the breathe-in/breathe-out warm-up that's already mentioned is great.
For actual singing, once I've warmed up, I often taken a challenging run that I know from one piece or another and run through it. It doesn't have to be pretty...the idea is to get used to singing with as few breaths as are possible.
Selections from Bach's Magnificat are good for this, as are selections from B Minor Mass.
My favorites are various Mozart runs and of course almost -anything- from Handel's Messiah
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Date: 2007-01-24 04:48 pm (UTC)For actual singing, once I've warmed up, I often taken a challenging run that I know from one piece or another and run through it. It doesn't have to be pretty...the idea is to get used to singing with as few breaths as are possible.
Selections from Bach's Magnificat are good for this, as are selections from B Minor Mass.
My favorites are various Mozart runs and of course almost -anything- from Handel's Messiah