Day 18: Major and Minor Pentatonic Advanced Runs
From: 30 Day Beginner Course Level 2 With Abramby Abram Poliakoff
Description:
Today we are going to go into a little more depth about both our major and minor pentatonic scales, and start to use these patterns to start creating some more advanced vocal runs. Being able to add more intricate runs takes equal parts, technique, style, and ear training, so get ready to start integrating everything we have been learning so far!
First, let’s take a moment and try out a more challenging bungee scale exercise where we are going to use both the minor and major pentatonic scales
Exercises for day 18:
First, let’s take a moment and try out a more challenging bungee scale exercise where we are going to use both the minor and major pentatonic scales
Exercises for day 18:
- Ascending/Descending bungee major pentatonic scale (selecting out 4 and 7)
- Ascending/Descending bungee minor pentatonic scale (selecting out 2 and 6 )
- Middle Pentatonic Practice (A major and F minor)
- Pentatonic Long runs (A Major on Yeah 2,321,656,1) ( D Major on Wo 356,561,123,321)
For homework practice exercises 1, 2, and 3 on various forms of the Pentatonic scale and for extra credit, try making some fun runs using these scales with any of the songs you are practicing!
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.