melismatic Flexibility: ​

Light Warm­up Use this warm­up when you are sick, vocally fatigued, or are already pretty “warm” because of a lot of singing several days in a row.

1. Breath Energy ­ Lip Trills: ​ ​

2. Breath Energy ­ Rolled R’s: ​

3. Resonance/Registration: Find "mask" resonance along with ease of registration in your voice, ​ ​ gently humming (while chewing) around pitches in middle range. Seek “high/forward” sensations and try to vibrate in all of your sinus cavities while sliding around in pitch.

4. Resonance/Articulation: Apply “mask” resonance to your articulation and free the jaw and tongue, ​ ​ speaking text like “tuggedy­tuggedy” and “diddle­dee­diddle­dee” while sliding in pitch and seeking “high/forward” vibrational sensations.

L1. Resonance/Articulation: ​

L2. Resonance/Articulation: ​

5. Resonance/Articulation: ​

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6. Resonance/Articulation: ​

7. Register blending: ​

L3. Register Blending: Smile on bottom note, drop jaw (with lips together) on top note, and “chew” ​ ​ (move jaw around) on descending notes

8. Resonance/Articulation: ​

10. Female Register Blending: ​

11a. Male Falsetto: Sing once through; drop jaw slightly on highest notes ​ ​

11b. Male Falsetto: (a) descend by ½ steps {C­C}, then (b) descend by ½ steps {C­C}; catch­breaths ​ ​

11c. Male Register Blending: Sing once through, singing top note in falsetto ​ ​

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L4. Vowel Articulation/Resonance: sing as softly and as far forward as possible, with loose lips and ​ ​ minimal jaw movement

12. Resonance/Register Blending/Coloratura Full Voice: ​