title: Vocal warm-up practices and perceptions in vocalists: a pilot survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigated in a pilot study the type, duration, and frequency of vocal warm-up regimens in the singing community using a survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred seventeen participants completed an online survey. Participants included voice students from undergraduate, masters, and doctoral music programs and professional singers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-four percent of participants reported always using vocal warm-up before singing. Twenty-two percent of the participants used vocal cool down. The most preferred warm-up duration was of 5-10 minutes in duration. Despite using vocal warm-up, 26% of the participants reported experiencing voice problems. Females tended to use vocal warm-up more frequently than males. Females also tended to use longer warm-up sessions than males. Education of the participants did not appear to have any noticeable effect on the vocal warm-up practices. The most commonly used singing warm-up exercises were ascending/descending five-note scales, ascending/descending octave scales, legato arpeggios, and glissandi.
authors: Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70893, USA.
authors: Allison
authors: A
authors: Gish
authors: Melda
authors: M
authors: Kunduk
authors: Loraine
authors: L
authors: Sims
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: McWhorter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014831:Voice / Q000502:physiology*; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000502:physiology*; D014834:Voice Training; D055815:Young Adult