Free · sing along · five, ten or fifteen minutes
Vocal warm-ups you sing along with, in your range.
A list of exercises doesn't warm anyone up; singing does. So the first row is a routine that plays each exercise, then lets you sing it back, with every note placed inside the range your voice finds easy. Pick five, ten or fifteen minutes. The rows after it are for once your voice is warm.
- Start here: the warm-up itselfVocal warm-up
Two easy notes set your range, then humming, lip trills, sirens and scales play and you sing them back. Five, ten or fifteen minutes, pause or skip any time.
mic - Where is your voice easy?Vocal range test
Your lowest and highest comfortable note, and the voice type it sits closest to. Type the two notes into the warm-up next time and skip its check.
mic - Warm: can you hold one note?Hold a note
Eight seconds on one note, drawn as a line: how steady it stays, whether it drifts, and your vibrato if you have one.
mic - Warm: play with itPitch matching game
A note plays, you sing it back, the streak grows and the notes spread wider. A good way to stay loose after the routine.
mic - Ready? Check before you singCan I sing in tune?
Five notes played, each sung back, and how far off each one landed. Your notes play next to the targets, so you hear it too.
mic - Then sing somethingBrumm, the app
Hum a line over a running beat and it becomes an instrument in a track. A warm voice is the best moment for it.
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Five, ten or fifteen minutes
Every length goes the same way: breath first, gentle sounds, then real notes, then down again. The notes move up your range a step at a time and back, always a note short of both edges.
- 5 minutes · before you sing anything
Breathing, humming, lip trills, sirens, five-note scales (the longest part), a sigh and humming down. Enough for a rehearsal, a choir or the car.
- 10 minutes · a proper warm-up
The same, longer, plus "nay" on the notes of a chord and vowels on a falling scale. A good daily routine.
- 15 minutes · before a gig or a lesson
Everything above with more rounds, plus an octave leap when your range has room for it. The one to do when you'll sing for an hour.
What each exercise does
- Breathing
- Slow in, longer out. Settles the breath you'll sing on and loosens shoulders that ride up.
- Humming
- Lips closed, an easy "mm" on a few notes. The gentlest way to get the voice moving; you should feel a buzz around the nose and lips.
- Lip trills
- A loose "brrr" like a motorboat while you sing the notes. It keeps the air flowing and the throat relaxed. If the lips stop, press your cheeks lightly with two fingers.
- Sirens
- A slow glide up and down, like a quiet siren, on "ng" or "oo". It connects low and high without a jump.
- Five-note scales
- Up five notes and back, a step higher each round, then down again. This is where the voice starts to feel ready.
- "Nay" and vowels
- The notes of a chord on "nay", then a falling scale on changing vowels. Clear, bright sound without pushing.
- The octave leap
- Low note, the same note an octave up, then back down. Only in fifteen minutes, and only if your range has room.
- Sigh and hum down
- A sigh sliding down, then humming down a scale. It ends the warm-up where speaking is easy.
When to warm up
- Before you sing anything that matters, a rehearsal, a choir, a lesson, a gig. Ten minutes is plenty; fifteen before a long night.
- In the morning, when the voice is low and slow. Start with five minutes of humming and lip trills.
- Not right after shouting or a long call, when the voice is tired. Rest first.
- Every day, if you're learning to sing. Short and regular beats long and rare.
When to stop
- If anything hurts, scratches or tickles into a cough, stop for the day. A warm-up should feel easy.
- If a round feels like reaching, skip it. The tool keeps every note a step inside your range, and the edges can wait.
- Keep it quiet. Half your speaking volume is enough; loud isn't warmer.
- If your voice has been hoarse for more than two weeks, see a doctor or a voice teacher. A warm-up is not a cure.
What these tools can and can't do
They read pitch: which note you sing and roughly how close it is to the guide. They don't judge your voice or its sound, and they can't see your breath or your posture the way a teacher can. The warm-up shows whether you're roughly on the note in a few calm words; there is no score in it.
Each tool opens the microphone on a tap and closes it when you stop. Your voice is read in the browser and nothing is kept or sent. How the site counts visits.