tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495622859323058834.post1363777370624740933..comments2022-12-23T02:21:31.320-05:00Comments on ONCE MORE WITH FEELING: Warming Up Vs. Working Out!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399266373570613570noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3495622859323058834.post-52523765841938725172009-10-17T23:00:26.453-04:002009-10-17T23:00:26.453-04:00I am far from a music expert but I would tend to f...I am far from a music expert but I would tend to feel that warming up the voice is something everyone should do every day whether they are planning on singing or not.<br /><br />That said, I know there are different opinions on how to deal with a voice that wakes up groggy. Some people say to let it stay that way until it wakes up, etc. So, I don't know if waking up would be the best time to warm up a voice unless perhaps you just had to go in and speak a lot. Speaking requires some of the same muscles as singing albeit worked at lower volumes and pitch for typically (but not always) longer times.<br /><br />I guess perhaps if you are doing things inappropriately and have bad vocal practices and can't sing for whatever reason, I safe warmup would probably be appropriate but a real workout might not be. That said, there are probably excercises and functions that effect the voice (like breathing) that could and should be worked out even if the voice is unhealthy. Of course, a workout with poor technique might be worse than no workout at all.<br /><br />How would you workout a muscularly unbalanced voice? Would you? And realistically, how should a new singer and an experienced singer work out and warm up on a daily basis. And how should we go about in public so as to keep the voice as healthy as possible? Not using the voice is an easy cop out but by doing that we are losing one of the best ways of working out a voice where we might otherwise not have time.Shaunnoreply@blogger.com