For your consideration...
30 Vocal Warm Ups
*30 simple warm ups to use on beginner singers; includes glissandos over a fifth, legato singing on a broken tried, variations on z and v consonants, exercises to relax the larynx and many more. These warm ups are a fantastic guide for beginning teachers trying to understand and explore their students' voice in terms of their timbre, breath control and resonators.
Youraccompanist.com
*offers major/minor scales to accompany students (or teachers) to warm up without a piano. Other features include pentatonic, chromatic and whole tone scales, modes, and interval studies to help you or your student develop your ear and breath control.
The Total Warm Up
*from the Musician Way Blog by Gerald Klickstein, this source is an adaptable six part framework that musicians and others can use to fashion warm ups! This basic design discusses guidelines to effective practicing and warming up; includes movement, creating specific goals as singers as well as varying your exercises to mix them up.
Teaching Kids to Sing Youtube Channel
A video blog series taping into Kathie Hill's 25 years of making music with and for kids that will help you teach kids how to sing. These blogs discuss how to teach children to sing with open mouths, discovering their articulators, teaching them about different registers (head voice, chest voice etc.), as well as discussing appropriate warm ups for children of particular ages.
Alexander Technique for Musicians
*a movement technique used to help musicians/performers work on accurate and healthy posture. This website not only pertains to vocalists, but instrumentalists as well! This site also offers insight into other essays written by certified Alexander trainers, as well as information about learning centers to learn more about it or becoming certified yourself!
Journal(s) of Voice
*a great link to numerous journals to encourage the scientific and clinical investigations in the field of phonosurgery.
Classical Singer
*pointed towards aspiring vocal performers looking for auditions and various other singing opportunities. This is also a great website if an aspiring singer is looking for voice coaches and/or accompanists, university vocal programs or voice teachers. In order to subscribe to this magazine (online or paper), you need to make an account. Monthly is $4.99 and year round is $45.00.
Singing Tips Video
*more video blogs regarding healthy singing technique, breathing, posture, diction etc. This is great for beginner students learning about a fundamental understanding of the voice and how to sing healthy. Videos include word pronunciation when singing, as well as speaking, breathing, musical theatre singing, preparing for an audition and various others!
Music Teacher's Helper Blog
*a collection of blogs created by working/aspiring music educators who look and find answers to issues/problems they face in the classroom, whether it be student based, technology based etc. These blogs also offer suggestions in new technology that can better help students learn music (an interesting example is an application pointed for developing piano skills, "Wolfie").
Vocal Technique Checklist- Aural and Visual Cues
*written by Juilliard alum. Mark Watson, this is a helpful article published in Classical Singer magazine that guides aspiring singers/voice teachers through the evident, physical issues we might find in singing and how we could solve them. It includes both an aural and visual checklist for students to be aware of, including: intonation, stability of tone, ease of production, evenness of scale, volume and legato,
*30 simple warm ups to use on beginner singers; includes glissandos over a fifth, legato singing on a broken tried, variations on z and v consonants, exercises to relax the larynx and many more. These warm ups are a fantastic guide for beginning teachers trying to understand and explore their students' voice in terms of their timbre, breath control and resonators.
Youraccompanist.com
*offers major/minor scales to accompany students (or teachers) to warm up without a piano. Other features include pentatonic, chromatic and whole tone scales, modes, and interval studies to help you or your student develop your ear and breath control.
The Total Warm Up
*from the Musician Way Blog by Gerald Klickstein, this source is an adaptable six part framework that musicians and others can use to fashion warm ups! This basic design discusses guidelines to effective practicing and warming up; includes movement, creating specific goals as singers as well as varying your exercises to mix them up.
Teaching Kids to Sing Youtube Channel
A video blog series taping into Kathie Hill's 25 years of making music with and for kids that will help you teach kids how to sing. These blogs discuss how to teach children to sing with open mouths, discovering their articulators, teaching them about different registers (head voice, chest voice etc.), as well as discussing appropriate warm ups for children of particular ages.
Alexander Technique for Musicians
*a movement technique used to help musicians/performers work on accurate and healthy posture. This website not only pertains to vocalists, but instrumentalists as well! This site also offers insight into other essays written by certified Alexander trainers, as well as information about learning centers to learn more about it or becoming certified yourself!
Journal(s) of Voice
*a great link to numerous journals to encourage the scientific and clinical investigations in the field of phonosurgery.
Classical Singer
*pointed towards aspiring vocal performers looking for auditions and various other singing opportunities. This is also a great website if an aspiring singer is looking for voice coaches and/or accompanists, university vocal programs or voice teachers. In order to subscribe to this magazine (online or paper), you need to make an account. Monthly is $4.99 and year round is $45.00.
Singing Tips Video
*more video blogs regarding healthy singing technique, breathing, posture, diction etc. This is great for beginner students learning about a fundamental understanding of the voice and how to sing healthy. Videos include word pronunciation when singing, as well as speaking, breathing, musical theatre singing, preparing for an audition and various others!
Music Teacher's Helper Blog
*a collection of blogs created by working/aspiring music educators who look and find answers to issues/problems they face in the classroom, whether it be student based, technology based etc. These blogs also offer suggestions in new technology that can better help students learn music (an interesting example is an application pointed for developing piano skills, "Wolfie").
Vocal Technique Checklist- Aural and Visual Cues
*written by Juilliard alum. Mark Watson, this is a helpful article published in Classical Singer magazine that guides aspiring singers/voice teachers through the evident, physical issues we might find in singing and how we could solve them. It includes both an aural and visual checklist for students to be aware of, including: intonation, stability of tone, ease of production, evenness of scale, volume and legato,