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Warm Ups

Home Free choir resourcesWarm Ups
A series of short warm ups gathered into four groups:
1. Physical & body focused
2. Activating the vocal cords – Phonation
3. Pitching & diction – Brain Wakeners
4. Pitching & diction – Song Based

Thank you to the contributors who have generously gifted their work, knowledge and skills. New warm-ups for 2026 are marked with an asterisk *.

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Physical & Body Focused

* Hop Hip Fish Chip – Stephen Deazley

Open Book Yoga Stretch – Adelaide Carlow

Facial warm-up – Amy Lord

Physical, Vocal & Breath warm-up – Brian Marshall

Physical & Vocal Round – Katy Lavinia Cooper

Windy Day physical & vocal warm-up – Jane Lewis


Activating The Vocal Cords – Phonation

* Breath & support warm-up – Christine Sjölander

* Lip trill & hum warm-up – Nina Enemark

Five Second warm-up – Harry Campbell

To stretch the body, stretch the voice and get into the zone

Vocal Cord warm-up – Corrina Hewat

Warm up the vocal cords and body vibration

Bee warm-up – Penny Stone

Speak to your neighbours in bee language


Pitching & Diction – Brain Wakeners

* Articulation warm-up – Katy Lavinia Cooper

* Diction warm up – Baz Chapman

* Vowels warm up – Ula Weber

1 2 3 4 5 Round – Anna Ghazal

Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry – Ula Weber

Number Scale warm-up – Christopher Barr


Pitching & Diction – Song Based

* Dementia inclusive warm-up – Jo Miller

* Funny round with siren – Ali Burns

* Energetic round – Kat Brooks

* Tall Ships Sea Shanty – Ace Voices

Tall Ships Sea Shanty ScoreTall Ships Sea Shanty description & lyrics

Tomato Salad – Anna Ludwig

A fun song to warm up the voice but also keeps you on your toes!

Call & Response – Rachel Hynes

Song called Kumala Vista, good for breath work and for learning the anticipation for breathing

Two Tickets To Troon – Ali Burns

A fun diction song

Joy warm-up – Stephen Deazley

Using Ode To Joy melody and German word for joy ‘Freude’

Getcha Head In The Game – Sally Jaquet

A song about getting focused in three parts also covering articulation and range

Download Getcha Head In The Game Score

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