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[kmurdick]

I may have been mistaken in what I said about high school students and scales. What I asked was, "typically how many scales do high school students know?" The answer was "3 or 4" and no one said their student(s) knew all 12 keys. I will ask again this way, "Do any of your high school students know all 12 major scales?" and get back to you. The site is SOTW.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

I may have been mistaken in what I said about high school students and scales. What I asked was, "typically how many scales do high school students know?" The answer was "3 or 4" and no one said their student(s) knew all 12 keys. I will ask again this way, "Do any of your high school students know all 12 major scales?" and get back to you. The site is SOTW.

For reference, many of the high school teachers that responded to my Facebook thread replied, "All of mine do. Because we teach them."

[Biggs]

Is abstinence the "next level?" Probably not what you meant, but definitely what you described. Unrelated to the topic at hand, but I couldn't pass up a chance to derail this particular locomotive with that particular penny.

"Self-control" (behaving as a higher being with reasoning power and a conscience - a being that understands consequences and thinks before it acts, rather than as a wild beast, a livestock possession, or conditioned pet...ie. a being that takes responsibility for it's own well-reasoned actions) is the "next level".

If these concepts seem foreign, I'd bet you can find someone in your community you would be willing to discuss them with you.

Someone hasn't had quite enough chances to act the wild beast, then!

[kmurdick]

Well, Bloke, you got the last word so you must be right. Good luck.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Well, Bloke, you got the last word so you must be right. Good luck.

Guess that poll on saxontheweb.com isn't going so well.

Also, I can't find anything on there were you asked the question before and got the responses you indicated. Favor us with a link?

[Mark]

I am stunned at the amount of controversial posts in this benign thread. I'd like to bring it back to a more civilized state. The one question no one has asked is "Why would anyone in their right mind want to play jazz?".

[kmurdick]

I asked again (with a more pointed question) and the most credible answer was from a guy who was familiar with many high school districts. He said about 25% overall could play major scales in all 12 keys. That's pretty good.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

I teach jazz bass, and I have a "method." I teach patterns in ii/V relationships around the circle of fifths played along with Aebersold tracks. I also have my students write out bass lines to jazz standards and we analyze them together to see what "works" and what doesn't. We also sight-read bass lines from various charts.

As bloke points out, that's about 4% of the work. The other 96% is up to them, if they want to get good at it.

And Mark, why would anyone want to play jazz? I just made $225 this afternoon for playing a couple of hours with a very fine guitar player and a drummer at one of the most expensive houses in the richest district of OKC surrounded by a "lunch club" of lovely ladies. I can't say that I've ever done that playing classical music on the tuba.

Lutemann, I reject your assertion that the 25% answer you received was the most credible. I don't exactly live in the richest part of the country with the best schools. The most common answer I got from band directors and students around here indicated that most or all of the high school students here can play all 12 major scales.