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Scales practice ideas please.

Author: mnhnhyouh
Date: 2014-11-25 18:00

My aim:

To know from memory the

12 major scales
12 Dorian minor scales
12 Dom 7th scales
12 Pentatonic minor scales
12 Blues scales.

For the first three I also want to know the arpeggios for two octaves (maybe three for some of them).

What I have done so far:

I started with E major, learnt that, and this arpeggio:

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I do this arpeggio for the lower and upper octaves.

I did this twice a day for five days, and then added F major, and added a new one every five days. Each time I play everything I have covered so far.

When I got all the majors I started adding the dorian minors.

Tomorrow will be the 5th day on Bb Dorian minor so the day after I will add B Dorian minor.

Now I generally play them in order, Emaj Fmaj F#maj etc to D#maj, and then start the minors.

The altissimo notes are still giving me some problems so sometimes I start the major scales from D# and work my way down, and then back up the Dorians.

Yesterday I tried to do E major and then E dorian, but it got a little confusing. Today I tried E major then F# dorian (same notes) but this got a little confusing too.

I guess that while I can play them in order fairly well, I struggle when I move away from that.

Should I persist mixing them up? I was hoping to be able to do II-V-I sets.

What other suggestions do you have for me to achieve my aim?

h

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