I found this on the BBC website different singing warm up exercises
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sing/learning/warmingup.shtml
Warm up your voice
Warm up your voice to avoid straining and damaging your vocal cords. Always take a deep breath before you start and try yawning - yawning opens up your throat and helps your voice resonate.Exercise 1
- Breathe out through your mouth releasing all the air from your lungs.
- Once your lungs feel completely empty, relax your stomach muscles, open your mouth and let the air flood back in.
- Do this several times.
- Now breathe in again and when you release the air add an 'sss' sound. See how long you can hold it.
- Try this again using 'shh' and 'fff' sounds. This will help to build different vocal muscles.
- Close your eyes and spend a little time breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. (When singing, you should breathe in through your nose and out through your nose and mouth.)
- When breathing in, imagine the breath going down into the lowest part of the lungs, keeping the shoulders down and relaxed.
- When breathing out, try to maintain your inflated shape, breathing out slowly until you feel as empty as possible.
- Counting four, breathe out whilst you bring your left ear down to your shoulder.
- Counting four, breathe in and bring your head up to the starting position.
- Repeat with the right ear.
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