Welcome
From: Daily Intonation Practice For Low Voices : Major Scale & Interval Focusby Abram Poliakoff
Description:
Welcome to your daily intonation practice: major scale & interval focus.
Intonation is a fancy word for singing in tune and with accuracy. Every melody we sing has specific notes or frequencies that we learn to match and they are often organized into specific groups and patterns called scales. A simple song is made up of notes from usually just one scale. It’s not so hard when we move step by step, but when we jump around we use the concept of intervals to help us calculate how far to jump. These two concepts scales and intervals help us predict what is coming next, improvise, harmonize and eventually read music.
Part one will cover the major scale, both in sections and as a whole. Part two will give you plenty of practice jumping or skipping from the first scale degree. And in part 3, you’ll learn a few different melodic patterns utilizing the major scale.
Once you’ve completed the series, you’re welcome to skip around in subsequent practice sessions. Whatever you decide to cover on any given day, please always begin with a gentle warmup, like the one included in this series.
Lessons:
- 1: Welcome
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2:
Warmup
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3:
The Major Scale
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4:
Intervals from “1” (“Do”)
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5:
Other Patterns
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6:
Conclusion
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.