The Best Way to Warm Up Your Voice (And Your Guitar Playing) 

Bro you are a genius. You deserve a lot more recognition. The way you teach is amazing. Thank you so much.

Hey Chris your videos are helping me a lot! You are a very good teacher. Thanks!

Sounds like ... 1) Warm up 2) Record / practice repertoire 3) Instrument specific drills (voice, guitar, bass, keyboards, what have you)... Since you finished doing your stuff you're in a good position to do this and go only as far as currently safe for you I really like this, I have been using drills to warm up. I'm always farigued before attempting to actually play what I wanted to ... Also helps with one simple but important thing, if you need to go through drills to access that fast picking or high/low note, then maybe you are asking too much from yourself right now ... Too many big things (patience grass hopper, you'll get there later) Really appreciate this. This will help reduce fatigue and potential injuries. And also foster a sense of accomplishment since stuff actually got done !

Its like you just woke me up out of a bad dream where I was being tortured by nasty music teachers with scale-whips. DUDE.

What a musical, creative, liberating approach to warming up. Much more than a warm-up. Thankyou Chris.

Took me years to figure out that scales warmups were causing more problems (tension) for me then they were helping. You're spot on with this advice Chris!

this is timeless information! 4yrs later and only now i’m fortunate to have found this!! thanks chris

Gotta admit that your videos works. Giving tips that are logical and makes sense rather than just copying it from other videos, explaining things through examples and no unnecessary advertising. Keep going!

Man, you gotta show that on a TED meeting so vocal teachers all over the world re-imagine their classic warm up exercises

It does make so much more sense. It is what I did naturally (engaging musically,) but then classical education confronted me with all these mechanical exercises and nobody ever mirrored me in this way. So, for me watching this is worth it's watching time in gold. THANK YOU. Plus, I think that this channel generally encourages people to make all sorts of seemingly awkward experiments in order to discover their authentic musical selves.

This is good, thanks Chris. Those ascending scale fragments just kill my looseness and as you say, are a recipe for actually causing tension, the opposite of what I need.

I needed to hear these words and give myself these permissions really!!

This is soooooo freeing GOD Bless you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Totally agree with this approach, Worx!

This video and seadrone vocal warm-up video really change my mind. I look at warm ups and vocal techniques moooooore different now. Thanks a lot man really. Hope one day i can thank you in real life. You are awasome teacher and fantastic human being

Those Os and Frees sent shivers down my spine. That was some Jeff Buckley level thing.

I actually laughed watching this approach. I was like :o this makes sooooo much more sense!! Thanks for sharing this :D

Thanks so much Chris you are really helping me on my vocal journey. I totally felt what you said about connecting your voice and guitar. Really appreciate you.🤘🏻

I’ve been subscribed to you for over a year, but it’s only now I’m watching some of these older videos that I skipped over. This is really helpful. Very simple way of doing warm-ups for sure, and I always appreciate simplicity. Thank you.

Immensely enjoying your approach to singing. Thanks for putting this together. It's definitely a more natural and organic way to warm up and less boring than going up and down the piano, chasing scales like a lunatic. Scales matter but definitely not at this stage of warming up.

This turned out to be a really good guitar lesson for me in the first instance. Simple but very expressive pentatonic phrases. Will be aiming to make it a combined warm up as you do. Thanks once more!

That felt great. The truth is in the experiment. I feel fresh and encouraged.

Loved it! Changed my warm up on guitar as well as invigorated my voice and allowed a more melodic playing as well. You Rock! Trying to fit in the voice class now. Stay Well.

Chris, you are a genius. So much good stuff on your channel, keep it up sir

So, you essentially create a call and response between your own self. Interesting, especially if you are a live guitarist, since you are warming up both skills, at the same time.

First one of your videos I’ve come across. Automatically subscribed.

Your channel is the only that REALLY helps me improve my singing. Cause you are not selling off singing course or some sort.. And I enjoy your videos, not getting bored while watching. Thank you..

Thank you so much bro🙏I've done exercises for years without catching high notes...since I follow you, my voice is getting better and better and it makes a lot more fun than classic singing practice🤘you're great💪👌

Nice, these warm up helps me make a stronger connection with my guitar. Call and answer style interaction. As a blues player I really appreciate this.

This is really cool Chris, thanks Maggie for nudging it my way. And oh yes that stretch from the 3rd to 7th. Respect !

Your techniques are amazing and immediate!

