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Re: Danny Boy

Author: kdk
Date: 2019-04-26 18:49

Thanks for the clarification. I've always made my students aware of the intersection on the "circle" of the flat and sharp scales at Gb/F#. I actually ask them sometimes as a mind game to play the enharmonic equivalents of even "easy" scales - A# major, B# major, Abb major - to keep the scales from being too dry. I confess I don't ask them to spell a B# major scale and once they get the hang of it they just play C major. I've always thought of Db/C# and Cb/B as part of that category of re-spellings of "standard" scales, but I understand what you meant. I do teach them to work out the actual key signatures of the enharmonic versions.

Regarding minor scales, I'm always a little surprised at how little exposure many new private students, even one of high school age, have had to minor scales. Surprised may be the wrong word - I've come to expect the deficit. The Music Educators' Associations in the area only require 9 *major* scales for auditions. Most of the nearby school band directors I'm aware of - with one exception - likewise only require their students to know the same scale list of majors "up to 4 sharps and 4 flats."

Karl

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