FULL OPERA SINGER WARM-UP
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FULL OPERA SINGER WARM-UP: In this video, I am sharing my raw and complete vocal warm-up routine in all of it's imperfect glory! Be prepared, I make a lot of mistakes, but that's the point of practice and why I wanted to post this. I want you to see that even those who have trained for years and years must keep on top of their technique.
There is no such thing as perfect, no such thing as "arriving" at your end goal. The journey never ends and thank goodness because that is the best part!
I hope you will find value in this video and realize you are not alone in your vocal path. Keep striving!
Xx ~ Emily
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I used to be able to sing up to E6 and sustain but ever since covid I’ve lost it due to lack of practice. This sounds so beautiful and it brings peace to my heart.
omg I thought I was the only one experiencing this.
That snort technique for placement just rocked my world!! 🙌🏼 thank you from a novice singer
I love it!! You're so welcome! 👏🏻🖤
I thought I the only one giving myself pep talks during warmups lol
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Finally, you showed us the proper way of exercises before starting. Thank you so much. I will they don't cut the video in order for us to see. I've been looking for someone who can show us what to do first before started to singing.
Your voice is beautiful!!
So inspiring to watch. COVID has made me feel like I'm not a singer anymore without practice room access and projects (my junior recital was cancelled), but this motivates me to get going again. Thanks for not trying to show the "perfect" version of a warmup! It doesn't exist. XD
It's so difficult, isn't it!? I'm having a hard time, too!
@@emilyworkman you'll get there. Keep on practicing and you'll do great.
@@emilyworkman you are to talented. what a great voice you have. Thank you so much that video. Best of luck.
Best of luck Diana. This video is very motivating. Happy singing to you.
I felt you so bad 🌸💕🙌🏼💪🏼 but as well I’m motivated!!!!
Girrrrrl - so appreciate your video. I've had laryngitis, and getting back into shape to solo sing before 5000 people. Deeply, deeply appreciate this video!!!
Thank you for your video! I’m a beginner opera student from Ukraine) The idea of breath training with this “party TOO-TOOO thing” is so great! I’ll try it) And your text comments are really helpful! And a body warmup means a lot for voice, I forget it time to time! I’m so lucky to find you in this web-ocean :D Looking forward to your new technical videos! Good luck!)
I am a trumpet player, and I have learned an infinite amount about being a musician and warming up listening to this video. Thank you for showing that you don’t have to be perfect first thing every day, and that the warmup is a process! You’re also an amazing musician!
Wow, thank you! That fills me with great humility. I appreciate your candid words. Bless you!
I actually have a question. If your voice feels tired for whatever reason (or if you’ve had a long run of performances), how do you recover? I have exercises I already do for trumpet (I’m a trumpet player), but I was just curious to know how you maintain vocal health over the
Long haul. Thank you!
This is gold...the stretching, the notes throughout the video, and just normalizing all the crazy stuff we need to do to get the instrument working. Thank you!!
Damn, I’m sold!
The snort is the most helpful thing ever omg!
warm up daily with you thanks !
THATS AMAZING
Thaaaaaaanks for sharing!!!!! i love it💙💙💙
Thanks a lot for sharing, especially because it's something so privat - warming up your voice...
I'm getting so inspired to watch and hear your routine.
Love it!❤️
Love thisss
I sing Musical Theatre and light opera, and I just love this warm up. It helps MT singing too. Thank you so much Emily - this is wonderful. Looking forward to seeing other content.
This is generous. Thankyou for sharing. My instructor made me hum so high it hurt. I’ve learned a lot today
New subscriber here! you are amazing, just started learning belcanto 3 months ago and you inspire me a lot
Thank you. That was very interesting.
Thank you so much for sharing your warm up! I just did a 3 night gig in Reno (4 hour sets each night) after not having played since the COVID lockdown and you changed my world. Not only did I make it through the gigs but I sang well because of this video.
Thank for sharing your technique. and the text notes on-screen are really useful!
Subscribed! This is cooool AF!! 🥶
Thank you for this warm-up. It is very similar to what my two former dear teachers taught me and made me do as a warm up during our lessons. Unfortunately for some reason (lack of self-assurance I guess) I have never been able to reproduce at home the routine and that has hindered my progress. I am extremely grateful to you.
This is really good. I wish you would post another one.
Great work Madame Workman. I'm a jazz / blues / rock singer & I teach harmonica this is very good for me to see the routine of a true professional such as yourself
what a great video! I sing bass but I can use some of this too in the lower register.
Thanks so much Emily , I love so much your practice ! I do it as much as I can ! Could make another one with différents exercices?
