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Author: CarlT
Date: 2012-04-27 23:16
J. B. Albert's "24 Varied Scales and Exercises for Clarinet" is one of my favorites for scales, but I often wonder why it's presented as it is:
It starts with exercises with no sharps and flats (as one would expect), major then minor, then (again, as expected) goes to 1 flat, etc. However, when it's finished with the "flat" keys, it immediately goes to B Major (5 sharps), and proceeds down to, at the end, G Major and E minor...the reverse of what I would've expected.
Okay, with all that said, is there a good, logical reason for this presentation, or is it just simply left to the teacher (or student) to play whichever exercise that is desired?
Just seems a lot different than most scale exercises I have encountered.
CarlT
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Author: rcnelson
Date: 2012-04-28 01:40
It's laid out in what I believe is referred to as the Cycle of 4ths. Regardless, I love using it as a warmup. Just a pick a key or 2 and go. It doesn't have to be studied in order.
Ron
Selmer Mark VI tenor (1957), Selmer Mark VII alto (1975)
Buescher True Tone soprano (1924), Selmer CL210 Bb Clarinet, Gemeinhardt 3SHB Flute, Pearl PFP105 Piccolo
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Author: davyd
Date: 2012-04-28 02:17
I've usually heard this described as the Circle Of Fifths (which can also conjure up an image of a dozen whiskey bottles).
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Author: JHowell
Date: 2012-04-28 16:13
Adding flats eventually gets you to G flat, which is enharmonic with F sharp, then C flat, enharmonic with B major, and then you're subtracting sharps with each fourth up. If you go the other direction, adding sharps gets you to the same point where you switch from sharps to flats. Whether it's the circle of fourths or fifths is kind of how you want to think of it. If you start in C major, F major is IV, but it's also down a fifth.
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Author: CarlT
Date: 2012-04-28 16:32
Yes, I am familiar with the circle of fifths. I agree that's likely the reason for it. Doesn't mean we have to do it in sequence though. Okay, just wondered if I were missing something. Thanks.
CarlT
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2012-04-28 17:10
Order of fifths is one way, order of difficulty another, and you can also just start at Low E (Maj and all minors) and proceed up by half steps to get through all your scales.
.........Paul Aviles
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2012-04-29 13:18
I've always assigned it as one sharp, then one flat, then 2 sharps, then 2 flats, major then minor etc. I don't know why it was laid out that way but you don't have to assign it that way to a student. ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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