Singing Warm Up: Intermediate Level - Follow Along

1. Intro: Hey everyone, my name is Adam is Shanna, a singer-songwriter and vocal coach. And welcome to today's warm-up. So why should you be watching this warm-up? Well, I'm a vocal coach that started off with very, very little natural talent. I now have a YouTube channel with over 450 thousand subscribers. And I got there by showing my transformation of how I started from 0 talent to be able to sing really well. And that process took a lot of work and a lot of time where I had to learn all of the nuances. And so I've been through every step, no matter if you're a beginner and advanced, intermediate singer, I've been exactly where you are and I'm able to show you exactly what you need to do to be able to take it to that next level. So that's what I think distinct make, makes me distinct from other vocal coaches and distinguishes me from everyone else in that I really worked through. And blood, sweat and tears went into those times to be able to really improve my voice from nothing. Now, this vocal warm-up is essential in that I want you to make sure that you're doing the project with us. So really set this up because I want you to carve out the time to really see the improvement. So what I wanted to do right now is set up your smartphone over here on the side as you are doing these exercises. And I want you to record yourself and record the process. What that's gonna do is it's going to allow you to things. You're gonna be able to view it again and see if there are any mistakes. It will also allow you to view progress over time as well. You're gonna be able to share it with everybody else. So you're going to have to upload this when you're done running through these warm ups, I want you to upload this to the project section that's going to share with other people exactly your process of running through the exercises. And you'll be able to get feedback from other members. And there'll be able to get their own idea of what to be doing and how to improve through these exercises. Specifically made all of these exercises to be really super fun and engaging. I didn't want any of this to be boring and wrote all of it is us working together through this process. So it's gonna be a lot of fun. If you're interested, please check out my website, www dot am vocal studios.com to get personal access with me. I have lots of live sessions that I do. You could do private, you can do group lessons by my courses that's all over available there. Ww dot am vocal studios.com. Check that out. And we've got blog articles over there That's all about singing, everything singing related. So if you're interested, please check that out and if you want to jump straight in, let's get started with today's exercises. Make sure that that cameras rolling. Because here we go, we're going to be running through the exercises right now. 2. Intro to Vowel Modifications: Alright, so today what we're gonna be doing is going through some more intermediate slash advanced stuff. So for those of you that aren't falling in this category of intermediate or advanced, feel free to jump over to any one of the other Skillshare classes that I have where you'll get more of a basic understanding of how to warm up your voice, how to improve your voice, and how to start getting through your bridge. This is going to be for people that are able to quietly go through their bridge. So people that are able to go with no discernible break, right? So if you're able to go if you're able to do that with no discernible break, you're in the right place. So this is definitely more of an intermediate or advanced warm-up. So we're going to be working through all the vowels. We're gonna be going through woo, O and E. I believe I got all of those. Forgive me if I didn't. But but yeah, we're gonna be going through those vowels and we're going to be breaking them down one by one. And exactly what the modification is. Just right before we jump in. And I'm going to try to do as little talking as possible once we actually get to the exercises themselves. But I'm just going to try to explain the idea of modifications. Modifications is really just about changing what needs to be changed in order to keep the sound as pure as possible. So a lot of people, as they try to keep the vowel the same, what ends up happening is it starts to go wide with it. So if we go, a lot of people will start at the bottom and start to widen as they go to the top, then it's definitely not desirable. So what we're gonna be doing here is we're going to be trying to keep that much more stable as we run through these scales. And the way that we're gonna be doing that is by modifying the vowel. 