Tuesday, 16 June 2009

The dawning of the age of scales


Practicing scales recently (lead to from basic sevcik bowing and finger studies) and lead to a unbelievable world of key, meaning and phsyicality.

I enjoying playing through the full cycle of keys. The relationship between the following is ground breaking and emotional.

(0♭) C, a;
(1♭) F, d;
(2♭) B♭, g;
(3♭) E♭, c;
(4♭) A♭, f;
(5♭) D♭, b♭; (7#) C#, a#;
(6♭) G♭, e♭; (6#) F#, d#;
(5#) B, g#; (7♭) B, a♭;
(4#) E, c#;
(3#) A, f#;
(2#) D, b;
(1#) G, e;
(0#) C, a;


Memorising the above sequence with emotion is fascinating. What does it sounds like to go from f minor to D♭ major. What does it sound like to go from B♭ to g to E♭ to c and back again (with a mix of 3rds & 6ths along the way)?!?! How does this make me feel?! What do I remember? What do I recognise?

Playing 'music' is playing scales. Playing scales is all the joy between intervales. Playing scales drags out the joy of melody. Things leap out of scales.

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