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| 101 Reasons For Practising Scales |
| hello_cello |
 Feb 26 2009, 09:51 PM
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82/ You can increase your pain threshold
83/ You can increase your boredom threshold 84/ You can make your neighbours hate you even more! 85/ You can understand the misery of bell ringers who have a new recruit 86/ You can experience the pain of suicide, without actually dieing! |
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| barry-clari |
Feb 26 2009, 11:01 PM
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87) Want to play every note on the clarinet? Play a chromatic scale! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| SueHM |
Feb 26 2009, 11:01 PM
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QUOTE(sbhoa @ Feb 26 2009, 01:14 PM)  QUOTE(SueHM @ Feb 26 2009, 01:12 PM) 62/ Because you can do fancy things like playing different scales with each hand simultaneously 63/ Because you can practise odd things like 2 against 3 - really good one for cocky students this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) OK, I'll shut up now. Show off!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) 87 / Because you can annoy other people by bragging about your extraordinary scalic prowess! |
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| skylark |
Feb 26 2009, 11:32 PM
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88/ Because if you know your scales well, you can use them when learning how to pedal without having to think about anything else other than pedalling
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| Flossie |
Feb 26 2009, 11:50 PM
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89/ So that you can sightread better.
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| skylark |
Feb 27 2009, 12:43 AM
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90. Because the rhythmic consistency of them is relaxing.
91. Because it gives you more choice of which exam board to use. 92. Because you'd look pretty stupid if you went for an audition and it came to light that you couldn't play a scale. 93. Because if you're a student wanting to do ABRSM exams, you wouldn't be very impressed if your teacher didn't know the correct fingerings for the scales. 94. Because not doing the ABRSM exams because you didn't want to practise scales might affect your opportunity to become an ABRSM examiner should you so wish in the future. |
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| lottie |
Feb 27 2009, 06:48 AM
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95. Just 'coz! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (do you need a reason; existentially that is?)
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| Dulciana |
Feb 27 2009, 09:29 AM
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96/ So that you can practise collapsing your left wrist to start the left hand of a scale....
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| Cadence |
Feb 27 2009, 09:58 AM
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97) Because if you know them, when everything else is not going to plan and you've got to the point at 1am where you've convinced yourself that you can't play anything well, at least you can rattle off some scales and tell yourself that at least you can play something !
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| skylark |
Feb 27 2009, 10:13 AM
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^ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I can identify with that!
98. Running through some familiar scales is a good way of winding down after the intensity of practising pieces. |
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| SueHM |
Feb 27 2009, 12:18 PM
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Nearly there!
Do you wind down? I run screaming from the room if things have gone badly.... 99/ Because you can enter an trance-like state watching your hands moving up and down the keyboard as if they belong to someone else entirely |
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| Flossie |
Feb 27 2009, 12:48 PM
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100/ to remind yourself how beautiful your instrument can sound.
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| SueHM |
Feb 27 2009, 12:54 PM
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Back to you for no. 101 Dulciana?!
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| skylark |
Feb 27 2009, 01:17 PM
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I agree the OP should be given the opportunity to do 101, but if you can't think of another one Dulciana, I'm sure some of the rest of us could keep going (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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| JudithJ |
Feb 27 2009, 01:39 PM
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We had two 87s - so we are already at 101 ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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