1 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: ​ 2 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: ​ 3 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: ​ 4 22. Tenor Register Blending: ​ 23. Legato Line: ​ 24. Intonation Exercise: ​ 25. Melismatic Flexibility: you may also use alternating [i] and [ɛ] ​ ​ 5 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: ​ 6 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 ​ ​ 7 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: ​ .