Daily warm ups

Warm up routine - Sing S  P  Ś, followed by one or two Sarali Varisai, Janta Varisai and then one of the Singing exercises below. 

1. Sing S...  P...  Ś...  

Female voice - G# Scale - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-aOWcht8CU3Z9GbTEDx3-qSNxmfAEBq 

Male voice - C Scale - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FoEEVNbFwU_lQwY0WT7rPcc88Ajz0Biu    

2. Sarali Varisai 

Choose a different Sarali Varisai sequence every day and rotate through all 14 sequences. Also sing in speeds from 1 to 3. 

3. Janta Varisai 

Choose a different Janta Varisai sequence every day and rotate through all 8 sequences. Also sing in speeds from 1 to 3. 

4. Geetham 

Vara veena - https://sites.google.com/view/madhuraswarangal/advanced-lessons/geetham?authuser=1#h.9xta6wiosygf 
Swaram - https://drive.google.com/file/d/15Ottmkn81nBa1ZyKL9i-nT9TDkOFES6l  
Sahithyam - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fD_mJ1f45yWas5Z8rrr_xLjNXOt0KmOM  

Janaka sutha
Swaram - https://drive.google.com/file/d/15SlgLn7zOexZld3qfJ7G_NsdRnkDTJ2h  
Sahithyam - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P-9ZHS1DPB59I_U92XmT8n2g5EAIRWcA 

Mandara dharare
Swaram - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pd_2npOVFUf0TFg6Ls6RiGsbAslX_oVA
Sahithyam - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NQqfr5ghurSAqkqCpZG42HoaW0Zfd7wa 

Kamalajadala
Swaram - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JbOVLqMUmfh4mySq23RjaKjOD581IVUF
Sahithyam - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALFkFDf7jidooQosrkK53a8Wq1Dq2S6H 

5. Other Singing exercises 

a. 5 minute daily warmup for perfect pitch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxF0L5izmo    

SR  RG  GM  MP  PD  DN  NŚ   ||

ŚN  ND  DP  PM  MG  GR  RS   ||

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxF0L5izmo&t=31  

SRRG   RGGM   GMMP   MPPD   PDDN   DNNŚ   ||

ŚNND   NDDP   DPPM   PMMG   MGGR   GRRS   ||

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxF0L5izmo&t=114  

SR RG GM   |   RG GM MP   |   GM MP PD   |   MP PD DN   |   PD DN NŚ   ||

ŚN ND DP   |   ND DP PM   |   DP PM MG   |   PM MG GR   |   MG GR RS   ||

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxF0L5izmo&t=219 

b. Universal Swara exercise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG1EVoHwZBA 

We remove one Swara each in every step.

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   D   P   M   G   R   S   || 

S   R   M   P   D   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   D   P   M   R   S   ||  

S   R   M   P   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   P   M   R   S   ||

S   M   P   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   P   M   S   ||

S   M   P   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   P   M   S   || 

S   M   P   Ś   |   Ś   P   M   S   || 

S   P   Ś   |   Ś   P   S   || 

S   Ś   |   Ś   S   || 

https://youtu.be/nG1EVoHwZBA?t=28 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG1EVoHwZBA&t=191s     

c. Step 1 - Sing continuously the last note - https://youtu.be/sx4FKxq4Qpc?t=145 

In every line, we gradually add one note at a time. We also extend the last note. 

S  ,   || 

S   R  ,   || 

S   R   G   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   ,   || 

S   R   G   ,   || 

S   R   ,   || 

S   ,   || 

Step 2: Sing continuously all lines without any extension in the last note - https://youtu.be/sx4FKxq4Qpc?t=245 

d. Vocal Exercise to hit high notes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TV70eswIls  

Start with the basic pattern S   R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś and then shift the range to upper Swaras. 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś   |   Ś   N   D   P   M   G   R   S   || 

R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś   Ŕ   |   Ŕ   Ś   N   D   P   M   G   R   || 

G   M   P   D   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ǵ   |   Ǵ   Ŕ   Ś   N   D   P   M   G   ||   

M   P   D   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ǵ   Ḿ   |   Ḿ   Ǵ   Ŕ   Ś   N   D   P   M   ||   

P   D   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ǵ   Ḿ   Ṕ   |   Ṕ   Ǵ   Ŕ   Ḿ   Ś   N   D   P   ||  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TV70eswIls&t=135s 

e. 3 Minute Daily Warmup for Singers - https://youtu.be/bir_YAUfOCQ?t=41 

While going up we are singing in a zigzag pattern. While coming down, we are singing sequentially.

S   G   R   M   |   G   R   S   || 

S   G   R   M   G   P   |   M   G   R   S   || 

S   G   R   M   G   P   M   D   |   P   M   G   R   S   || 

S   G   R   M   G   P   M   D   P   N   |  D   P   M   G   R   S   || 

S   G   R   M   G   P   M   D   P   N   D   Ś   |   N   D   P   M   G   R   S   || 

https://youtu.be/bir_YAUfOCQ?t=71 

e. Daily warm up for beginners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66-sa8kvE4 

Goal - to bring stability in singing each note. We will start with S and then we keep adding one note at a time. We will extend the new note, so that we can sing it properly. 

S   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   Ś   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   N   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   D   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   P   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   M   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   G   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   R   ,   ,   ,   || 

S   ,   ,   ,   || 

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66-sa8kvE4&t=35    

f. Expanding vocal range - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmJ552fFBw  

Raga HamsaDhwani  

G   R   S   ||

G   P   |   G   R   S   ||

G   P   N   P   |   G   P   | G   R   S   ||

G   P   N   Ś   N   P   |   G   P   N   P   |   G   P   |   G   R   S   ||

G   P   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ś   N   P |   G   P   N   Ś   N   P   |

      G   P   N   P   |   G   P   | G   R   S   ||

G   P   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ǵ   Ŕ   Ś   N   P |   G   P   N   Ś   Ŕ   Ś   N   P   |

        G   P   N   Ś   N   P G   P   N   P |   G   P   | G   R   S   ||

  https://youtu.be/yKmJ552fFBw?t=40