Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 2000/12

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] scales
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:56:04 -0500

Sorry,

The order is C, E flat, F#, A, C#, E, G, B flat, D, F, A flat, B. The idea
is (1) to avoid the phobia of keys with many sharps or flats which usually
are learned last in conventional orders; (2) to learn these scales by
starting on each degree of the scale, because you often are playing in, say
Eb but starting a passage on another note.

Hope this helps.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] scales

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 4:14 PM
> Subject: [kl] scales
>
>
> Re scales: Howard Klug has a nice approach to scales in his book "The
clarinet doctor." So as not
> to become phobic of scales with many sharps or flats, you simply proceed
from C to Eb, F#, A, etc in
> that chord progression so it will end with the B major scale. With each
major scale you start at
> the bottom note of the instrument and play up and down two octaves in the
correct key. Then start
> on the next note on the instrument (if it is in the key) and go up and
down two octaves. That way
> you learn scales as they occur naturally in music, i.e., not always
starting on the tonic.
> Obviously, when you are playing the E flat scale you must start on F
rather than E natural, etc.
>
> Stewart,
>
> I've read and re-read this (and your subsequent post) and don't follow
your "C to Eb, F#, A" logic.
> If you continue rising in minor thirds, you will (at the fifth stage) find
yourself back where you
> started. How do you end up on B major when you start with C, then Eb, F#,
A...?
>
> Oh, and how did you get a post in to klarinet without the
subscribe/unsubscribe footer? I didn't
> think it could be done!
>
> Ian
>
>
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