This is some of her best advice. The temptation to try out a few B's and C's too early in the warmup (if they even should be in a warmup at all!) is strong. I always sing better when I stick to the middle up through the passaggio (G4) when I'm warming up. I also think it's very important to have moving scales as part of the warmup and not be tempted to sit on notes and try to make them magnificent. I try to alternate moving exercises with more sustained ones, with more of the former.
I don't always warm up with exactly the same exercises, but I do have categories of things, including scales, slow and fast arpeggios, and alternating vowels. In the beginning I focus on getting a good deep (not necessarily huge) breath in the rhythm of what I'm about to sing. If things are really ragged, I do a lot of scales first, and don't fuss over sustaining anything for a few minutes.
Anyone else care to share their thoughts on warming up, JS's specific advice to stay in the middle, or anything else she said?
This is some of her best advice. The temptation to try out a few B's and C's too early in the warmup (if they even should be in a warmup at all!) is strong. I always sing better when I stick to the middle up through the passaggio (G4) when I'm warming up. I also think it's very important to have moving scales as part of the warmup and not be tempted to sit on notes and try to make them magnificent. I try to alternate moving exercises with more sustained ones, with more of the former.
I don't always warm up with exactly the same exercises, but I do have categories of things, including scales, slow and fast arpeggios, and alternating vowels. In the beginning I focus on getting a good deep (not necessarily huge) breath in the rhythm of what I'm about to sing. If things are really ragged, I do a lot of scales first, and don't fuss over sustaining anything for a few minutes.
Anyone else care to share their thoughts on warming up, JS's specific advice to stay in the middle, or anything else she said?