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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2002-10-17 02:12
I was wondering if I can get recommendations for a good scale book. I started taking private lessons this week and my instructor showed me a scale book which seemed very interesting. It had two pages devoted to every major/minor scale, and played it in various rhythms. Straight sixteenths, thirds, fourths, octaves, different tempos, etc. I will be able to find out from him which one that was, and it seemed to make scale learning actually fun, instead of just naming the scale and going through it. It had arppeggios and stuff too.
Any other "fun to learn" scale books out there? With all major/minor keys at least. Thanks.
Alexi
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Author: Pam
Date: 2002-10-17 02:27
The good old big orange Klose book has tons of that kind of stuff woven throughout.
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Author: HAT
Date: 2002-10-17 02:47
Hite's Foundation Studies version of Baermann III is my choice.
David Hattner, NYC
www.northbranchrecords.com
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Author: E. Thomas
Date: 2002-10-17 02:57
The Baermann Division III, published by Carl Fischer is a very adequate volume for scales, but you might get a copy in which some of the lines are not as distinct as they should be. The Hite book is a copy and quite comfortable for study. The Hamelin "Gammes et Exercices" published by Leduc, despite its high price, is great for eveness in all registers AND in addition, is one of the very few that contains the Harmonic form of minor scales. You'll also find the Galper Scale book, published by Boosey & Hawkes a good study book, and it contains both Melodic and Harmonic minor forms. The old Albert Scales, published by Carl Fischer is still a great volume for scale study although it too omits Harmonic Minor, as does Klose and quite a few others
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2002-10-17 03:46
Are you talking about the Klose etudes? Cause I have the first book of the forty etudes. Also, where's a good store to look for this? (In NJ). The small music stores I go to don't really have much of that stuff in stock and I'd have to pre-order. I'd like to find a store that HAS it so I can see if before I buy it. Samash maybe?
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Author: beejay
Date: 2002-10-17 15:32
The book of scales by Guy Dangain is very well arranged, with scales, seconds, thirds, sevenths, octaves and arpeggios laid out in all major and minor keys. I think it is better than either Klose or Baermann.
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Author: d dow
Date: 2002-10-17 16:30
Two books that aren't too bad and well laid out are:
1) Aubert Scales Carl Fisher
2) Avrahm Galper Scales and apreggios by Boosey and Hawkes
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Author: Diane
Date: 2002-10-17 16:38
Another one that's not been mentioned: Stevenard (the spelling may not be quite right - I'm not near it right now).
It's set up as you describe: Each major and minor scale is represented on a two page spread (minor scales are in the harmonic?). Each line of the study starts the scale on a different degree of the scale (so you start the scale from every note of the scale) with a different rhythm. Arpeggios are also given. The only thing I find less than effective is that the range only goes into the low altissimo.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-10-17 19:56
I recommend you to glance at the Taffanel & Gaubert Grand Dayly Exercise for flute published from Alphonse Leduc, Paris.
I have never seen such a marvelous scale book.
The reaseons:
Advanced players can use a scael book, each exercise of which
starts from the lowest note to the highest note to maintain
their skills. But for younger people, this seems impractical.
Psycology tells splitted scales, groups of 5-6 notes, are more
memorable by head and body is more useful. Taffanel & Gaubert
knew this in early 1900s.
Sorry to say, I have never found this kind of book for clarinet.
By the way, any scale exercise book is anything but fun, I believe.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2002-10-17 21:13
Amen to the previous Hite suggestion... lots of gems.
"Gammes et Etudes" - Hamelin through Dorn publications.
<www.dornpub.com>
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Author: beejay
Date: 2002-10-18 13:10
I agree about Hamelin, but the studies are quite difficult.
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Author: Andrew E.
Date: 2002-10-19 04:54
Speaking of Hite, my clarinet professor had me get Melodious and Progressive Studies which is arranged by Hite. It has etudes by Demnitz, Baerman, and Klose. While this book mostly contains etudes, all of the etudes are based upon major and minor scales and chords. There is also a section that has scale studies by Klose.
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