Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2019-04-26 19:28
I heartily agree with everything Karl and Ken have stated - especially as it pertains to classical music/standard instruction.
However, I never could efficiently learn scales from notes written on paper. Don't know what my block was. As soon as I put the paper aside, it was much easier for me to understand the scales, and they didn't intimidate me anymore.
I'd learn a song (by ear) which had two sharps in it (F#, C#). Then, I'd play another song which had two sharps in it (F#, C#), etc. Eventually, I'd come back and try playing the D scale, and it was really easy. The same was true for more complicated scales. Then, it became a fun game to play a familiar song - starting from a random note. Eventually, this resulted in reaching the same point referenced by Ken, where it became a fun game playing the same song in every key.
I might have had the same progress if I had simply read the scale from the paper a few times (to get the "sound" in my head), and then pushed the paper aside and repeated the scale several times. I don't know - but I know that I had tried being fluid in my scales for years, and it never fully "snapped" into place until I quit looking at printed music.
This isn't to discount anything Ken or Karl said. It's just another path to the same understanding. If your goal is classical-type music, I highly recommend their approach because it suits the music you'll be playing - you're going to be seeing lots of intimidating notes, and it is better to get used to it so they aren't intimidating. If, on the other hand (as BGBG has posted in the past) your goal is more jazz/pop oriented music, then I believe either method works just fine - whatever method gets you to the goal quickest with the cleanest results.
However, the importance of putting in the work - to gain the understanding - cannot be overstated.
Kindest regards,
Fuzzy
[EDIT: spelling correction]
Post Edited (2019-04-26 19:57)
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