I have been using this warm-up for 30+ years as a way for my students to learn to develop an even range from top to bottom. It has become even more relevant today as our culture is presented with a variety of singing/talent programs on our television networks with questionable techniques.
Beginning on an F#5, all of my students (women AND MEN) sing descending arpeggios (D’,S,M,D) down the scale by half step on the syllables “Boh-Boh-Boh-Bee”. Arriving near the F#3 (lowest pitch of the arpeggio), the women drop out and the men continue down the scale, dropping out as the exercise leaves their range until the Basses finish on their lowest note.
(“My Go-To Warm-Up” features a favorite warm-up used by those choirs who have been selected to perform during the 2015 ACDA National Conference.)
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