Do you give zoom classes ? 🙏🎶
I’ve tried many warm ups but this is the best one for me. It goes slowly and it takes into account the body. I’m a kinaesthetic learner and I wish I could perform while moving 🤪 thank you
Thank you- this is so helpful and encouraging!
I'm so glad!!
Thanks for your demonstrations . Glad to find out your video today . Want to know how you made the tongue drills .
Wow impresionante tidos los ejercicios, pero el resoplido me impactó gracias por compartir
i've been pausing and playing this video for fully a year now just to keep my warmups rigorous and I never thought to ask - do you have any tenor friends who might be willing to make an equivalent video for their own warmups? a lot of this is applicable across voice parts, but I always end up skipping, e.g., the staccato work to focus on other more tenor-y things or do some falsetto work. in any case, so thankful for this video!
Me , also name is Emily , felt it when you said "That was good , Em , that was good ."
Thank you , Em . You're welcome , Em ! 💙💙💙
Love it! I was getting into a rut and I am glad I found your video. Gorgeous voice!
I'm so glad! 🙏🏻
Great warm up and beautiful voice,!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this. I can't do the coloratura yet but I'm getting there. And I love the party blower technique!!
You are so welcome!
The tip about warming up the middle decently before going to the tops is incredible. It's helping me so much. Thank you!!
You're so welcome!
Your voice is so beautiful!
Wow! Thank you so much!
@@emilyworkman im using ur warm ups to build throat muscles to battle covid
This was fascinating! From a non singer. Also liked the commentary 🙃
Thanks, Julia! I feel the same way about the video you posted today! So fascinating how similar the two methods are. I LOVE looking to string players for new vocal perspective.
Hello! I discovered your channel a couple of days ago and subscribed, because although I sing a variety of styles, my main genres are musical theatre and opera, and I have fairly recently started singing coloratura. I like to think I could be classed as a crossover coloratura soprano! Anyway, thank you so much for your time in making your wonderful videos. I did just a small amount of the vocalising part of the warm up on this one, because I had already done my body warm ups as I always do, and vocalised too before moving into my afternoon singing session. The body warm ups added a little more to my "now" repertoire. Also I have recently added a number of squats. Love the way you are self criticising - I think that is important and I do it myself. I have been known on a number of occasions to get almost to the end of a song (preparing for recording) and just ONE little word will have a slight blip and therefore not please me, so into the trash it goes! Sometimes I have sung one song only per session because this. So I just want to thank you for being here for us Emily, and you certainly have a new fan!
That's so kind! Thank you for sharing with me. ❤️❤️
Also, I really liked the very last bit, when you transition from your head voice to your chest, but the transition is smooth and the chest voice still sounds operatic. I'm actually searching TH-cam for answers to that particular problem right now which is how I ended up on this video. Actually problem is that I haven't sung classical or anything classical-ish for a long time now, have spent a lot of time in pop and rock stuff, so my classical voice is a bit out of practice. So my transitions are terrible (in every style of singing really) and my chest voice sounds heavy and more contemporary than a classical chest voice. That's why I was looking for Alto/mezzo warm ups, turns out there is plenty of stuff on TH-cam for Sopranos but not so much for altos and mezzos. And I can actually sing soprano and even coloratura, as well as low notes in pop songs, so I don't mind soprano warm ups. My vocal range is like more than 4 octaves so. But I'm looking for Alto/mezzo stuff to work on my transitions.
Really lovely, beautiful voice and my favourite rep. I would never have thought I'd find myself watching another singer's entire warmup, but this was inspiring. I studied with Jane Randolph and Ileana Cotrubas back in the 80s and recognize many of your exercises as fundamental to the work I needed to do to get my voice up into my head (after years at a studio that enforced "the bathroom technique" as we survivors called it). I haven't sung opera in years and have been asked to participate in a retirement recording so I'm doing a bit of a crash recovery, trying not to hurt myself in the process. Need to get the voice back up there again, we're doing He Watching Over Israel (blarg!). Thanks for the motivation!
I'm so happy to hear this and thank you so much for the compliments. Bless you! Wow, what a set of teachers. I understand being with a technique/teacher that sinks your voice! I was with a teacher for two years that almost ruined me. It wasn't his fault...I truly didn't understand technique and needed a teacher who spoke more technically. I'm glad to hear I've helped even a tiny bit. Best of luck to you!
Maybe you could do another video about how to prepare to sing best at an audition; sure could’ve used that today.
Hello! Very nice video! :)
Can I ask you which camera/record you are using? Your sound is so good also on audio!
How refreshing to see an instruction video without irritating blathering! Thank you!
Haha! I completely understand... ;)
Hi thank you for this video. Also, I would like to see how you thrill with your tongue from so far away, could you explain it? Or do a video about that?
Very nice! You're very in tune with your body, which is so key. Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!! And thank you! - yes, my mom's always like, "I've never known someone who knows their body as well as you." Hahaha. I'm a nut!
