Vocal Relaxation Exercises
Release stored tension in your jaw, tongue, and throat before you sing. Lip trills, humming, and warm-ups that loosen your voice in minutes.
16 Exercises
The descending 5-tone scale is a vocal cool-down that lets your folds shorten back to rest after intense singing. Use "Yoo" or "Hoo" to keep the larynx low.
A fast-tempo lip trill exercise that builds breath control and extends your usable range. Back-pressure from the lips cushions your folds for a safer warm-up.
This sliding fifth interval exercise helps your choir smooth the chest-to-head voice transition by training the laryngeal muscles to tilt gradually.
A slow descending lip trill on scale degrees 5-3-1 helps your vocal folds recover after intense singing. Use this cool-down to release tension gently.
The Hum-Chew loosens your masseter muscles by combining a sustained hum with exaggerated chewing motions. You learn to phonate without jaw tension.
Lip trills warm up your full range without strain. This 5-tone scale builds steady airflow and keeps your vocal folds loose as you move between registers.
The puffy cheek bub exercise builds backpressure behind your lips to release jaw tension and let you sing higher notes with less effort.
The tongue trill loosens your tongue root so it stops pressing against the voice box. Use this rolled R exercise to free up range and reduce fatigue.
Learn the Navy SEAL box breathing pattern to calm your nervous system before performances. Four counts in, hold, out, hold. A go-to reset for singers.
Straw phonation uses SOVT backpressure to massage your vocal folds and balance airflow. A go-to vocal therapy warm-up when your voice feels fatigued.
Slide through your full octave to smooth out your vocal break. This siren exercise stretches your CT muscles and bridges chest to head voice with control.
Slide through your octave on a buzzy 'V' to blend chest and head voice. SOVT backpressure keeps the transition smooth and easy.
The V Rev Motor uses a buzzy 'V' to balance your airflow and clean up your vocal onset. A simple way to find the right air-to-cord ratio.
Let tension melt away with a breathy sigh that glides from high to low. The perfect cool-down tool to reset your voice after a hard practice session.
Slide down into vocal fry to release built-up tension after practice. This cool-down exercise helps your vocal cords reset to a loose, relaxed state.
Blow through a straw into water to create backpressure that relaxes your vocal folds. A powerful upgrade to basic straw phonation with real-time feedback.