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What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor Free Vocal Exercises (Emotions)

Use our free vocal exercises to to help you discover singing with different emotions.

What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor is such a well-known song, and it is incredibly wordy, which is great for warming up lips and facial musculature. A good way to free your voice up is to connect what you are doing with emotions. Try singing each verse with a different emotional emphasis. Here are some ideas:

Verse 1 – panicky. Try to sound completely exasperated.

Verse 2 – seasick. Imagine the rolling motion of a boat and see what it does to your phrasing.

Verse 3 – outraged. Spit out the consonants in fury.

Verse 4 – funny. Do a fake laugh, now sing with that quality.

Verse 5 – secretive. Sing as if you are whispering to a friend.

Verse 6 – disappointed. Put on your best disappointed voice.

Verse 7 – flirty. Imagine you’re seducing someone!

Verse 8 – innocent. This should be your best child-turning-on-the-charm voice.

Verse 9 – enjoy. Sing this verse as if it’s a pub singalong.

Notice what each emotion does to your voice. Do the dynamics change? Does your vocal quality change? Do some verses feel easier than others to sing?

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Lyrics

What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
Early in the morning?

Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Early in the morning!

Verses
2. Sling him in the longboat ’til he’s sober, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

3. Put him in the bilge and make him drink it, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

4. Put him in a leaky boat and make him bale it, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

5. Put him in the scuppers with the hose pipe on him, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

6. Shave his belly with a rusty razor, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

7. Pull out the plug and wet him all over, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

8. Hooray and up she rises, (x 3)
Early in the morning!

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5th & 9th Scale – Free Singing Lesson

Filed under Scales and Exercises, Singing Guides by clarity on November 17, 2011 at 2:58 pm {no comments}

This scale starts working on the agility of your vocal cords. You’re voice may well feel tired at first, but persevere. It will become easier over time.

Again using the same consonant/vowel combination of

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, (keychange)

Leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh,leh

Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law,

Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee

Loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo

and repeat a variation as the scale gets higher

As you get more confident with this exercise, you could try dropping the consonant and do the exercise just on the vowel sound:Ah, Eh, Aw, Ee, Oo (one sound for each keychange)

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5th & 9th Scale

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5th & 11th Scale Free Singing Lesson

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This scale starts working on the agility of your vocal cords. You’re voice may well feel tired at first, but persevere. It will become easier over time.

Again using the same consonant/vowel combination of

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, (keychange)

Leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh,leh

Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law,

Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee

Loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo

and repeat a variation as the scale gets higher

As you get more confident with this exercise, you could try dropping the consonant and do the exercise just on the vowel sound:Ah, Eh, Aw, Ee, Oo (one sound for each keychange)

Use the play button to hear the track, or alternatively you can purchase the track to use on your computer, ipod etc

5th & 11th Scale

Price: £0.50

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5th Interval Scale – free voice lessons

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This scale starts working on the agility of your vocal cords. You’re voice may well feel tired at first, but persevere. It will become easier over time.

Again using the same consonant/vowel combination of

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, (keychange)

Leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh,leh

Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law,

Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee

Loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo

and repeat a variation as the scale gets higher

As you get more confident with this exercise, you could try dropping the consonant and do the exercise just on the vowel sound:Ah, Eh, Aw, Ee, Oo (one sound for each keychange)

Use the play button to hear the track, or alternatively you can purchase the track to use on your computer, ipod etc

5th Interval Scale

Price: £0.50

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6th Arpeggio Scale for voice as part of our free singing lessons online

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This arpeggio scale starts working on the agility of your vocal chords. You’re voice may well feel tired at first, but persevere. It will become easier over time.

Again using the same consonant/vowel combination of

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, (keychange)

Leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh,leh

Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law,

Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee

Loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo

and repeat a variation as the scale gets higher

As you get more confident with this exercise, you could try dropping the consonant and do the exercise just on the vowel sound:Ah, Eh, Aw, Ee, Oo (one sound for each keychange)

Use the play button to hear the track, or alternatively you can purchase the track to use on your computer, ipod etc

6th Arpeggio Scale

Price: £0.50

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Octave Arpeggio Free Vocal Lesson

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This scale starts working on the agility of your vocal cords. You’re voice may well feel tired at first, but persevere. It will become easier over time.

Again using the same consonant/vowel combination of

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, (keychange)

Leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh, leh,leh

Law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law, law,

Lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee, lee

Loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo, loo

and repeat a variation as the scale gets higher

As you get more confident with this exercise, you could try dropping the consonant and do the exercise just on the vowel sound:Ah, Eh, Aw, Ee, Oo (one sound for each keychange)

Use the play button to hear the track, or alternatively you can purchase the track to use on your computer, ipod etc

Octave Arpeggio Scale

Price: £0.50

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

free vocal lesson

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on November 17, 2011 at 2:45 pm

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