Q&A for How to Warm Up Your Singing Voice

You can open up your throat with some light physical activity. Try doing some quick exercises, like jumping jacks or a short walk or jog, take a short break, and then do your vocal warm-up.

If you desire to sing, then absolutely. Singing is a wonderful talent for many people to have, and it helps us exercise our muscles. If you get good at it, you will begin to have opportunities to perform in front of others.

For singers, hoarseness is most often caused by using your voice too much for too long without a proper break, straining your vocal chords, not warming up properly, and using improper singing techniques. You can prevent this by giving yourself a rest when you're practicing and using the right techniques.

This happens to me too. It's usually because of the notes that come before and after that note. For example, if I am climbing up to the note, like in a scale, I can hit a high F, but I can't start a song with a high F suddenly. Practice both climbing up and starting with the note. Trust that you will hit the note again, and just keep trying.

Some foods to help your immune system are chicken soup, lemon and honey, and oatmeal.

Yes, otherwise, it might damage your voice.

Don't worry about looking stupid, you're in the music industry! Everyone understands what it requires to perform well. If they have a problem with it, tell them you're simply warming up your voice.

No, people of all ages can begin singing at any time!

Check in with a vocalist or school chorus teacher if you want to try that. It is not good to put strain on your voice if you're getting better. Let yourself fully heal.

Ignore them. You're doing what you need to do to take care of your voice, and that's all that matters.

Room temperature water is best! Hot water can burn your voice, while cold can reverse the warm up!

You drink more water. Also, you should clear your throat heavily before beginning.

Practice. You can also sing softer if you want to go higher and you can sing deeper songs to get used to singing low.

Be sure to keep your voice healthy. You're probably stressing your voice too much, so take a few days to just pause singing and take care of your voice.

Yes, you can lose your voice from singing. Also, screaming while singing can result in you losing your voice. If it persists, you should seek professional medical advice from a doctor to figure out if there are any other underlying problems.

You may be too nasally. Look up videos about decreasing nasally sounds in singing!

Look in the back of the room, and ignore the fact that there's people there. It's just you. After performing a lot, you start to get used to it, and it becomes fun, so keep at it!

If you are singing for an hour or less, 10 to 15 minutes should be enough, as long as you are focused. If you are singing for longer, 15 to 20 minutes should be good. If you are singing something harder or more intense than usual, use your discretion to decide if you need more or less.

Use your diaphragm to breathe. To make sure you are doing this, put your hands on your stomach to make sure you feel your stomach expanding as you inhale. If you feel your shoulders moving as you breathe, you are doing it wrong.

It just means that you take a breath through your stomach and not through your chest. It makes your breath last longer and the singing will sound better. Ask the teacher to show you how to do this.

Warm unsweetened tea with honey can definitely be good for the throat/voice. I have also tried throat-coat tea with honey and it works miracles. I say this because I too am a singer and I completely lost my voice before a concert (as in severe laryngitis). My choir teacher gave me a bunch of throat-coat tea and a bottle of honey and told me to drink 5 warm mugfuls of it throughout the day before the concert. When the concert rolled around, I was able to sing as if nothing had happened.

Warm ups are great to do, but do them longer than usual. Practice singing your song often and by the time you go to your audition, you should be ready.

Do it on your own. You are more than capable of breaking out of that shell. Start with only doing it around you and/or family members, then work your way up.

While practicing, keep aware of your bodily changes. Do you think a lot as your song progresses? Do you stop breathing with the same intensity as you did at the beginning of the song? Do you not connect to the lyrics or the deeper moods of the songs? Find out what bothers you and work on that. Try strengthening your lungs and not exposing your chest to extreme cold weather. Keep clearing your throat from build up and gargle regularly.

This is a usual problem with most beginner singers. First of all, go step by step. Try breathing into your abdomen area so that your abdomen moves up like your chest does when you breathe in deeply. Release the air from your mouth. After doing this for sometime, open up, sing loudly for the first few days of practice and slowly try to control your voice. Be sure not to strain your voice during this practice.

Try having a warm but not hot cup of tea and eating a spoonful of honey. Avoid shouting for a week or two and then hopefully it will get better. Keep in mind that it might take a while to be ready for singing again, so don't rush it.

Start by resting your voice, like not singing for a while. If this persists for more than two weeks, it would be a really good idea if you went to see a vocal doctor, because this could be a sign of something more serious, an example being vocal nodules, which could have a serious impact on your voice.

Try singing lessons if you really want to get your voice back. It's a lot better than trying to get your voice back by yourself because you might sing using the incorrect technique, therefore hurting your voice and your chances of reviving it to what it was.

Rest your voice for about half an hour after warming up.

It is most likely straining due to overuse. Try to rest it until you feel better and then gradually ease into warm ups. And make sure you don't sing more than you are used to.