How Important Is It To Warm-Up for Singing?

Wellwhen I sing sometimes I don't warm-up I know that it is bad, and I know that I should warm up. I could use some tips and advice and how should I warm up about and how to get over my nerves. THanks
How Important Is It To Warm-Up for Singing?
It is very important. As a singer, I have not always done it and my voice has gotten weaker so here are a few tips from a friend of mine who is in theater.





Animated Vocal Warm Up





Breathing - focus on a point in front of you.


Find Your Breath


Breathe Deeply (long inhales, long exhales)


Put Sound on the Breath (a sigh that begins on the exhale)


Shake the sound into the Belly (make sure the sound and breath is


coming from diaphragm)


Sound: Zoo/Wow - deep in the belly


Sound: Guh (from the sternum)


Sound: Shah -Gently tap upper chest and arms (warmup the rib cage and chest)


Jaw Warmup (use fingers on cheeks)


Tongue Warmup (chew tongue and mouth)


Tongue on a String-tip of tongue behind front teeth, pretend to pull tongue out with invisible string


Sound: ME, MAY, MAH (warm up nose and cheeks with sound, rub nostrils and cheeks with hands)


Lip tremble-high sound to low sound


Sound: REEEEEE (through top of head, down through entire system)


Shake out body





As far as nerves, it is always good to have a few butterflies. They keep you on your toes. Trust yourself, your voice, and your body. Breathe. And simply sing. Let it flow. Imagine the butterflies are streaming from your mouth and covering the world with wings of melody.





Selah.
Reply:Hi! Yes, it is very important to warm up before performing/singing. Also, you can massage your face with the tips of your fingers; this is great for the muscles of your face, so you can articulate better. For the face thing, I suggest to start counting from 1 to 10, and then back, but exaggerate the articulation.





For your warm up, do musical scales, in a chord were you feel comfortable with. Change your vowels and consonants. Try the "帽", it is great in helping you to focus the path of air into the correct position - if you don't know how the "帽" sounds like, look for a Spanish speaker person); do "帽a", "帽e", "帽i", "帽o, "帽u"... But above all things, while warming up, DON'T BREATH WITH YOUR MOUTH, BREATH WITH YOUR NOSE. If you breath with your mouth, you'll dry your vocal cords abruptly...





I hope that these tips will help you.
Reply:how important is it for u to sing well and maintain ur voice? there are so many books on singing and warming up u shud check some out at a book store or the library. some off the top of my head are MOMMY MADE ME MASH MY M%26amp;Ms...sing that over and over going from low to high. also, go through the alphabet over enunciating...it will help you sing clearly. hope this helps. nerves are natural, use them as energy to ur advantage
Reply:Whether it's singing, exercising, or thinking, it's always good to warm up before you exert youself. It relaxes you and gets you ready for the task at hand.
Reply:warm up
Reply:You always have to warm up, try singing scales to do it.
Reply:very much important and u need to have yoru vocal chords warm to allow you to hit the right notes easily