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Warm-ups for your choir (secondary) - eClass 2 - Vocal warm-ups - 01. Scales and arpeggi

LIZ SCOTT: Good. All right. Go back to your jaw, and just give it a little bit of a massage. And the lovely Benny's going to give us a B-flat major chord.

[chord played on piano]

And we're going to go-- while you're giving your jaw a massage-- (singing) blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Good!

ALL: (singing) Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

LIZ SCOTT: Could we just stop for a moment? Very good. You can relax your hands. Have you all seen the Muppets?

STUDENT: Mm-hmm. Yes.

LIZ SCOTT: Remember, they've got super, super loose jaws. So when you're doing it, this is what you want to be doing. (singing) Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, (speaking) not (singing) blah-blah-blah-blah--. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. (speaking) Here we go. From there, ready and--

ALL: (singing) Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

LIZ SCOTT: Low breath.

ALL: (singing) Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

LIZ SCOTT: Lovely, lovely. All right. Same kind of thing, but we're going to do-- let's go back to B-flat.

[chord played on piano]

LIZ SCOTT: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. (speaking) Just be conscious, as well, of your breathing. As we got to the top of that, I was hearing you guys going (loud inhale) (singing) blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. (loud inhale) Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-- (speaking) like you're all asthmatic.

Some people might have asthma, and that's absolutely fine, but be really conscious of relaxing your throat. If you're making that sound when you breathe-- [breathy inhale]-- it means that your muscles in your throat are tight, and that means that, as the air goes through, it's going to dry out your throat.

So really make sure that you open your throat, really relax. Blah-- you should be able to breathe silently. So, in our B-flat key, we're going (singing) yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah-- (speaking) kind of Star Wars-esque. Here we go. Ready, and--

ALL: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah.

LIZ SCOTT: Breathe.

ALL: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah.

LIZ SCOTT: Slow breath.

ALL: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah.

LIZ SCOTT: And smile.

ALL: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah.

LIZ SCOTT: Two more.

ALL: (singing) Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah. Yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah, yah, yah-yah-yah, yah.

LIZ SCOTT: It's all a little bit early to be singing, isn't it? Just check your posture. Some of you have kind of ended up standing like this. So, just check that your legs are kind of hip-width apart, knees aren't locked, everything's nice and loose, but you're standing nice and tall.

B-flat major--

[chord played on piano]

--if you wouldn't mind. Loose jaw. When did it, we were going-- (humming note) 'mmm'. Just chew your hum again. (humming note) 'mmm'. Give it a little massage. And we're going to go (singing) 'gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah, gah, gah, gah, gah. (speaking) Go.

ALL: (singing) Gah-gah-gah-gah- gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah, gah, gah, gah, gah.

LIZ SCOTT: Again!

ALL: (singing) Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah, gah, gah, gah, gah.

LIZ SCOTT: Good. I want-- sorry, Ben. Some of you are going like this. (singing) Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-- (speaking) I'm completely locked here. (singing) Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah--

(speaking) Make sure that you're using your jaw muscles. Open and close. Let's try, this time, (singing) gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gie, gay, gah, go, goo. (speaking) Here we go, and--

ALL: (singing) Gah-gah-gah-gah- gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo.

Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo. Gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gah-gah-gah-gah-gah, gie, gay, gah, go, goo.

LIZ SCOTT: Very good. All right.

In a B-flat major chord--

[chord played on piano]

--we're going (singing) yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Go!

ALL: (singing) Yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum.

LIZ SCOTT: Don't get faster.

ALL: (singing) Yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum.

Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum. Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum- yum-yum-yum-yum, yum, yum.

LIZ SCOTT: Lovely. Back to B-flat major. And we're doing--

[chord played on piano]

(singing) di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. (speaking) Go.

ALL: (singing) Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

LIZ SCOTT: Very nice. When you do it, I want you to really energise the 'di' sounds. (singing) Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di. (speaking) Every single one of them needs to have a little accent. Here we go. Ah, 1 and go.

ALL: (singing) Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Di-di-di-di-di,--

LIZ SCOTT: Everyone--

ALL: (singing) --di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

LIZ SCOTT: Low breath.

ALL: (singing) Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

LIZ SCOTT: One more.

ALL: (singing) Di-di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di-di, yah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

LIZ SCOTT: Excellent.