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MASTER YOUR RUNS/RIFFING
Updated: Jun 6, 2020
STEP 1: LEARN ALL THESE SCALES
LEARN ALL THESE SCALES
(END GOAL IS TO HAVE THEM MEMORISED ASCENDING AND DESCENDING)
Vocal Exercise - Major Pentatonic Scale Ascending
Vocal Exercise - Minor Pentatonic Scale Ascending
Vocal Exercise - Blues Scale Ascending
Vocal Exercise - Chromatic Scale Ascending
EXTRA: BREAKING DOWN THE RIFFS WITH NATALIE WEISS
FULL PLAYLIST
EXTRA: TRUE DIVA WORKOUT SERIES
GREAT LITTLE SERIES TO PRACTICE THE DIFFERENT SCALES PRACTICALLY WITH STYLES AND VARIOUS RYTHMS
Vocal Workout: Major Pentatonic
Vocal Workout: Minor Pentatonic Scale
Vocal Workout: Big Band Lick
Vocal Workout: Oh-ooh-ooh-yeah-eh-eh-eh
Vocal Workout: "Life" is full of Wonder
Vocal Workout: Whitney Houston Fluid Pentatonic Run
Vocal Workout: Etta James - Good Feelin'
Vocal Workout: Alicia Keys - Never Felt This Way
STEP 2: CHANGE THEM UP & SPEED THEM UP
BEGIN SPEEDING UP ALL OF THE PREVIOUS SCALES & CHALLENGING YOUR AGILITY.
FULL PLAYLIST: RIFFS AND RUNS
This playlist provides beginner, easy, normal and hard piano tracks. Slowly first begin to master the beginner tracks and slowly move your way up. This is a wonderful playlist to help gain agility and flexibility vocally.
STEP 3: IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE MUSIC
PRACTICE DOES MAKE PERFECT WITH RIFFING AND RUNS.
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE TONNES OF PRACTICE AND FEELING WAY MORE CONFIDENT, MAKE A PLAYLIST!
FIND ARTISTS THE INSPIRE YOU AND WHO ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF RUNS AND RIFFING.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE STYLE.
FINAL STEP: PLAY AND IMPROVISE. TAKE RISKS AND HAVE FUN!
PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!
Brought to you by Erin Mannix. For lesson information, please click here.
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