07 Vocal Exercise

In this lesson, we’ll talk about:

What vocal exercise is and why it’s important to build a vocal foundation
What muscle memory is and how we can re-train bad vocal habits
Why diligence and hard work matter when it comes to your voice!

Make sure you check out the vocal workouts in the Discover Your Voice course to dive deeper into this topic!

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RhebaS January 22, 2023

I’m all the way up to the pharengeal exercises on Discover Your Voice. Been staying on that for a few weeks. Then I got sick 😫 I have stopped doing vocal exercises. My throat doesn’t hurt and it doesn’t hurt to sing. Should I resume the exercises or wait until I’m better.

Michelle Reaves January 16, 2021

I am lip roll and tongue trill challenged. Lol. I cant seem to sustain the lip roll through vocal scales and it becomes more a stop and go lip roll. Any tips? I already place my fingers on my cheeks as demonstrated in another video.

Charmaine Brown January 16, 2021

Watch (or re-watch) Lesson 1 of “Discover Your Voice”—I share lots of tips in that video! For some people it takes more time to master the lip roll, so just be patient with your voice!

LizJoyWarf November 30, 2017

This is so true! You get out of it what you put into it. I get so frustrated at the bad vocal habits I’ve created and I now need to undo. I know when I was doing weekly lessons and keeping up with exercises, I saw so much improvement in strength and range and confidence.

Charmaine December 1, 2017

Yeah, it can definitely be frustrating to feel like we’re not measuring up to even what we used to! But I would encourage you to set some small vocal goals and start meeting them (ie vocal workout once a week) — it feels so good, and often leads to setting and meeting larger goals!

jess377 November 29, 2017

I am learning that vocal improvement takes time. Hard to be patient! I am trying to do my best at being consistent with the exercises.

Charmaine December 1, 2017

Consistency leads to SO much improvement over time! You will see it for sure!

CatieM November 29, 2017

I have loved seeing my voice improve over the weeks of doing these exercises. However, if I was to get “really serious”, what would you recommend as a good vocal routine? For instance, if I was to do 45 min of vocal exercise for 5-6 days, would you recommend doing the lip rolls, Full Voice Workout, as well as target a couple of the weaker spots (such as the head voice and vocal fry workouts) OR switch it up each day? Thanks!

Charmaine December 1, 2017

Definitely! Those workouts in “Discover Your Voice” are meant to be continued, not just for the 6 weeks (or however long it took to go through the lessons)! I would recommend doing the lip roll warmup EVERY day you workout, in order to ease the voice into the bigger sounds/vocal coordinations in the workout. Then, I wouldn’t recommend doing MORE than the Full Voice Workout in a day, but perhaps doing that one every second day, and the days in between, focusing on whichever foundational area(s) in your voice need the most building (ie if it is head voice)…
Day 1 – warmups, Full Voice
Day 2 – warmups, Head Voice (from Discover Your Voice or the recent head voice video workout I released)
Day 3 – warmups, Full Voice
Day 4 – warmups, Head Voice
Day 5 – warmups, Full Voice

25-45 (maximum) minutes is totally enough for one day! And make sure there’s always a day of vocal rest in a week, especially if you’re singing on Sunday morning!

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