{"id":8347,"date":"2017-08-25T16:50:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/?p=8347"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T11:22:42","slug":"how-to-stretch-before-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/how-to-stretch-before-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Warm-up: How to stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singing is a whole body experience, so it is important to relieve physical stress and start in the right way with a few relaxation exercises before singing. Follow our 5 step singing warm-up routine below:<\/p>\n

1. Neck Stretch<\/h2>\n

Look as far left as you can, then right. Repeat facing your chin downwards and upwards.<\/p>\n

2. Shoulder Roll<\/h2>\n

Rotate your shoulders forwards, and then backwards. Then squeeze them upwards, and release.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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3. Yawning<\/h2>\n

Flex and relax the muscles around your mouth and cheekbones.<\/p>\n

4. Tongue Roll<\/h2>\n

Place your tongue between your front teeth and lips. Rotate clockwise around your mouth, and then anticlockwise. Repeat x 10, x 6 and x 4. Then try to touch your chin with the tip of your tongue.<\/p>\n

5. Full Body Stretch<\/h2>\n

Hold for 10 seconds each:<\/p>\n

\"stretch<\/p>\n

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City Academy<\/strong> run singing lessons<\/a> across London - learn to sing, develop your voice and perform with classes in:<\/p>\n

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1. Start with<\/strong>: Singing Lessons - Beginners<\/a> or Singing Foundation<\/a>
\n2. Then<\/strong>: Pop & Rock Singing<\/a>, Blues & Gospel Singing<\/a>, Musical Theatre Singing<\/a>, Jazz & Soul Singing<\/a> and Opera Singing<\/a>
\n3. Perform in<\/strong>: one of our six choirs<\/a> across London
\n4. Extras<\/strong>: write your own music in our Songwriting classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Singing is a whole body experience, so it is important to relieve physical stress and start in the right way…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,102],"tags":[660,1363],"yoast_head":"\nSinging Warm-up: How to stretch before singing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Always stretch before you sing - follow City Academy's five point singing warm-up routine and stretch before you start singing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/how-to-stretch-before-singing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singing Warm-up: How to stretch before singing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Always stretch before you sing - 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