Vocal Exercises For Preparation Before Singing Performances

If you want to make the most of your voice and have an even sound and tone from the top of your range all the way down to your lower notes then these daily exercises will help you achieve this goal.

Keep a look out for my other articles on how to prepare for singing and breathing exercises which will follow and try them before doing the sets below.

Steps
1) Say “le” and “la” out loud and try to use an Italian accent (say “le” instead of “lay-ee” and “la” rather than “la-uh”
2) Join the vowels “a” and “e” together with the “L” in a curving arc type sound flicking your tongue quickly making the “L” sound as short as possible.
3) Do this exercise for a few minutes
4) Say with an Italian accent vowels a, e, i, o, u, prefixed with the lip consonant “m”
5) Pronounce these vowels in sounds in the following way: “ma” for the “a” vowel as in the name Arthur. “me” as in the “e” in wheel. “Mi” as in machine. “mo” as in the “o” in more and “mu” as in the word “tool”
6) In order to produce the correct sound required for the “m” sound, spring open your lips and this will help pronounce the sound and project the note out
7) Ensure throughout the exercise maintain a good focus on good quality consistent breathing

Extra Tips
In singing Italian vowels are almost always used in singing so it is important in learning and practising this way of letter pronunciation.

Also by improving your pronunciation of the following consonants (L, M, P, T, D, F, G, N, S, V, Z) this will work towards good exercising for your tongue. For example, as opposed to using the whole length of your tongue to produce the sound “L” practice just using the tip of your tongue curled backwards. It actually makes it easier to say in fact.

Steps
1) If you take the melody of a song that is familiar to you can replace the lyrics with the Italian vowels from the above exercise for a good workout and practice.
2) The method is called vocalizing and to illustrate look at the following example: Somewhere over the rainbow / Way up high / There’s a land that I heard of / Once in a lullaby / Somewhere over the rainbow / Skies are blue / And the dreams that you dare to dream / Really do come true.
3) Using a steady flow of breath use should vocalize this example focusing on the “la” and “ma” sounds
4) Memorize all the lyrics to the song you have been practising with the Italian vowels then sing the actual song with the lyrics.
5) Instead of looking at the written lyrics try looking outwards and sing as if you are looking at an audience watching you perform.

Final Tip
When you listen to your favourite songs try not to copy the voice of the singer but rather see it as your own version of the song when you sing it. It may be fun to copy your favourite pop star but if you mean to do singing as a profession it best to do it your way in order to not damage the vocal system and also help bring out your own potential.

These techniques are some of the best professional singers and entertainers and can be conveniently done in 10-15 mins to get you performance ready at any time.