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Re: Scales: recommended speed

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2010-06-23 16:04

The Adagio problem of which you speak sounds self inflicted. There is NO set beat per minute for a given tempo marking such as Adagio or Lento. I would play the fastest notes at a comortable (un-crazy sounding) pace and allow the rest to be comparatively slower.

As for a good scale speed, I knew a good sax/clarinet doubler who only felt competent playing 16ths at 132 per minute for all scales on all horns. This is a reasonable speed but not an upper limit by any means.

............Paul Aviles

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