Vocal Warming and Breathing Exercises Pop Quiz

Where should you place your hands to assist with breathing exercises?

• On top of your head

• On your rib cage or belly

• On your knees

• In the air

True or False: raising our shoulders help to breathe.

• True

• False

What is the first step to every vocal warm-up?

• Breathing

• Tone exercises

• Harmonizing songs

• Stretching

Define the "singer breath."

• Using the abdominal muscles and diaphragm, low breath

• Raising the shoulders; breathing high

• Only breathe through the nose

• Hold your breath as long as humanly possible

What is the muscle used to control your breathing?

• abdomen

• stomach

• diaphragm

• deltoid