Description:
Hi, I’m Abram, your instructor for How to Avoid Vocal Cracks. Unintentional vocal cracks between our registers can sound awkward, especially during a long sustain. This course will teach you why your voice cracks and how to avoid it if you don’t want it to. In Part 1, we’ll explore the different reasons why vocal cracks happen, and I’ll teach you how to safely cause your voice to crack on purpose, which can be a stylistic tool in contemporary genres. In Part 2, we’ll work on methods to avoid cracking by smoothing out transitions between vocal registers. Finally, in Part 3, we’ll use the song "Never Leave You" as a model for avoiding vocal cracks in your own singing.
Let's get started with a short warm-up that you can use throughout the tutorial.
Short Daily Warmup
A) Hey There, Hey Ya’ll (5-3, 5-1)
B) Good Grief (12,321)
C) Siren Slide Lip Trill/Ah to Aye to EE (1-8-1)
B) Good Grief (12,321)
C) Siren Slide Lip Trill/Ah to Aye to EE (1-8-1)
Lessons:
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.