Singing at Home

Renaissance Choir soprano, Susan Yarnall-Monks, has provided a daily exercise routine to keep the voice in top condition during the coronavirus lockdown.

The Renaissance Choir - Ne Irascaris
Tallis: "If ye love me" - a virtual performance by The Renaissance Choir - July 2020
#99: How to reduce aerosol distribution
#98: Dynamics
#97: Vowels with “a”
#96: “Bibbedy bobbedy boo”
#95: Major/minor triads
#94: Oo oh aw vowels
#93: Ee Eh Ah vowels to clear the tubes
#92: Release of the breath
#91: Brain dance
#90: Connection with the words
#89: Resonant space
#88: tongue freedom
#87: Embodied voice
#84: Inspired by butterflies
#133 Bright eyes
#132: Exercises for the diaphragm
#131: “Brightest and best are the sons of the morning”
#130: Moving on up
#129 Repeated notes
#128: Massage facial muscles
#127: Combating the tendency to go flat when singing alone
#126: Lip trills for stamina. Working the vocal mechanism. Build up breath.
#125: Exercising breathing muscles with “sh sh”
#124: Focus on “t+d+s+z” varying nose & mouth breathing.
#123: Focus on “f+v+th” consonants and where they are pronounced
#122: Breath, energy and consonants
#121: Good to practice triplets
#120: “Fireworks” exercise moving up one octave and then descending.
#119 early one morning
#118: Strengthening breath muscles. Maintain rib swing.
#117: Working on stamina and flexibility
#116: “Pa pa pa” while connecting with the lower abdomen
#115: Release & re-energise
#114: “My mother makes marvellous muffins” arpeggios
#113: “Mamma mia” with the mask on
#112: Yawn and sigh
#111: Hums and plosives.
#110: Dealing with dipthongs
#109: Breath comes out in a steady flow
#108: “Balloon vowels”
#107: Try humming running scales.
#106: Getting voice into shape again
#105 Singing ah oo with a surgical mask
#104 Breathing without letting out too many aerosols
#103: Release, resonance and flow
#102: Balance connected to the voice
#101: Trampoline exercise.
#100: Importance of the freedom in the spine.