Many times I have came across this questions.
The answer is YES!
The voice instrument is composed by muscles, tissues, cavities, nerves etc. Like any athlete who needs to warm up his/her body before a practice or a competition, singers must follow a routine of simple vocalizations to prepare the muscles that will be involved in the singing process.
It is recommended for singers to start slowly right in the middle of the voice's range. Humming is a great way to start. Then going slowly from the humming to the lip trill, always making sure that the vocal cords are engaged with a deep breathing and good support for the air to pass smoothly to the resonance cavities without compromising the muscles on the upper body but most importantly the muscles around your throat.
Always look for a nice, even and light sound at the beginning of the warm ups and build your sound from there. When you feel your voice is ready, start introducing vowel sounds to your vocalization. Taking this step will depends from how your voice feels at that specific moment. Some days the voice won't need that much to warm up and you can go into singing open vowel sounds after 5 minutes. Other days your voice may take longer to warm up. This can be frustrating, mostly if you need to be ready for a vocal coaching or a concert or if you don't have time to warm up and you feel your voice is not responding quickly enough.
In cases like this the best thing you can do is going up and down slowly using the lip trill and rolling your tongue making sure you engage the whole vocal range but not pushing the sound. Then go to the open vowel sounds starting with the eeh sound making sure you take the air flow to your resonance cavities (the mask).
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