@@emilyworkman these days it's more important than ever to be tuned into our own bodies and needs. Kudos to you. Inspiring. (And if you insist on being a nut, make it a cashew. Okay? My fave. Thanks.) 🤣🌹🎶💃🤗
Glad to know I'm not the only one who paces and also gets stressed while warming up. 😅
Tenors, listen up: if you want powerful mixed top notes PRACTICE LIKE A COLORATURA SOPRANO. Every time my "mix/belt" is off, I always transition to classical head voice for a few minutes, and then I'm back on track.
Dimash has noticed that concerts are an excellent place to practice head voice :) th-cam.com/video/1E8ptyb56QM/w-d-xo.html
Not bad! She knows how to listen and how to get what she wants.
arimngGreat. Thank you for sharing.
Love this video!!! Definitely got some new ideas for my practice sessions 🙂. Question, why do you not take the hum past C5, or in general just not very high? I have noticed that humming exercises when they get higher are uncomfortable.
You can take humming up high but you have to monitor your pressure and make sure it's more of a squeal. The minute you feel like you have to start pushing, you run into a problem. I like to switch to lip buzz or tongue buzz at about C5. It helps you monitor the pressure better.
Thnxyou so much ❤ My son who is primarily an Actor (23 years old) also sings & we are so glad we found you Xx
Well how sweet is this! Thank you! I'm glad we found each other! - if you have a topic you want covered, let me know. 😉🖤
@@emilyworkman That is very thoughtful of you, my Son says Thnxyou so much 🙌 Hope you are staying safe xx
This is actually incredibly helpful! I’ve never know how to really warm up properly, but I’m starting to figure out a good routine that works for me.
Someone may have asked this but how do you trill with your tongue out? I can't do it! And BTW I love this, I take everything lower because I am alto but I love the tips. It's helped me so much, especially with malismas.
Wauw, i really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for sharing. How many times a week do you practice this routine?
As a vocal program director, do you only focus on opera or also on contemporary singing?
I warm up like this before every rehearsal, so essentially every day.
We do not necessarily train contemporary singers like pop styles, but I do train musical theater with a good classical technique. It's very similar to Natalie Weiss.
that Corona? when you coughed killed me hahahah! i love your voice btw
Thank you! I'm definitely gonna steal some of your stretching exercises at the beginning! :D Do you have any tips about high notes above C6? I am lirico-leggero soprano, I have short and thin vocal cords... but I still don't feel confident from C6 up. Everything works perfectly fine up until that C... I feel quite literally like I don't know where to place the notes (especially above C#)!
My teacher is a mezzo, so she cannot really give me examples
Hm, hard to tell without hearing you, but I'd say, don't be afraid to support the sound! Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the squeal of it and forget to stabilize it as well.
Merci voulez vous en faire d autres svp !
Nice! What is that straw called? Where can I find one?
Thanks a lot!! I only wonder where to get a silent blow-out... *help?
Sometimes the messages that are printed either above or below your tutorial, disappear too quickly, before I can jot them down. The one where you indicate that your put your finger under your top lip to enhance transition. Is that inside your mouth? Also how far should your tongue protrude from your lips on tongue trills?
Hello Emily! What a useful video I loved it! Can I ask you something? I never met someone with a big tongue, in my case this peculiarity gave me some tension that let my tongue drop back. Did you do some
Exercise to train it?
Thank youuu ❤️
Not exercises necessarily but I often place my thumb gently under my chin where the jaw meets the neck. If the tongue flexes while I'm singing, It will push your thumb out alerting you to that tension. I have found this to be the most helpful when regulating my big old tongue! I'm glad to know I'm not alone!
Thank you for this!! It's been so difficult to get back into classical technique during COVID for many reasons, and doing the warmups from the last lesson and coaching that I have recorded on my phone, are getting stale. And I certainly can't afford new lessons at the moment... I've been needing fresh material. I would love to know what that warm up is that you did around 13:30 - could you write it out or slow it down? If you say no I will completely understand!
Sure! On the piano going up it's do, mi, so (then again up an octave) do, mi, so, then play on the way down fa, re, ti, (then down an octave) so, fa, re, do
@@emilyworkman Thank you!!!
@@emilyworkman Sorry, me again: so you do the exercise as you spelled it out, first legato, and then you go into it staccato?
Yep!
Tuve un accidente serio. Fractura en maxilar izquierdo ( me operaron) y perdí dientes superiores y dos inferiores. Me hicieron traqueotomía...el camion de cemento que me atropelló me fracturó clavícula izquierda, hombro, costillas; malar, nariz; me perforó el íleon ( otra cirugía) y por el golpe una parestesia en cuádriceps. Aún asi...de a poco; volví a cantar.
