A daily warmup to build breathing, head resonance, and chest resonance.
For our exercises this week, start again with the breathing exercises, only this time, when you breathe in, lower your larynx. You want to make this habit.
Breathe in, relax (make sure larynx is down and there’s no tension), and slowly exhale on a “sss” sound. Do this three times.
Now. This week I will teach you a new exercise all develops all core elements of the Total Body Voice technique.
Initially, if you can’t sing the entire phrase, take a breath in the middle before descending back down to the tonic. When you sing this exercise, the goal is to experiment with the resonant position both in your head and in your chest. Once you find the place where you head is most resonant and where you chest is most resonant, and where you are most relaxed, fixate on that sensation and make it your new best friend.
For the exercise, we will start on a “hum” then work our way through all 5 vowels, “ee, eh, ah, oh, oo”. I’d encourage you to learn it and start every morning by taking 3 deep breaths and then chanting this vocal exercise. You’ll be amazed at what it’ll do to your voice.
Let’s do it together.