Vocal Warm Up by Musicopoulos App Reviews

So heres what I like: - You create your own playlist of warm ups. - You set a range that is unique for your voice. If you dont know your range it will give you SATB choices to choose from. - There is a number of exercises to choose from with varying degrees of difficulty and intervals. - After you decide what exercises you like then you create a play list. - I know that it takes me between 15-18 mins to get to church so I have designed two playlist. 1) 4 min warm up with a 1 octave range. 2) 18 min stretch with a 2 octave range. - The great thing is you can have multiple playlist/warm ups and when you adjust the range it will automatically adjust the amount of time it takes to perform the warm up. What I dislike: - The app is $2.99 - The home screen is the "How To" screen. So each time you open it you have to click your playlist. - Although the app gives you readable examples of what to sing it only plays piano for the warm ups and does not have a vocal listening example. BUT, I like to mix up my vowel and consonant sounds so this allows for flexibility. Suggestions when using the app: - I have created two playlist because the first warm up should never take me too high or too low. That causes strain. Create multiple playlist that will gently stretch you and work you up/down to your limits. - Do not use the app for the first time in the car. LOL Yes, I did this. You will want to read the screen for each exercise and see the vowel suggestions they give. Be Safe! - Do not use with headphones or ear buds. You cant properly match pitch. Make the kids warm up with you! - Your mouth will get tired with certain vowel sounds so mix it up. If you need suggestions for different techniques let me know. Happy Singing!

Very limited number of exercises. You need to know what youre doing and which sequence of exercises to use. The cool down exercises are essentially non-existent in this app. I call it false advertisement. This app is mediocre at best. 3 stars is generous.

It is just amazing! Completely worth the price!

Update: still waiting for an update. Its been over a year! Still the best option, but thats not saying much at this point. See previous feature requests below... I use this app constantly. The exercises are great, and I love having custom lists for various warmup durations. But I wish it would get an update: 1. Background play. This is a must. Id love to lock my phone while warming up. 2. When I open the app, I wish the default view was the warmups tab! I use the warmups EVERYTIME I open the app, but rarely use the functions on the "home" tab. Anything to reduce the number of taps to get started, pls. 3. Every other audio app automatically pauses when you unplug headphones. 4. This is the last app on my phone that uses the ios 6 keyboard. Id love to see an updated GUI :-) 5. Im not always looking at my phone when warming up. A vocal prompt w/ the name of the next exercise would be amazing. Thx!

if this was free, FIVE STARS, sadly any charge makes this whole bundle a ripoff.

I just started singing and this really helps when away from an instructor for practice. You can adjust and it has great warm ups for you!

This app is the only great for warming up locally but also for teaching you how to sing.

I love how this app works and how I can really feel the warm up. Its an awesome app. Worth the buy.

Ive been using this for a while now to exercise my vocal chords and warm them up. Its absolutely incredible!! I tried looking at a few other but the simplicity of this one is what sells it. As far as learning to sing goes I would still recommend lessons from a teacher for a bit, but once you get the sensations down this is like having a coach in your pocket playing all the exercises on the keyboard for you to sing along to. With that said I hope they continue adding new exercises and maybe add some tonal settings for the keyboard. All in all this is essential to any vocalist

I was blown away by how quick my vocal chords warmed up using this app. Its easy to use and theyre always updating. Being able to go through scales as if a vocal coach was right there makes it work it. Any singer should have this app in their arsenal. Thanks!

Nice to be able to be hands free while doing vocal warm ups. Could use some additional options or programmability. Things like minor and modal scales would be a nice addition.

Working to get my voice in shape for a musical audition. Ive created three different warm ups and have also crafted some exercises. Im well on my way!

All the warmup exercises you want in a customizable playlist. Plug it in and get started. Good in the car, in the studio, or with your choir.

"Please, sir, may I have some more?" This is a very good simple app, with welcome customizability for vocal range across all the basic vocal warm-ups. Perfect for singers in most vocal genres. For a jazz singer, however, it would be extremely useful to include, or allow us to create, warm-ups in minor and modal keys. Instrumentalists practice their scales in order to be able to fluidly improvise in any key or mode on the stage; vocalists do the same, and this ability would take this app to the next level. That said, this is the app I use each morning, before every rehearsal and every gig.

near perfect! Could be a couple small things to make it perfect but just what I need and more to do all the exercises I want with out a piano

I have been a choral teacher and I am a semi- professional musician/singer for most all my life. The best thing for training your voice is to have a regular warm up routine. THIS app makes it so easy. Try the example warm- up first. It even makes it easy to get the right range of notes for your vocal type. You have complete control over the range. There is a good selection of exercises to pick from and you can place them in the order you wish. Since it is basically an accompaniment app you can use the vowels or techniques that works for you. I start with a series of bubble warm ups for the first thing in the morning. I play it on my morning commute after I drop the kids at school. So I get a quick and easy stretch of the chords right off. Then I use a longer, more involved series to work on vowels and stretch the range to my best tessitura. I also have a short Cool Down series for the end of the day or after a performance (Cooling down is important too when you sing everyday) The warmups and exercises are adequate for a professional but easy enough for students or beginners. If you are a serious singer get this! I also suggest the bundle offered as well, the other apps do a great job and the ear training one is great. Why are you still reading? Click purchase...

Works great. Makes it easy to practice.

I have searched and used many singing apps to improve not only my singing but to increase my knowledge of music. This app bundle does it all and for the price you cannot go wrong. The only suggestion I would make to the developers would be to put a way to see if you are on pitch when doing the warm ups. Some ears are not fully trained to hear and visualization the note may help.