Vocal Warm Up Exercises
VOCAL WARM UP EXERCISES
Research of Nhut. These exercises and tips are used for Public Speaking course and for those who really want to improve their voices.
Group 01: Warm up the organs of speech
- Breathing 1-4-2 two times then 4-16-8 three times
- Stretching and Yawning
- Jelly limbs – 20 seconds
- Head rotation and rolls – 20 seconds
- Breath and exhale in 5 times – do it 4 times
- Drinking straw (breath in and blow out) – 2 times
- Breath and exhale many short times (connecting breath)
- Silent laugh – 10 seconds
- Chewing apple – 10 seconds
- Lips vibrating – 10 seconds
- Lips ba ba ba – 10 seconds
- Tongue rolling – 10 seconds
Group 02: Warm up your voice
- Wow wow wow after a deep breath – two times
- La la la tongue after a deep breath – one time
- Low humming
- Q-E-Q-A
- Wee-ahh
- Speak fast
Bah dah gah Pah dah gah – (A)
Boh doh goh Poh doh goh – (Ô)
Boo doo goo Poo doo goo – (U)
Bee dee gee Pee dee gee – (I)
Bay day gay Pay day gay – (ÂY)
Mah Nah Lah Thah Vah Zah
Moh Noh Loh Thoh Voh Zoh
Moo Noo Loo Thoo Voo Zoo
Mee Nee Lee Thee Vee Zee
May Nay Lay Thay Vay Zay
Group 03: Warm up your speech
1. Read out loud Jack and Jill with a pencil in your mouth
“Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.”
2. Red out loud Jack and Jill without pencil (max level: read 2 times/breath)
3. Practice Up and down tone
4. Practice vocal core volume range
Bonus (to watch and self practice at home)
ORGANS OF SPEECH
COURSES TO LEARN PRONUNCIATION:
- Pronunciation Workshop (Paul Gruber)
- K-Method (Andy Krieger)
- Master Spoken English (Gene Zerna)
TOOLS TO PRACTICE PRONUNCIATION AND VOICE IMPROVEMENT:
- Tongue twister
- Speech (Steve Jobs, The great dictator, Obama…)
- Poem (Will, Invictus, If, The man in the glass). Bonus: Poem to sharpen your pronunciation
- Sing songs (High: Heal the world, Low: Yellow bird/ Green Fields, Mixed: Love story)
- Story telling
- Stand up comedy
- Rap
- Dubbling videos/ films (Series Nature is speaking, Kungfu Panda, Film Friends)
Have fun and success.
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