Description:
The most common reason people struggle with long notes is their breath control. Teachers can mean many different things by that phrase - but what I mean is this: when we sing, we don’t want to rely on the muscles within our throat to control our airflow.
Exercises:
Exercises:
- Hah 12321 w/ belly pulse
- SOVT 123454321
- HUM 1–2345–4321
Lessons:
- 1: Warmup
- 2: Warmup
- 3: Supporting Long Notes
- 4: Repeats
- 5: Sustains
- 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.