A vocal warm-up is a series of exercises that prepare the voice for singing, acting, or other use.

Purpose Changing pitch undoubtedly stretches the muscles, and vocal warm-ups help the singer feel more prepared.

While recording Good Mourning, Skiba had a problem with acid reflux because of his diet, lack of vocal warm-up and his earlier troubles with alcohol and drugs.

I could hear Brydon doing vocal warm-ups, and briefly considered joining him, but instead visited the loo for the fifth time.

A cacophony of chatting, vocal warm-ups and the tuning of instruments filled the studio.

What not to do when reading: Do not prepare with vocal warm-ups, neck rolls or the Japanese Suzuki Method of stomping.

He also started to do vocal warm-ups before shows, and requested a separate area for him to do his exercises, away from "the band laughing at [him]."

Unfortunately, when he sang of his anguish over losing Elvira, he might as well have been doing vocal warm-ups.

Ms. Gordon finds yoga offers a good balance between mind and body, not to mention a tremendous vocal warm-up.

And perhaps it would be best to do vocal warm-ups right now: run through some tongue-twisters, practice speaking from the diaphragm.