Singing in (vocals)
Singing-in describes preparatory exercises for singing . In addition, in choral music , singing-in is also an entire phase of a choir rehearsal . Singing in is not only practiced in choir, but also in solo singing.
Goals of the warm-up
Warm up voice
The voice, the vocal cords and the entire vocal apparatus can be seen as a large muscle that has to be warmed up slowly and gently before maximum stress. As in competitive sport, before the actual training starts, you have to warm up to warm up the muscles, prevent injuries and enable permanent stress. Singing in should therefore prepare you for a greater load.
Opening ritual (in choir singing)
Singing in should create a transition between everyday life and choir rehearsals in amateur choirs. Therefore, breathing and body awareness exercises are often performed.
Voice training (in choir singing)
When singing in, various exercises for voice training are often used, which are intended to influence the entire choir sound and address individual aspects such as ambitus, articulation and timbre.
Types of warm up exercises
The types of warm-up exercises differ depending on the purpose and goal. Usually you will find exercises in the following areas:
- Body warmups
- Breathing exercises
- to hum
- Diaphragm activation
- Ambitus expansion
- Vowel color
- intonation
- Overall sound (polyphonic exercises)
Often times, simple songs, canons or other well-known melody sequences are used for singing.
Trivia
Well-known artists think very differently about singing in. While Jeanette Biedermann is known for her persistent familiarization exercises, Robbie Williams prefers to devote herself to other preparatory measures such as massages and make-up. At the beginning of his career, Bruno Mars tried to counteract his excitement before concerts with extensive warm-up exercises.
literature
- Hans Günther Bastian, Wilfried Fischer: Manual of the choir direction Schott, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-7957-5785-1
- Benedikt Lorse: Einingen - The manual. 150 warmups for choir and soloists. Fidelio, Gerolstein 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-049638-7
- Martin Behrmann: Choir Direction Volume 1 , ISBN 978-3775108768
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.miklos-klajn.de/DE/downloads/miklos-klajn-de_2012_chorstimmbildung.pdf
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.tip-berlin.de/musik-und-party/ewig-sangerin-jeanette-biedermann-im-rechner
- ↑ http://www.moz.de/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1122636/
