02/10/2026
Staccato warm ups are useful to test your onset as a singer - are your vocal cords closing enough? Are you flexible enough to pass through an arpeggio pattern like this? It's great to do an exercise like this through your whole range to work that flexibility and make sure your onsets are clear all the way through. The "i" vowel is great to find a resonance that carries the sound forward, whereas with a more open vowel like "ah" it's easier to work on opening the back of the throat. It's great to try staccato onsets on all the different vowels for this reason.