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 Re: Scale Requirements--have we surrendered?
Author: nellsonic 
Date:   2022-09-23 10:43

Around here high school band students must play scales, arpeggios, 3rds, and intervals in all major keys at a minimum tempo to get a passing grade. Also minor scales in all three forms. These are considered basic proficiencies. These requirements are spread over 4 years if needed and are not at all prohibitive for even average students (not studying privately) if taken seriously as a long term assignment.

At least one local middle school requires all the major scales, as did I when I when I was band director at that level. My private students play all their major and most (or all) of their minor scales and argeggios 2 or 3 octaves by the time they finish 8th grade, unless they start late, with few exceptions. They also play up to an altissimo A or at least an Ab with good fundamentals. It's not that difficult if paced and structured well, although it does take patience and perserverence for some. It's just one of the many things they do in lessons.

At least the requirements you posted are unambiguous! That's not always the case among our local youth orchestras.

Our honor bands in California require a chromatic scale to high E for middle school and to high G for high school. A few addtional scales are required each year, major and minor, in an articulated 16th note pattern at q=96. One to two octaves for middle school, depending on the scale - and two to three for high school. Perfectly reasonable, and many students play their scales decently but only those who really polish them are likely to get in. We don't have district band - just All Southern and All Northern, and then All-State. One can audition for the regional group or the state group, or both.

Anders

Post Edited (2022-09-23 10:44)
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