The Clarinet BBoard

The Clarinet BBoard The C4 standard

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Help/Rules | Smileys/Notes | Log In

Previous Message | Next Message

Re: Please teach chromatic scales !

Author: allencole
Date: 2007-04-30 18:24

It is amazing just how much policing the scales require. As Lelia pointed out, they aren't boring when you know what to do with them, but most students that have problems with them are those who also don't know their theory.

And oh what havoc it wreaks. My bass clarinet kid was 3rd all-state, but did not properly articulate his major scales. It may well have cost him the principal chair--and both his judges made a point of commenting on it.

The student of a friend went to All-State auditions some years ago and froze up when asked for a C-flat scale. She just didn't realize that it was a B scale. It cost her 10% of her score, and kept her out of the band.

In my area, it's hard to get them motivated on scales with so little competition. When they leave this region, though, they often get a hard lesson in that fact that others aren't fooling around.

Fortunately, I'm seeing their band directors placing more emphasis on this in recent years--some backup that I badly need!

Allen Cole

Reply To Message | Avail. Forums | Flat View

Newer Topic | Older Topic

Topics

Author

Date

Please teach chromatic scales ! new

GBK

2007-04-27 02:26

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Koo Young Chung

2007-04-27 02:36

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

sfalexi

2007-04-27 07:04

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

clarnibass

2007-04-27 07:31

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

donald

2007-04-27 07:49

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

samohan245

2007-04-27 11:09

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Lelia Loban

2007-04-27 12:26

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

marzi

2007-04-27 12:28

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

GBK

2007-04-27 12:48

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

marzi

2007-04-27 12:50

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Chris P

2007-04-27 13:39

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Ken Shaw

2007-04-27 16:55

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Carol Dutcher

2007-04-27 18:17

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

sherman

2007-04-27 20:34

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Markael

2007-04-27 21:07

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Chris P

2007-04-27 22:04

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

pewd

2007-04-28 04:40

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

John Scorgie

2007-04-28 04:50

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

mnorswor

2007-04-28 04:53

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

clarnibass

2007-04-28 05:57

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Chris P

2007-04-28 08:42

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

allencole

2007-04-28 19:55

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

ned

2007-04-29 04:45

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

joeyscl

2007-04-29 22:15

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

diz

2007-04-29 23:02

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

EEBaum

2007-04-29 23:23

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Chris P

2007-04-29 23:25

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Lelia Loban

2007-04-29 23:45

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

GBK

2007-04-30 02:10

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

joeyscl

2007-04-30 03:10

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

old999

2007-04-30 04:03

Re: Please teach chromatic scales !

allencole

2007-04-30 18:24

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

joeyscl

2007-05-02 03:55

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

bawa

2007-05-02 10:39

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Mike Clarinet

2007-05-02 12:00

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Katrina

2007-05-02 12:21

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Mike Clarinet

2007-05-02 12:31

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

allencole

2007-05-02 12:39

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

JJAlbrecht

2007-05-05 01:16

Re: Please teach chromatic scales ! new

Pam H.

2007-05-05 00:13

Sheet Music Plus Featured Sale

The Clarinet Pages

For Sale
Put your ads for items you'd like to sell here. Free! Please, no more than two at a time - ads removed after two weeks.