3. AH Vowel: Alright, So Val modification number one is almost always going to be the vowel. It's the most standard vowel that we use. And all is going to modify towards the UH sound. So as we move towards that bridge range, we're going to need to modify towards that sound. So for men, the modification is gonna be at E4 to F-sharp for and for females, it's going to be around the A4 to about the B-Flat for two, sorry, the C-Sharp, the B-sharp four. So it's gonna be writing that to the before. Mixing. C-sharp. G-sharp is C. So we're gonna be from the A4 to the before is for females. So we're going to start with the males will move through the females range as well. So let's start down here. Oh, over here, we're not going to have much of a change happening. We're going to keep things pretty stable. I'm going to actually do a little bit of a longer scale for us today. And with this scale, what I wanted to do is try to keep your mouth. Number one open, and number two, it needs to be static so we don't want to change too much in the mouth. All the modification I want you to think about making is going to happen in the back of the throat. So between the soft palate and the tongue. So let's do this. Oh, and you can hear how it's slightly different. Oh, from the bottom to the top, there's a slight change and it's very subtle. Let me do it a little bit more exaggerated for you. Oh, I really exaggerated it there, but you can hear I was going for o on the top. Here. We want to try to keep it a lot more natural sounding, but we just make that adjustment enough for it to make sense. So it's very minor. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just a reminder to everybody. Don't forget about your support. So females were running through your bridge right now? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Making sure your abs are pressing inward. So if you haven't seen one of my other seeing warm up videos, this is supposing you already have support. So gotta really tap into that support as we do this. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh. So that's the vowel. 4. OH Vowel: The next we're going to cover is the o vowel. The o vowel modifies towards the off. And so that's what we're gonna do here. We're going to try to keep the jaw relatively low. But this we're going to have a little bit more movement of the ambitious. So the armature is the opening of the mouth. We're going to have a little bit more movement. Let's run through it. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. So you notice they're opening up a little bit more towards an on the top. Ever so slightly. Oh, oh, oh, oh, you ever females are moving through your bridge here and back down. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. And that's the oval. 5. OO Vowel: Alright, so the next vowel we're going to cover as the Sioux and the vowel is going to modify towards the O. So let's do that. Let's do that one again. Sorry, I messed up the piano. I'm saying a little bit narrower. So I'm going to try to open up a little bit more. Mixed the resonance come out easier. Here's where we're going to move the jaw to make more space. And females were moving through your bridge here. So I need a little bit more modification there. Stays a little more stable. Now we're back down below the male bridge. 6. EE Vowel: The next vowel we got to cover is the e vowel. When we're working with the E, we're going to be moving more towards an issue as we move up to the top. And we're also going to round out the mouth a little bit more from an e sound to an a sound. So let's go. We're almost through the female bridge here. Hey, there. Because it didn't modify enough. It went ahead. No, again. So one more time. Yeah. So what you'll notice is some points if you don't get enough in the sound, it will start to flip. So the way to modify that and the way to improve that is to add more to the sound. 7. EH Vowel: Now the vowel is going to modify, again, similar to the, sorry, similar to the, all, is going to modify towards an, UH, So we're gonna be moving from an F to an a on the top. And it's gonna be, again moderate. So let's go. Just enough modification to make it work. Females were coming through the top of your bridge. Got a little fuzzy on the top. Let's try it again. Held more clarity. There we go. And now we're back down to the bottom. So that's how the vowel modification is gonna go. If at any point you find that it's wine to break, try to add a little more to it. 8. Outro: Thank you so much for joining me in today's warm-up video. I hope you enjoyed it. Does your voice feel a little bit easier, a little bit smoother, a little bit relaxed. That's my goal, and test it out. Try a song that normally might be a little bit more difficult to see if things don't get just a little bit easier as you're seeing through it. If you want to get any face-to-face time with me, I'm happy to do it. Check out my website, www dot am vocal studios.com. There you can get private lessons with me. You can get group lessons with me. You can get courses that I sell over there. I've got blog articles, I've got lots of resources. Go ahead, check it out. Www dot am vocal studios.com. If you want to get for free. All my other warm-ups on Skillshare, please check out my profile. I've got tons of warm ups on here. So go check those out and be able to get benefit from those for absolutely free. And if you can't find my profile, just searched, singing in the search bar and scroll down. You'll eventually find my warm-up videos. They're definitely there. So thank you so much for joining me and I'll see you in the next one.