Some Suggestions for Shaking up Your Scales
As we have discussed many times on the blog and as we constantly teach and reiterate in the classroom, scales are far more than just a series of notes. Scales are the foundation of music. Practicing them then is something that is not just important, but necessary. But practicing does not have to be boring […]
Keeping Your Scales at Your Fingertips
Many of our students that have been with us for a while have learned quite a significant number of scales. 48 foundational scales (12 major, minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor), five additional modes x 12, and the blues scale alone makes 120 scales! We need to practice them all. We need to know them. […]