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50 Things to Do With SCALES
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Super slowly but with decisive crisp fingers. Slurred in groups of 2 Slur 3, staccato 1. Play it in the rhythm of Gangnam style
(or substitute another song!)Crescendo ascending,
diminuendo descending
Accelerando throughout Accelerando ascending,Dim descending
Swung quavers slur in 2's tonguing ON beats
Swung quavers, slur in 2's tonguing OFF beats In odd metres; 5, or 7 stressing beat 1.
As a duet with a friend; one starts at the top, the other the bottom.
As a duet, one starts at the top (slur 2 T 2), the other the bottom (T2 slur 2)
In the rhythm of 'Happy birthday to you'. Loop the scale until done! Crotchet, crotchet, 4 quavers rhythm 2 quavers, 3 triplet quavers rhythm;
"chips and sau-sa-ges"
Fingers ONLY, no blowing! Listen to neat finger swaps In thirds; start note (tonic), up 2, down 1 etc. Semibreve notes
alternating vibrato 8 vibs per note As quavers but on the off beats; the & beats!
1&2&3&4In the rhythm of Chim Chimenee (or
substitute song)
Naming the notes up and down 3 times, each faster than the previous!
Play using any alternative note fingerings you can think of Super staccato! In the rhythm
of The Entertainer Crescendo from air only pppp to ffff!
in patterns; notes 1,3,5 then repeat on next degree of scale etc
In patterns; notes 1,4,5 then repeat on next degree of scale etc 4 semiquavers on each note Double tongued (4) semiquavers on each
note Alternate forte and piano notes
In ascending 7ths; 1,3,5,7 & repeat and all degrees of the scale
Play as if in 5/8 time, accenting the first of every 5 notes
As a duet; one starts at bottom, one at top; in triplet groupings
Minim, crotchet rhythm waltz time (repeat this in a loop)
Repeat the scale whilst a 'friend' shouts new keys out. Add #'s or b's as needed!
A different dynamic on each note; pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff. Repeat.
Pattern; notes 1,5,4,3 then repeat on next degree of scale etc
Make up a 1 bar rhythm in 4/4 on each note. No 2 bars can be the same!
Play the major and minor scales that have the same key signature
Play the major & minor scales that START on the same note.
As a duet; pass the parcel; 2, 3, or 4 notes each. Keep it flowing!
Play the tonic (note 1) then as many octaves of that note. repeat on other degrees
Play the scale up and down 3 times. Each time should be faster than the previous!
Get fruity! In swing quaver feel; Pine- a -pple, ba-na,na etc
Arpeggio duet; one starts at the top the other at the bottom
Play one octave of your scale up & down; each note should have a different articulation
or dynamicPlay it in 7/8 time!
2 crotchets, 3 quavers feelGo Tango!; dotted crotchet, dotted crotchet,
crotchetPlay only the tonic, then any #'s or b's leave
out 'normal' notes