Vocal Warm Ups

Basic Warmup
Five note run on 'YO'

'yoh yaw yah yeh yay'

Five note staccato on 'oh' or 'ee'

Staccato 'ee' followed by a run down the scale

Three note staccato on 'oh' or 'ee'

Intermediate Warmup
Four note legato on 'ee' or 'oo'

Eight note legato with 7th jump on 'ee' or 'oo'

Three note run down the scale on 'yo', 'go', or 'ko'

Arpeggio on ' zee zee zah zah zee'

Legato run down the scale on 'ah-ay-ee-ah'

Runs and Turns

(on ee, ay, eh, ah, aw, oh, or oo)

Five note run (times three)

Five note run followed a nine note run

Timed Breathing - 2 nine note runs (sing 2nd run)

Legato 5th followed by a five-note run

Legato 9th followed by a nine-note run

Runs and Turns

Run down the scale

Vibrato Exercise
11 Note Run Up&Down the Scale on 'oh'

Triplets on 'wee'

4 quarters followed by run down scale on 'ee-ay-ee-ah'

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, Octive Jumps on 'gee'

Run up and down the scale on 'see-ah'

Run down the scale on 'see-ah'

Special thanks to the Cyberbass Project (www.cyberbass.com) for the use of these files.