10 Minute Warm Up for Belting (do this before you sing like a diva)

[Music] [Music] hi guys i'm madeline harvey and thank you so much for hanging out with me today in our video we're going to be warming you up quickly specific for belting so if you liked today's video please be sure to give it a thumbs up or click that subscribe button below i would love to see you here more often now there are two major components to belting that we have to be sure to activate and that's what a warm up is for number one is release now we need to be able to allow the demands of the song the range of the song to lift up to prepare to meet those finer coordinations of head voice so i've got an exercise that's great for letting the chest voice thin a little bit but without losing that punch the second thing is resistance now what is resistance that's a tricky element that basically means that you're going to create a counterweight in the sound and that's going to give it a lot of pop and a lot of edge to it so for example if i sing this note here and i'm just going to steadily flow my air out in front of me on it's a kind of neutral tone but if i give it a little bit of resistance go it creates a counterweight that gives it more of a bulk sound so here we go we're going to be starting on the sound neigh now that's a it's called a pharyngeal sound and that basically allows for you to activate your chest voice in a lighter way so that it can prepare to meet those finer coordinations of head voice especially as we get higher this is really really really great because it takes all the pressure and all the effort off of the neck and puts it in the nose so we love everything that will help with that so our pattern is this [Music] now notice how i kept everything nay even at the start in my nose so this will give us a lot more of a stability in our belt here we go okay let's do it together [Music] name [Music] [Music] name [Music] let's take it back down nae [Music] now if you feel that as you're ascending especially through that transition preparing to meet that finer coordination of head voice if it feels like it's still getting a little grippy in the neck i want you to really let it go up into that nasal place now this is an activation so that means you're not going to stay there but you're giving your body that frame of reference for what that feels like so for example if we're here and we feel and i'm stuck then i'm going to use my nose as an assist to let that transition happen [Music] and the more comfortable i become with that then i can let off of that coordination a little bit letting it be a little bit more of a usable sound cool very good so moving on our second element is resistance so this one's a little tricky and in my lessons i always describe resistance as separating salt from sugar meaning uh it's really hard to feel the difference between resistance and strain if you're not accustomed to it now if you're accustomed to it just like tasting salt and tasting sugar it's very different but if you're not accustomed to it it can feel very very very similar so what what we're going for is a little bit more of a muscle fiber so we're going to give ourselves the sound good but it's gonna be like dude kind of like that now do you notice that when i go my chords close g is a very natural compressing consonant which means it's going to bring the inner edges of those chords together and allow the larynx to dip a little bit which is a perfect spot for belting we don't want that larynx to raise up as we're belting we want it to stay nice and stable so as we ascend we're not gonna necessarily let the sound release we're gonna keep it as good dude as we can right cool same pattern same pattern but keep it dude [Music] here we go let's try that together [Music] oh now keep in mind we don't want to go go go go we don't want to get caught we're really going dude dude now believe it or not this feels very chesty but there is a considerable amount of head voice influencing this sound so give it a try right here [Music] now again only go as far as feels comfortable for you and if you want to check in every now and again and just try that top note good that's the sound that we're going for hear that head voice influencing that sound whilst we also give a little bit more muscle fiber giving the impression of leaning back into the sound it's very tricky it's very tricky but keep practicing with it you'll get it so let's take this back down [Music] go go [Music] oh [Music] go go go go go go go go go [Music] go [Music] go [Music] cool very cool now these are very contrasting exercises but both will complement exactly what a nice healthy belt needs they're a little tricky and they're a little on the advanced side so feel free to modify by going just a little bit softer and a little bit lighter as you're building these coordinations you'll get used to them and you'll feel that as you are belting you're taking all the pressure off of your throat and letting it release into the headspace while also maintaining that nice resistant muscle fiber so there you have it guys i hope you've enjoyed this really quick warm-up i had so much fun making it for you if you have some ideas for some other videos that you would like for me to make for you please feel free to leave them in the comments portion of today's video i love you guys and i look forward to seeing you again soon [Music] bye

Channel: Madeleine Harvey

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Keywords: warm up exercises, warm up, belting exercises, warm up for belters, warm up for singers, beting warmup, belting warm up, Madeleine Harvey, singing belt, belt while you sing

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Length: 9min 49sec (589 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 16 2020