Description:
Exercise: Listen, audiate, hum (single pitch)
Three steps to this first warmup: listen, audiate (or sing in your head), and then hum aloud.
Exercise: Hiss, hiss, hum (listen to pitch while you hiss, hum on the third)
Now, 3 pulses: 2 on a hiss, the last on a hum. Listen to the pitch while you hiss and hum on the last repeat.
Exercise: Low high low siren (imprecise pitch)
Freely explore a wider, but still comfortable range, on a low-high-low siren. Don’t worry about hitting any specific pitches.
See you in part 1! If this is not your first time completing the series, feel free to jump to parts 2 or 3 depending on your time constraints and current goals.
Three steps to this first warmup: listen, audiate (or sing in your head), and then hum aloud.
Exercise: Hiss, hiss, hum (listen to pitch while you hiss, hum on the third)
Now, 3 pulses: 2 on a hiss, the last on a hum. Listen to the pitch while you hiss and hum on the last repeat.
Exercise: Low high low siren (imprecise pitch)
Freely explore a wider, but still comfortable range, on a low-high-low siren. Don’t worry about hitting any specific pitches.
See you in part 1! If this is not your first time completing the series, feel free to jump to parts 2 or 3 depending on your time constraints and current goals.
Lessons:
- 1: Welcome
- 2: Warmup
- 3: Matching Another Voice
- 4: Matching An Instrument
- 5: Singing Without A Guide
- 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.