Bravo Daniel, so D# & Eb are not the exactly the same. I
have the feeling always, Eb leading down & D# leading up, so
I use the rather flat 3rd octave of the Ab horn (Bb-horn 1st
valve) for the Eb and the 10th step of the harmonic scale of
the E-horn (F-Horn + 2nd valve) for the D# if both pitches
My understanding of Jim's argument is:
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1) Practice time is scarce, and
2) the solitary goal of practice is to prepare certain passages adequately
for public presentation, and
3) practicing scales doesn't help to prepare these passages;
4) Therefore, practicing scal
In a message dated 9/17/2004 5:24:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Initially I think you asked the wrong question. The question should be once
you have gained proficiency in all major and minor scales and there
respective
arpeggios
do you continue to diligently practice th
Jim,
Initially I think you asked the wrong question. The question should be once
you have gained proficiency in all major and minor scales and there respective
arpeggios
do you continue to diligently practice them? If you do why do you continue
down this path. If you don't why not and what do y
On Sep 17, 2004, at 5:00 PM, jlmthompson wrote:
I imagine there are some of those who will
speak 'for' because it's the 'right' thing to say, do and feel
especially
amongst peers, since their peers feel that way about it, but inwardly
they
really may be 'against'.
I can't speak for any of the o
In a message dated 9/16/04 4:22:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Couldn't our practice time be
> better spent on other facets of the endeavor?
>
It all depends on how you practice scales.
If you mindlessly run through them, then playing them is not to a useful
purpose.
However, since we ar
jlmthompson wrote:
Here's my analogy. ... So why practice it when time spent juggling
a soccer ball could be better spent doing other things with the ball
for that time?
Your analogy is flawed in my opinion. This one
Scales : horn playing :: dribbling the ball around cones : soccer
is more like
Juggling and scales are really surprisingly similar, although I'm a lot better
at scales than I am at juggling. I remember juggling when my step-mom would
yell at me for kicking the ball against the house.
Anyway, I think at least with juggling, the touch required to juggle well
carries over int
Well, I have always followed conventional wisdom with regard to scales, yet
in all honesty while I can play an F# major scale three octaves with no
problem, I will invariably stumble if given a something to play in F# major.
I think people learn things differently, and the ability to transfer
p
The Trinity exams in England no longer require candiditates to play scales.
I think this is crazy (although there have been some interesting
developments of late)
I usually find that those of my students who opt to play the extra study
instead of scales are the ones who most need to work
OK, I'll attempt this one.
A scale will teach you all the notes to "expect" in that key
signature/mode.
After learning them in thirds, multiple octaves, starting on every
degree of the scale, interval studies, Clark exercises, arpeggios, and
whatever other patterns you can think of, and being able
On Sep 16, 2004, at 4:08 PM, jlmthompson wrote:
I hope I don't get the 'tradition' answer to this one like I did to the
'transposing' dialog.
When do you use 'scales' or how do
you benefit from doing 'scales' when it comes time for a performance?
An interesting juxtaposition of topics here :-)
IM
In a message dated 9/16/2004 5:22:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> When do you use 'scales' or how do
> you benefit from doing 'scales' when it comes time for a performance? Do we
> practice scales because our teachers did whose teachers did etc?
>
As the song from Th
When do you use 'scales' or how do
you benefit from doing 'scales' when it comes time for a performance?
Well, I think any time you play a Mozart concerto, the overture to La
Gazza Ladra, or 4th horn solo from Beethoven's 9th symphony, (to name
but a few examples) they come in pretty handy!
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