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Author: Tim T
Date: 2000-04-03 19:49
I am in need of some scales that are good for practice, but not really hard to do. I will never be Benny Goodman, but I would like to get a little better.
I already have rubanks, so I guess my question is: Is there a book of scales in the "not so hard range that you (the average bulletin board person)think have helped??
Tim T.
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Author: Matthew
Date: 2000-04-03 20:11
The Baermann Method book is good for scales. It's the third book in the series I believe.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-04-03 21:07
Pares Scales, which is published by Rubank but is not a method book per se, is a pretty straight forward scale book that wouldn't be particularly difficult.
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Author: Jake Wallace
Date: 2000-04-03 23:53
Yes, Baermann III is the scale book. However, if you're just looking to do scales, you don't explicitly need a book. Just work out the theory in your head for each scale, and then play it to your maximum range, and then go faster and faster until you can fly right through all of them. It doesn't take that long to do (memorization of all scales is a requirement at my HS, so I've had to go through it and help others also along with it) Right now, I generally do scales in a quarter-eighth-eighth-eighth-eighth-eighth-eighth-quarter... etc. style at about q=240, and I haven't worked on getting them faster in quite a while.
Jake Wallace
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Author: Kim
Date: 2000-04-04 01:12
A good scale book is the JB Albert Book. This book isn't too difficult at a slow tempo.
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Author: James
Date: 2000-04-04 01:46
I don't know if page 123 in the Klose book is more than what you are looking for, but you can play them slowly and gradually work up to a faster speed.
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Author: Pam
Date: 2000-04-04 02:48
I like the scale exercises in the Klose book. The patterns he gives are common to many pieces that we play and will help increase your skill over time.
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Author: Karel Vahala
Date: 2000-04-04 03:06
Avrahm Galper's "Scales and Arpeggios" is a nice book which takes some of the basic boredom out of the exercises. It is not expensive, available from Luybens Music.
Karel.
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Author: Marie
Date: 2000-04-04 03:45
I think the Baermann is a little scary to look at when you want basic scales - and it goes into notes that I am not comfortable with at times.
I like the Albert scale book, and I ordered the Galper Scales and Arpeggios yesterday.
You can even write them out yourself, which could help you learn them a little quicker.
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Author: earl thomas
Date: 2000-04-04 04:25
Galper is good, Baermann III is like the old testament and should be looked at everyday, keeping the scales in rotation via the circle of fifths. One does not need to play each of the sections at first, but would be wise to explore all but the last two. Essential are sections 1, 2, 4, 4 1/2 and 8.
A great companion to Baermann is the Hamelin Gammes et Exercices. It stresses homogeniety, and includes harmonic minor (rarely found elsewhere, by the way). Incidentally, I believe the Pares should come first, then Albert and finally Hamelin and Baermann. Scales, chords, dim.7ths, thirds and sixths are essential to successful technical development. Go for it! Earl
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Author: beejay
Date: 2000-04-04 10:08
I use Scales and Arpeggios by Guy Dangain, published by Gerard Billaudot in Paris, but I think obtainable from most good music stores. It includes all the major and minor scales, simple and double thirds, seconds, major and minor arpeggios, diminished and dominant sevenths, octaves, doubled octaves and chromatic scales. It is a wonderfully complete compendium. I also enjoy doing the scales in Hamelin, which have the advantage of including suggestions for fingering.
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Author: Mickey
Date: 2000-04-05 00:48
Don’t do difficult scales.. it will only make you a better player and then you’ll be searching for more difficult scales.. then you’ll wake up one morning and find yourself with a four leveled lateral file cabinet full of scales, studies and books all crammed with small stemmed, black dotted notes…. Begging you.. "play me… play me"… …
“Out Dammed spot!!”
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-04-05 06:43
I agree with Jake's opinion. Followings are my additional suggestions:
1.In the beginning stage,it is not wise to jump into full scale practice. If a beginner does this,it is worse than not practicing, memorizing bad things. Make a sequence of scale made of 6(up and down) withing your range.
2.Our brain memorizes a failure. If a beginner made a error, he should practice the same portion at least twice,one is to cancel the bad memory,another is to make a good memory. In scale practice he should not make an error in the end. This is a must. So,he should practice a scale within his range and speed. As to speed-up a metronome is used ordinarily by changing notch by notch.
3.Do not start from the same point every day. Change it. Do not start by an ascending scale and then descending scale everyday. Change its pattern every day.(US Arms Band test requires this to applicants.)
4.Do not forget chromatic scales. These are the most effective scales to tame our fingers. But change the starting point everyday also.
5.We can easily sense and acquire knack of playing phrases with meanings such as scales,arpeggios,tunes etc. But the most effective way to acquire real fingering technique is to practice senseless chains of tones. Karmen Opperman's Modern Clarinet technique is superb practice book from this viewpoint.
If you have a chance to read these books, it wood be very informative.
1)Taffanel & Gaubert 'Daily Exercises' for flute.
Alphonse Leduc.
2)H.L.Clarke 'Technical Studies' for Cornet.
Carl Fisher.
Frankly, after more than 30 years of wind instruments playing, I finally found these recently. If I had knew these, I would be a Reginald Kell now. (just joking.)
Hiroshi
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