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Re: Names of the Scales

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2019-02-26 01:13

Most musicians just refer to the scale - C scale, F scale, etc.. Start and end wherever you need to in order to accomplish what you want to do. I normally start a scale (and have my students start their scales) on the lowest possible "tonic" note (the scale's name note) and play as many full octaves as they know fingerings for and can control. But if the goal is to build range, students might start on a higher tonic and play up through the fingerings they're trying to learn.

There are no rules for naming scales other than to identify the tonic note, no standard terminology for scales. Written-out scale routines, like the famous one in Klose BK. 2, are often worked out to come out evenly on a beat at the end of the scale (or, in Klose, to come out evenly on the beat with the first note of the next scale so they can be played in a continuous sequence).

Concentrate on tone control, notes (fingerings) and rhythm. Don't sidetrack yourself until you're more sure of the basics.

Karl

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