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Re: Tips for memorizing scales

Author: allencole
Date: 2006-11-30 06:07

On "Accidentals":

I apologize for the use of the term. It does at least seem to imply an alteration of the normal scale.

I should've said that during the scale-building process you can read a written scale with the proper sharps or flats (or even naturals if need by) marked. It may help to reduce the number of errors during programming, and doesn't really harm the learning process, since we all seem to agree that learning scales is more of a physical than a mental task.

One other reason to read scales during the building/memorizing process. A lot of students will make enharmonic substitutions for notes that they aren't comfortable with and this can cause trouble.

Often, I'll catch a student skipping the G while playing the E-flat scale. In most cases, the student thinks of the A-flat for note #4 as a G-sharp, and then makes the mental leap of sharping the G that should be natural as note #3. Reading the notes can help with little spelling problems like that.

Allen Cole

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