[B]Hi[/B]

I am to take my grade 1 flute soon and can any one help me with the order of scales

F major
D minor

G major
E minor

where does A minor come in



Please HELP me Thanks

Hi Murphy,

Are you asking which scales you need to learn? For Grade 1, you need to know F major, G major and E minor only.

If you are asking which is the related major key, which you seem to be, then the answer is C major.

C major (no sharps or flats)
Alex
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For Grade 1, you need to know F major, G major and E minor only.

Is that it?? I never took grade 1, jumped straight in at 3 after playing for about 2/3 years. I'm stunned. <thinks about number of scales required for grade 8> <cries>

Tamsin

Hi my music teacher is confusing me that is why I wanted to know

Murphy

QUOTE (Murphy @ Aug 22 2004, 04:07 PM)

Tamsin Hi my music teacher is confusing me that is why I wanted to know Murphy

whoops got confused and emailed myself ha ha

and its one octave if im not mistaken

good luck!

Oh I understand why you wanted to know Murphy, it's just, <thinks of grade 8 scales again> why can't I go back to beig a beginner again?

tasmin i know what you mean! omg one octave scales what are they again?!?!

I've got to start grade 5 scales when i go back to school- not looking foward to it.

What grade is it where you have to learn the harmonic and melodic form of the scale?? My friend who has done grade 8 said there are about 100 scales in grade 8. not sure whether she was exaggerating or not.

I don't think she was exaggerating exactly, but then I've never bothered to count. Suffice to say, by grade 8 its every scale in the blue book which is quite a few!

It grade 6 where you have to be able to play both minors, and I'd strongly recomend that you start them asap, even if its just playing them through to get your fingers used to the patterns~ I'm still not fully comfortable at switching between the two now! I do that irritating thing where you get about half way up and think 'am I playing the right form' by which time I'm confused and have mucked up completely!!

Still you might find you have no problems...

(ha ha)

Yes there are about a Hundred scales to learn for grade 8 (ssssssoooooo glad I dont have to do tht any more!) I did count them at one point but I cant remember what the final total was! Ok I was bored one day! good luck and there not really tht bad honest!

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there not really tht bad honest!

<coughs> <splutters>

QUOTE (weejen @ Aug 23 2004, 02:20 PM)

I did count them at one point but I cant remember what the final total was! !

yes i counted them too!!

and it was a lot! O_O

Oh no! Well at least I've got one more grade to go before i have to learn the harmonic and melodic.

Well I did recommend you start asap! Just dont play them so often you get confused for the scales at your current grade!

Here's the list of scales and arpeggios for grade 8, and also the math:

Scales:

All major scales, C major in three octaves and all others in two octaves(12 total)
All minor melodic form scales, C minor in three octaves and all others in two octaves(12 total)
All minor harmonic form scales, C minor in three octaves and all others in two octaves(12 total)
All chromatic scales, chromatic starting on C in three octaves and starting on any other note in two octaves(12 total)
Scales in thirds, in the keys of F and G in two octaves(2 total)
Whole tone scales, starting on C and C# in two octaves(2 total)

Total number of scales: 52


Arpeggios, dominant sevenths and diminished sevenths:

All major arpeggios, C major in three octaves and all others in two octaves(12 total)
All minor arpeggios, C minor in three octaves and all others in two octaves(12 total)
All dominant sevenths, in the key of F in three octaves, and any other key in two octaves(12 total)
All diminished sevenths, starting on C in three octaves, and any other note in two octaves(12 total)

Total number of arpeggios, dominant sevenths and diminished sevenths: 48


Grand total number of all scales, arpeggios, dominant sevenths and diminished sevenths: 100