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1. ACTIVATING & DE-ACTIVATING

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr.1, Activating and DeActivating, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

It is a good idea to activate (warm up) your vocal cords before you sing, and de-activate (cool off) when youre finished. The warmer your cords are, the more flexible they are, the better you will be able to sing! This simple exercise will help strengthen your diaphragm, train your breathing, and help you expand your range by activating and de-activating your vocal chords.

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1. Sit or stand in a comfortable position, with straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Lay your hand over your diaphragm. This physical contact can help in the overal awareness of your diaphragm, and in focusing your breathing to the right place. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight.

3. Sing scales using both Lip Bubbles and Tongue Trills by gliding from the low to high octave and back again. Lip Bubbles: blow air through closed mouth, allowing your lips to fully vibrate Tongue Trills: place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth and roll it to produce a dr-r-r-r-r-r-r-r sound.

LIP BUBBLES

TONGUE TRILLS
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1. BLOWING BUBBLES!
The Lax Vox exercise is another way to activate (warm up) your vocal cords before you sing, and de-activate them (cool off) when youre finished. This exercise also helps strengthen your diaphragm, train your breathing, and expand your own vocal range.

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr. 2, Blowing Bubbles, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

1. Sit in a comfortable position, with straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Fill an empty drink bottle with about 10 cm (4 inches) of water. Cut a piece of garden hose to about 30cm (12 inches) long. Place the tube in the water, making sure it doesnt touch the bottom of the bottle. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight. 3. Now, blow through the hose, while at the same time, singing scales. Experiment with the amount of water, the depth of the hose, and different sounds while singing your scales. Allow your cheeks to vibrate freely as you blow those bubbles!

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How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr.3, The Little Jumping Man, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

3. THE LITTLE JUMPING MAN

This exercise is designed to strengthen your diaphragm and help you focus your breathing.

1. Sit or stand in a comfortable position, with straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Imagine a little man, about the size of your two fingers, is about to jump on your diaphragm. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight. 4. Each time the little man lands, flex your diaphragm and make the sound HUH, allowing a short burst of air and sound to escape. Repeat 10 times. Practice this exercise enough, and you can train your diaphragm without making any noise at all, simply by flexing and relaxing it. Combine this exercise with different sounds (EE-AA-OH-OO) or scales!

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4. A Deep Breath
This exercise is designed to strengthen your diaphragm and help you focus your breathing correctly. It helps you train your breathing, in which you use your diaphragm as a reservoir of air.

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr. 4, A Deep Breath, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

1. Sit or stand in a comfortable position, with straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Lay your hand over your diaphragm. This physical contact can help in the overal awareness of your diaphragm, and in focusing your breathing to the right place. 3. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight. As you do so, allow your diaphragm to fill with air, expanding your stomach and pushing your hand outwards. 4. Sing a tone using EE for (at least) 8 counts while allowing your diaphragm to gradually pull your hand back inwards. Build up endurance by extending the length of your tone each time you do this exercise. Also try using the sounds EE-AA-OH-OO (exercise nr. 6).

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5. OCTAVE GLIDING
Improve and extend you range, while training your diaphragm and breathing at the same time. This is also a good exercise for making the transition between chest, head and falsetto register.

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr. 5 Octave Gliding, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

1. Sit or stand in a comfortable position, with straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Lay your hand over your diaphragm. This physical contact can help in the overal awareness of your diaphragm, and in focusing your breathing to the right place. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight.

Pick a tone that you are comfortable with using the EE sound. Carefully glide to the higher octave of that tone, then back. Try then to glide to the lower octave and back. Move to the next tone (higher or lower) in the scale and repeat. 3. Remember the golden rule when it comes to the high and low notes of your register:

SING LOW= THINK HIGH

SING HIGH = THINK LOW

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6. THE ALPHABET EXERCISE

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique starts with breathing. Breathing exercises help you train your diaphragm, as well as aid in improving endurance and control. This is exercise nr.6 The Alphabet Exercise, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

Singing is communication, so its important to work on articulation so you can get your message across, loud and clear! This exercise is to improve diction as well as breathing and endurance. 1. Sit or stand in a comfortable position, with 1 straight back and shoulders. Relax. 2. Lay your hand over your diaphragm. This physical contact can help in the overal awareness of your diaphragm, and in focusing your breathing to the right place. Take a deep breath through your nose, keeping your shoulders straight. 3. Sing scales using the sounds EE-AA-OH-OO, but preceding each sound with a letter of the alphabet: A: AA-EE-OH-OO B: BAA-BEE-BOH-BOO C: CEE-CAA-COH-COO D: DEE-DAA-DOH-DOO, etc. Pay close attention to your pronunciation, to the point of exaggerating each sound!

EE

AA

OH

OO

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7. PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING
Which foto, A or B, shows a better presentation?

How can you improve your vocal technique and presentation, to make the most of your voice? A good vocal technique comes across even better in combination with a good presentation! This is exercise nr. 7 Presentation is Everything, in a series of 7 exercises by Lizanne Hennessey Voice Coaching.

Youve got it - foto A. Why? Here are the golden rules of a good presentation: 1. Take center stage! Your audience has come to hear and see you, so dont be afraid to stand in your spotlight! 2. Communicate with eye contact and facial expressions. Use eye contact and facial expressions to get your message across, as well as your voice! 3. relaxed but alert. Find a stance in which you feel relaxed, but will still be ready to break into song as soon as its your cue! This is particularly important when you are not singing (during intros and solos, for example). 4. Memorize your music! You will enjoy singing more, and get your message across more convincingly, if you know your music and lyrics by heart. But, if you really need your sheet music, just remember to look up and make eye contact with your audience now and then! 5. Learn from yourself! Look in the mirror, or make a video of yourself during exercises or performances. Watch yourself from a critical point of view, to further improve your vocal and presentation techniques. 6. Most importantly - have FUN! A strong vocal technique gives you the confidence to make the most of your voice and have fun too!

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