tubaguy9 wrote:passion4tuba wrote:We do have to play scales, just not at the area and state level..
is it different in other states? why the diss?
I kno all my major scales and about 6 minor ones, i know i am by no means amazing in the grand scheme of things, and i'm still not any where where i need to be if i want to be successful in the professional world... i just dont want people thinking i'm some cocky teenager
Are you in High School, or Junior High? I'm from NE, and I knew all 60 by the end of my 8th grade year...
I'm from PA, and didn't even know there were 60 scales! I mean, I guess if you count the Algerian, Byzantine, Balinese, Raga Hanumat Todi, Hungarian Gypsy Persian, Neopolitan minor, Hindustan, Chinese Mongolian, Marva Raga, Japanese Ichikotsucho, (and Taishikicho, Hyojo, Kumoijoshi...), Mohammedan, Jewish Ahaba Rabba, Spanish Gypsy, Enigmatic, Arabian Major, the altered scales the jazzers use, and of course the "church modes"...
OK, in all seriousness, kudos to you Tubaguy9 for knowing your scales. I hated them until I realised how important they really are, now I play them every time I pick up my horn. It's nice to see young musicians growing up with an appreciation of the fundamentals.
Passion4tuba, if you know your major scale in all 12 keys, you know the minors too! I'f you're playing a Bb major scale, for instance, just back up two notes, down to a G, and play from G to G with the same notes as Bb major: that's G minor. They're called relative keys; same notes (same key signature) just a different starting pitch. Of course, that's the natural minor, for the melodic and harmonic minors you need to make the appropriate changes, but it's a start. To find the other relative keys, just start your minor scale on the 6th note of any major scale. Another way of thinking about minors is with Parallel keys (instead of relative keys) which just means you start the scale on the same pitch, but the major and minor scales have different notes in them. Specifically, the minor scale has three lowered notes, the 3rd, 6th, and 7th scale degrees. So a C major with no sharps or flats, becomes a c minor when you add three flats to the key signature.
Forgive me if you already knew the scale stuff, I don't know how much theory they teach in school these days, or if they just drill the notes. To me, it has always helped to see connections, hopefully this will be helpful to someone else in a small way...
Best of luck on the audition!
MF
