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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:28 pm


Gah scream for a music camp this summer, I have to have all major and minor scales memorized, plus one dorian. Also, a peice they have given us to play, which is two etudes that go into the upper register(not a problem, but still) on top of that, a sight reading excerpt they will present at the audition.
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:03 pm


Well just remember the difference between major and minors tend to be the third and sixth notes and that a Dorian mode works with major.

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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 1:52 pm


O.o...somthing about something with something...
...yeah...thats all I got about majors and minors...I only know the scales on a piano...if you asked me the notes, or to play one on a different instrument...yeah...I cant...lol...good luck w/that
PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:21 pm


Dapples_The_Fox
Gah scream for a music camp this summer, I have to have all major and minor scales memorized, plus one dorian. Also, a peice they have given us to play, which is two etudes that go into the upper register(not a problem, but still) on top of that, a sight reading excerpt they will present at the audition.


I love scales, there so easy for the most part.. and you can do so much with them...Sight reading on the other hand makes me a bit nervus...i can read music fine, i just can sight read, i have to look at it for a second to see what it is.

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PostPosted: Sat May 20, 2006 9:46 pm


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Dapples_The_Fox
Gah scream for a music camp this summer, I have to have all major and minor scales memorized, plus one dorian. Also, a peice they have given us to play, which is two etudes that go into the upper register(not a problem, but still) on top of that, a sight reading excerpt they will present at the audition.


I love scales, there so easy for the most part.. and you can do so much with them...Sight reading on the other hand makes me a bit nervus...i can read music fine, i just can sight read, i have to look at it for a second to see what it is.

I can't read music yet. It makes me sad.
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 12:34 am


Amrik, the bassist from a band I blindly follow. Told me, I should really practice my scales, but to add a intermission every third bla something. I had lost him at that point. He needs to tab s**t for me. Im lazy gonk
I should stop being lazy...

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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:33 pm


Well that is interesting that you can memorize that much, i have a bad memory ,mmost of the time when forced.
PostPosted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:53 pm


Aahz
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Dapples_The_Fox
Gah scream for a music camp this summer, I have to have all major and minor scales memorized, plus one dorian. Also, a peice they have given us to play, which is two etudes that go into the upper register(not a problem, but still) on top of that, a sight reading excerpt they will present at the audition.


I love scales, there so easy for the most part.. and you can do so much with them...Sight reading on the other hand makes me a bit nervus...i can read music fine, i just can sight read, i have to look at it for a second to see what it is.

I can't read music yet. It makes me sad.
neither can I... i can play scales, I just need them in tabs...kinda defeats the point of scales

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:50 pm


Black Jack Booted Demon
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I love scales, there so easy for the most part.. and you can do so much with them...Sight reading on the other hand makes me a bit nervus...i can read music fine, i just can sight read, i have to look at it for a second to see what it is.

I can't read music yet. It makes me sad.
neither can I... i can play scales, I just need them in tabs...kinda defeats the point of scales


Not really.. As far as standard notation & tabs goes, if your main intent (like most) is just to play rock, then reading tabs is enough unless your also wanting to play classical music and/or jazz. Though I would still recommend learning to read music whenever you can. Many older musicians i've talked to whom have never learned usually wish they could have. Really is something to think about. 3nodding

Though as far as scales go, knowing scales in general is a real booster when it comes to all around improv and writing your own music, as there is nothing worst to my ears than to hear someone who keeps jumping in and out of key when playing random licks and melodies.

Anyways Dapples, if memorizing is your only trouble all I can recommend to you is the same thing I recommended to Black Jack in the other thread... and that is repetition. cool
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