That's amazing. I love it

You have been so immensely helpful! Especially the first of your singing course… Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

Good advice Chris. I have been doing fundamental exercises, and forgot to lead match!

Thank God I found you! Singing is something I've been longing for all my life and I definitely got the feeling that you are gonna help me so much. These are astounding techniques. Already subscribed to your channel and your "Free your voice" program. And Heavens bless you man.

Also sounds like a great way to stay on pitch🙏🙏🙏

Your channel rocks! So glad to have found it

This is first class stuff!! Thanks a lot!! It’s like always knowing something wasn’t right and being explained exactly why 👍👍👍

You are amazing coach👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What a cool and interesting way to warm up your voice! Great tips for us who play guitar or any instrument. Thank you brother - love it!

Thank you so much Chris! You're really helpful, and you're a great musician!

Absolutely hooked on your uploads. Thank you !

Completed this video. I learned how to breath out. Thank you 🙏👍

Thank you Dear Chris,In everybody,a seed to sing lies deep inside,How sweetly.softly.gently but firmly.you have spotted the erring areas..YOUR guidbaces are virtual,,Thank you,,DrNanda,,India

Genius

Best video ever seen on RU-vid

This is sooo good! Love your way of teaching! Keep on going!

just saw your chris cornel video andI really enjoy your way to see things. please do more voice lessons cuz you ll be sucessful !

Will need to get my band mates to play for me lol but great advise yet again.

This is simply amazing. You could easily be the lead singer of my band if you wanted to

so this led to me doing some George Benson-esque scat improve with my guitar. Pretty flippin' darn cool tip! I always wondered why I felt fatigue with the old-school approach of warming up scales and arpeggios. (Which I still think are important for so many reasons.) I felt comfortable and warmed up in under 10 minutes.

Loooaaave this strat xD

Thank you Chris for sharing this great warm up! You have such an amazing approach to music and creativity.

Hey Chris, i really wanna thank you for your videos, i think yours are the best vocal coaching videos that i found here on YT;) so interesting, i love that you are thinking about “playing“ with the voice in a completely different way!!

Hey Chris, I like this video a lot as far as vocal warmup is concerned. My only thing is I don't play guitar so I was wondering if I just play this video daily and mimic the vocal sounds and riffs that you do. I was already doing that while watching this video. I've watched your other video on warming up and I just mimic what you do vocally there as well with a few improvisational riffs of my own for fun. Any suggestions? Cheers!!

Thanks Chris Liepe

Do you have a video on singing terminology? Its hard keeping track of it all

You are terrific!!! Thanks!!!

Amazing! I am going to try this everyday! Thank you! 😃

this video will be my wam up

Some good ideas there, thanks Chris. You don't have any particular relaxation methods that you use first, or is this enough?

Such an insightful video, thank you! Is this what you do for general practice as well? Would love to hear how your practice routine might differ?

Helpful, and new compared to what I've encountered in singing books/CDs I've used. Thanks for sharing this (and the other recent singing tips). -Tom

Hey Chris, is it okay to instead of doing licks, just doing chords and singing phrases with them? I'm a newb guitar player and I don't have the skills to do licks yet so I was wondering if that's okay too with my priority being warming up the voice and not so much the guitar playing (got a studio sesh tomorrow and gonna be singing a lot)

That's awesome!

Can you make a video how to do that with your guitar?

Thank you so much Chris ! Do I have to stop when I feel tension. Because the higher you go the higher my tension is .

Fun fact: the "hard" vowel starts are a big part of what makes german sound harsh to you and arabic harsh to us germans

Here's a fun question for you! How would you go about preparing for, and warming up for a tracking session, assuming you had a week or two to prepare?

10/10 vibrato

Great concept. 👍

Which one is the good complete daily vocal warmup for baritones?

"no one is listening." boy my brother in the other room roasting me LOL

heavenly

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So if we don't play guitar (anymore), we just make up improvs/phrases?

How to sing lke Udo Dirkshneider? Any tip?

Lol I really want to sing, Teach me sensei :O

nice

Thank you, I was struggeling with those chromatic scales but I thought the problem was me...

This is fucking gold. Thanks man!

not enough concrete. 10/10.

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There should be a wU to find your favorite without looking through 100 videos for hours 😅

where can I listen to the songs of the intro?

I love your tone both singing and guitar wise what kind of amp are you using cause I really dig that tone.

It's a kind of George Benson's warm up, you mean...? :)