Description:
Today we are going to begin working on vocal runs! If you can master a 3-note riff, you’re well on your way to longer, more complex riffs & runs! Later on next week we are going to trick our skills and try to make some longer runs, but it’s best to start with these smaller riffs first.
Most runs that we hear in contemporary music are based off the pentatonic scale. We make this scale by taking out 2 of the tones in our regular scale 4 and 7. This creates some gaps in our scale where we have to jump a larger interval than we might be used to when singing a scale, so watch out!
Exercises for day 12:
Most runs that we hear in contemporary music are based off the pentatonic scale. We make this scale by taking out 2 of the tones in our regular scale 4 and 7. This creates some gaps in our scale where we have to jump a larger interval than we might be used to when singing a scale, so watch out!
Exercises for day 12:
- Descending pentatonic 3-note riffs
- Ascending pentatonic 3-note riffs
For homework, keep reviewing the pentatonic scale, and work on these exercises above. Then see if you can add some short 3 note riffs to a song you are singing, or just try this out while singing along to songs on the radio. It’s best that they feel spontaneous and natural so have fun with this!
Lessons:
- Day 1: Welcome & What To Expect
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Day 2:
Resonance & Alignment
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Day 3:
Dynamic Support
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Day 4:
Vocal Tension Release
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Day 5:
Head Voice
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Day 6:
Mixing Registers
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Day 7:
Belting
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Day 8:
Rest day +New Song + Student Session Work 1
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Day 9:
Finding Your Vibrato
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Day 10:
Developing Your Vibrato
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Day 11:
Slides & Scoops
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Day 12:
Vocal Runs 3-note Riffs
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Day 13:
Falsetto Style
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Day 14:
Back Phrasing
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Day 15:
Rest Day+ Student Work Session 2
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Day 16:
Singing The Major Scale
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Day 17:
Singing The Minor Scale
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Day 18:
Major and Minor Pentatonic Advanced Runs
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Day 19:
Major & Minor Chords
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Day 20:
Harmonizing
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Day 21:
Building Your Own Harmony
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Day 22:
Rest day+ Song work+ Student Session Work 4
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Day 23:
Song Choice
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Day 24:
Workshopping Your Song
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Day 25:
Interpretation
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Day 26:
Memorization
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Day 27:
Rehearse & Record + Student Session Work 5
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Day 28:
Performance & Debrief + Student Session Work 6
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Day 29:
Artist Development
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Day 30:
Congratulations & What’s Next
Instructor: Abram Poliakoff
Abram Poliakoff is a singer, guitarist, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer. He received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music and has been teaching music for 8 years. He is currently both the Associate Artistic Director and a tenor in the L.A. Choral Lab, which recently released its first studio album Sonic Visions in the fall of 2019. Abram teaches and performs a wide range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Folk and Popular music in the Los Angeles area. He has also sung with the San Francisco Opera and Pocket Opera in the Bay Area. His teaching mission is to help his students utilize vocal technique to find their authentic and healthy voice while maximizing genre flexibility and a naturalness of expression.