Practice Better Breathing
by Abram Poliakoff
Description:
In this lesson, we’ll focus on developing better breath control for singing. Through a series of targeted exercises, you will learn how to optimize inhalation and exhalation, sustain longer phrases, and improve your overall vocal performance. The exercises and demonstrations include breath control techniques, breath conditioning, and a final breath control test to push your limits. We’ll also apply these techniques to a folk song, "The Water is Wide," to practice breath management in a musical context.
Lessons:
- 1: Welcome
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2:
Breath Control 101
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3:
Singing Longer Phrases
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4:
Songwork
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5:
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.