Very helpful for me. Thank you! And your ‘critical’ comments even more so.
As a big fan of yours Emily, and having used this warm up many times and commented, I hope you don't mind me asking a question on this particular page. I keep reading and hearing about voice straws. I am always striving for improvements and assistance in singing, and so I wondered what your personal opinion is about them, and your feeling about how useful they are. I understand you may not feel as if you can say too much but I would value what you have to say. Many many thanks. Kind regards.
Wow, how did I miss this comment? Voice straws are great! It's all about regulating pressure, above and below the vocal folds. If you get the wrong size straw, it can be very UNhelpful. My favorite thing to do instead are straw bubbles. I take a dixie cup, fill it with about 1/4 inch of water, use a straw that is 60mm in diameter, one of those party bendy straws will do, and blow into the water. It provides a better kick back of pressure. You want that subtle resistance to keep the folds vibrating in an optimal position. I use them quite a bit, especially with patients/students who are dealing with vocal trauma or fatigue and need exercises to take the pressure off the chords.
@@emilyworkman Oh thank you for that tip! Can't wait to try that. I am always happy to hear new things in order to improve. I have been using the tube inner from a roll of cling film which I would guess is around twice the diameter of the straw. You have made me think now though, but using the tube, I kind of block the air at either side of it, just with my forefinger and thumb, as I hold the tube. It does seem to have helped and when I am doing your opera warm up, reaching the high notes has become more natural, so I hope I am doing something right!
So Emily, I wrote to you a few days ago when I had done just a small part of the warm ups. I have just done the whole set now and feel wonderful. I have never had a problem with lip trills, and find them easy to do, but have a problem with the DRILLS. I tried to follow what you were "saying" but I just made a "noise". Guess I will have to investigate further unless you have any tips? I welcome any advice to do with singing, because I never give up on anything. Aside from this Emily, do you make any tests for people to find their ranges? I have done a couple of independent ones in the recent past. I wrote down the lowest and highest notes I could sing, and the result was that I had a 2.5 octave voice. I know that's not much, but it pleased me, but things change and I know I now sing higher than my highest note was at that time. I know a lot of this kind of thing is based on the Fach method, but that is way beyond my comprehension unfortunately. Many thanks for reading this.
2.5 octaves is a great range!
@@emilyworkman Thank you so much Emily. I did another test very recently, and my range was E3 to C6.
@@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394 Ohhh YEAHHH!!!! Good for you!
Ah. Samuel Barber. Lovely.
Great exercises, which I will be following everyday but, could you maybe repeat the physical exercises closer to the camera? I tried to do them with you but because you quite far away, even on full screen, they are difficult to follow and it must be worse on a mobile phone. Thanks...
Hi, Francisca! Head over to my Instagram! @classicalvoicecoaching- I have loads of stuff on my feed!!
Hey I have a question! Would you be kind enough to check out Ofra Haza - 'Broken Days' and tell me if the song is operatic pop? I think you could be able to tell me the best
I'm not sure I'd call it that only because operas are operas. Just like concertos are concertos. If it's not an opera, it's not opera. I'd call it a pop song sung with more legato and more consistent vibrato (both markers of a more "classical" approach). Does that help?
4:38 squillo
What is the whistle you talked about wanting around 4:44?
Overtones in the voice, often referred to as “squillo”. When the voice is properly produced you get an overtone rich sound that cuts over top of an orchestra
Wuau
I loved it but why did you show the very interesting comments for only a few milliseconds? Sometimes it was difficult to read the text because it was gone way too fast.🤔😊
So true! I had so much to say when things were happening! I'll have to be better about this in the future.
You my DARLING have been given a GOD GIVEN TALENT and your "SHARING" with the WORLD is profound! Beautiful session, beautiful voice, beautiful video. Thank you so much! SING ON, SING ON 🐟
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Well, isn't this the nicest thing! Thank you so much for taking the time to write that to me.
13:51 😲
Ummmm party noise makers!???!??? I need more details!!!! Is this used similarly to the straw technique?????
Lovely but seeing you would be helpful
If I get closer to the camera, I'll peak the mic! :( That's a good comment though and I'll definitely consider that when doing my next videos.
Why do you hate coloratura?
I love your video, but it should have been filmed with you a lot closer to the camera.
That wouldn't screwed up the sound
This is a real warm up voice… It’s not the prettiest thing..How do you think first sopranos reach the tune coordination lol
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Terrible technic...
Thank you for sharing your opinion!
Now, show me YOUR *technique
@@emilyworkman 👍👍👏👏
Id like to see your techniques then please. If this is so terrible, please enlighten the rest of us.
haters gonna hate!! Love your channel
@@emilyworkman