Voice Class - Structure

Voice Class Structure

I decided to divide my warm up with 3 major sections: breathing, opening up/resonance and articulation. 

I started with the breathing as I thought it was the most basic and that you can't really get anything done without it, I then continue with the longest section: opening up the voice and resonance which is all about warming up the voice specifically and helps you connecting with your technique. The last section is the articulation, I decided to do it last as it is the most "technical" and requires to be warmed up to do it efficiently. I tried to follow a "big to small" structure throughout the warm up. The potential 4th section (up to how much time there is left) will be a game the whole class knows from last year which involves the whole body as well as the voice.

Breathing

In this section, I start with a simple and very basic breathing exercise to connect and focus on the breathing, this exercise is followed by a similar one which extends the breath a bit more and requires more effort and focus. After this, I introduced the voice in the exercises to start connecting it with the breath. The last exercise of this section is also an introduction to the following one (opening up/resonance) as it requires a strong involvement from the abdominals.

Opening Up/Resonance

I start this section with a gentle sound (mouth closed) on a note people feel comfortable with and gentle taps on the body, which helps them relax and start to open up and feel where, when and how their voice resonate. This is followed by a series of various lip rolls going from basic ones to more advanced ones, some of them are specifically for the range, others are more for placement and technique.

Articulation

This section starts with a mouth warm up followed my a tongue warm up (tip and back separately). 

This is followed by a few tongue twisters