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 Re: Scale Requirements--have we surrendered?
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2022-09-22 23:36

The justification, misguided as it may be, is that the comparisons ought to be made apples-to-apples and playing extra octaves is in effect changing one to oranges. It's a really pointless concern, IMO, because the student either knows the scale or doesn't. If the third octave seems exhibitionistic or gratuitous to the judges, they can just as easily ignore it and score on the basis of the two that are required.

As far as the scale requirements are concerned, I think what can happen in a given area (maybe yours or not) is that fewer students see value in auditioning for and playing in these auditioned groups at all. This tends to be a reflection of either the school music teachers' attitudes or those of the parents. The kids have many other outlets both within and outside of music. When an organization sees fewer and fewer kids even willing to audition from one year to the next, the tendency is to dumb down the audition - fewer and easier scales and easier solo pieces.

High school band teachers in this area still mostly require students to play 9 scales up to 4 sharps and 4 flats (generally only major scales, which is a separate discussion) with some middle school teachers cutting back to 3 of each (7 total).

Karl
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