Lip Trills & SOVT EXERCISES

The lip trill is a great vocal warm up for obvious and not so obvious reasons. The obvious: Lip trills require us to relax our face and lips, and move our air at an energized and steady rate. This is a great way to warm up the voice and body! The not-so-obvious: Lip trills and other semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (having the mouth partially closed) encourage us to lengthen the vocal tract and narrow the mouth's opening at our lips. This creates increased acoustic back pressure which helps the vocal folds vibrate more easily. Aiming for similar shaping and sensations on open mouth sounds can help us harness acoustic energy for more efficient singing. So, using a lip trill helps us warm up through relaxing muscles, energizing breath, and calibrating mouth shape and sensation. Win, win, WIN!

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