Free tips · Voice · Tip 2 of 19
Lip trills to warm up
For the first minute of every meeting, your voice is cold. Everyone can hear it.
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The fix
Warm the voice up like any other muscle, so it sounds full from the first word.
Drill · under two minutes
Thirty seconds of lip trills sliding low to high, in the car before you walk in.
- Lip trill
- Blowing air through closed, relaxed lips so they vibrate while you hum a slide. A standard singer and actor warm-up that eases tension without straining the voice.
Further learning
Expert video: National Theatre (UK), "Vocal warm-up: articulation"Shortlisted, waiting for Fred's approval before embedding. Watch how the mouth and tongue are worked before speaking. Do it with them once.
Expert video: National Theatre (UK), "An actor's warm-up: voice"Shortlisted, waiting for Fred's approval before embedding. A full voice warm-up used by professional actors. Ten minutes before a big meeting.
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