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Warm-up Activities

Listening and completing

Listen and choose the correct word to complete the text about breathing.

Pinwheel exercise

This exercise will make you see what happens when your is not deep enough. You have to take in a deep breath, and blow on the to make it spin. Check how long it keeps spinning. air means the pinwheel will go slowly and if that happened while playing an instrument, it would mean going on a note. 

Body warm-up

Body warm-up is essential to loosen up , joints and the whole body so that you can prevent the risk of . It is also useful to raise your rate and blood flow, and consequently, the oxygen in your muscles. At the end of the training or session, it is important to have some cool down time to reduce body .

Annabelle López Ochoa (1973) is a Belgian choreographer. She uses an apparent lack of structure in her works, a constructed chaos which is, on the contrary, well organized and deeply detailed. She has won many international awards and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2012.

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Relating vocabulary

Listen to the sound files and decide what they refer to. Mark the correct option with an X.


  S-sound voice exercise
  Body warm-up
  Neck bends

  Tongue
  Neck
  Resonance


  Voice training
   Pinwheel technique
   Body warm-up

  Lips
  Breathing
  Shoulder rolls

  Pinwheel technique
 Body warm-up
 S-sound voice exercise
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Analysing concepts

Team work

In pairs read the sentences and decide if you agree or disagree. Write X in the right box.

Ok

No

1. Pinwheel exercise is used to produce electricity.

              Ok               No
2. If you play a wind instrument and you improve your breathing technique, your sound will be better.               Ok               No
3. S-sound voice warm-up helps relax your diaphragm.               Ok               No

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