Edition: Paperback Book

Description: 20 Pages

This book provides the most efficient way to practice scales and the fastest path to mastery of one's instrument. The scale routine presented here is a vehicle for increasing tactile familiarity and improving facility, velocity and tone. Its very nature-namely its function outside of specific repertoire-allows one to focus on the technical things ideally relegated to one's subconscious when performing music in a real-world context. This book isn't an encyclopedia of scales; rather, a comprehensive way to practice scales (and for that matter, arpeggios, chords and patterns).

It is suitable for all instruments.

Intermediate-Advanced levels.

Contents:

Part One

Chromatic (“Half-Step”) Root Movement......................................................................................................................................3

Single-octave scales.......................................................................................................................................................................3

Two-octave scales...........................................................................................................................................................................5

Three-octave scales........................................................................................................................................................................6

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root....................................................................................................................7

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone.............................................................................................9

Whole-Step Root Movement............................................................................................................................................................10

Single-octave scales.....................................................................................................................................................................10

Two-octave scales.........................................................................................................................................................................10

Three-octave scales......................................................................................................................................................................10

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root..................................................................................................................11

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone...........................................................................................11

Minor Third Root Movement...........................................................................................................................................................11

Single-octave scales.....................................................................................................................................................................11

Two-octave scales.........................................................................................................................................................................11

Three-octave scales......................................................................................................................................................................12

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root..................................................................................................................12

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone...........................................................................................12

Major Third Root Movement............................................................................................................................................................12

Single-octave scales.....................................................................................................................................................................12

Two-octave scales.........................................................................................................................................................................13

Three-octave scales......................................................................................................................................................................13

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root..................................................................................................................13

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone...........................................................................................13

Perfect Fourth Root Movement.......................................................................................................................................................13

Single-octave scales.....................................................................................................................................................................14

Two-octave scales.........................................................................................................................................................................14

Three-octave scales......................................................................................................................................................................14

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root..................................................................................................................14

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone...........................................................................................15

Tritone Root Movement.....................................................................................................................................................................15

Single-octave scales.....................................................................................................................................................................15

Two-octave scales.........................................................................................................................................................................15

Three-octave scales......................................................................................................................................................................15

Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root..................................................................................................................16

Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone...........................................................................................16

Part Two

Single-octave scales in thirds...........................................................................................................................................................16

Pairs....................................................................................................................................................................................................16

Groups of three..............................................................................................................................................................................17

Groups of four................................................................................................................................................................................18

Part Three................................................................................................................................................................................................20

End Note...................................................................................................................................................................................................20