Klarinet Archive - Posting 000470.txt from 1997/05

From: "Frederick S. Sterns" <fssterns@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Scales/Slonimsky [was College Auditions]
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 13:04:16 -0400

Yes and no...the harmony certainly moves quickly! It's essentially a cycle
of II-V-Is moving through major thirds. Here are the changes in alto [Eb]
key:

|| G# / B7 / | E / G7 / | C / / / | F#-7 / B7 / | E / G7 / | C / D#7 /
| G# / / / | D-7 / G7 / |
| C / / / | F#-7 / B7 / | E / / / | A#-7 / D#7 / | G# / / / | D-7 /
G7 / | C / / / | F#-7 / D#7 / ||

I can't figure out how to write the melody line with ASCII script
though...:-) Fred S.

>Yes Coltrane worked on TSMP plenty-he was a scale nut. "Giant
>Steps" changes chords every 2 beats I'm told.
>
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>> From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
>> To: klarinet@-----.us
>> Subject: RE: Scales/Slonimsky [was College Auditions]
>> Date: Saturday, May 10, 1997 11:38 AM
>>
>> To accelerate this topic considerably, check out "Thesaurus of Scales and
>
>> Melodic Patterns," by the remarkable Nicolas Slonimsky (may he rest in
>> peace). It used to cost an arm and a leg, but now is $29.95 from Amsco
>> Publications. It's full of Slonimsky's wit, vocabulary and analytical
>> acumen. It contains material for some interesting and quirky exercises
>> (but I doubt you'll get asked about inter-infra-ultrapolation in your
>> audition for conservatory). I recall hearing somewhere that John
>Coltrane
>> had a copy and was working on it at the end of his life.
>>
>> Gary Young
>> Madison, WI
>>
>> ----------
>> From: Christopher Thibeault[SMTP:lespaul@-----.com]
>> Sent: Friday, May 09, 1997 5:50 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.us
>> Subject: Re: College Auditions
>>
>> ...There are 5 minor scales (not counting pentatonics, etc.)
>>
>> 1)Natural Minor (diatonic relative major starting on 6th degree of scale)
>> 2)Harmonic Minor (raise 7th)
>> 3)Melodic Minor (raise 6+7 going up, diatonic upon return)
>> 4)Real Melodic Minor (raise 6th + 7th always)
>> 5)Hungarian Minor (Raise 4th + 7th)
>>
>> -Christopher J. Thibeault
>>
>>
>>
>>