Singing Without A Guide
From: Daily Intonation Practice For Low Voices: Pitch Matching Focusby Abram Poliakoff
Description:
These exercises require the most skill, because I won’t play the melody on the piano or sing it for you. I
Exercise: 3-tone scale 12321
First, our 3-tone scale. Continue to sing on numbers, or choose your favorite syllable or vowel.
Exercise: 5-tone scale 123454321
Onto our 5-tone scale. Remember this is still stepwise motion, meaning we’re moving one step at a time.
Exercise: 5-tone scale 123454321
For the major arpeggio, notice that I’m playing each of the pitches you’ll sing; I’m just playing them simultaneously, instead of one at a time.
Exercise: Major arpeggio (full) 1358531
Add on that 8th scale degree to finish out the arpeggio. Again, I’m playing all the pitches you’ll sing, and if you listen carefully, that’ll help you out!
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.