Crossover technique as required for the fluid execution of scales is widely misunderstood and a lot easier than […]
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Scales
Note: This lesson comes in three parts, because it was uploaded to YouTube when videos were limited to […]
Single Notes, Repeated Notes, Five in a Row, Scales, Arpeggios, Chords, Reversals, Skips… Fundamental patterns that you are […]
Two lessons here: Lead with your arms and don’t be afraid to lean!
Every scale has as many Modes it has notes…
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever play scales as mere “exercises”…
Reading and singing the Solfege syllables out loud is an extremely effective way to internalize the unique sound-feeling of each note in a musical scale…
Mapping the melodic-harmonic function of each note in a scale to its visio-spatial layout of the keyboard is a huge advance in your musicianship…
The ability to map the melodic-harmonic function of each note in the scale to its representation in written music represents a significant advance in your musicianship…
A scale is so much more than a row of notes to be mindlessly played up and down the keyboard as physical exercise day after day after day…