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That was the most educational video about scales I've seen. Great advice. I have never used sightreading for scales, what an essential concept. I have a Hanon Book with 40 exercises, but also it has scales and arpeggios in the back. I'm going to get it out and put this into practice. Merci beauucoup.
I really appreciate this. When I first started scales, I had a BAD habit of tensing my shoulders. I would then get frustrated and forget to breathe and made it worse! Thankfully I had a wonderful teacher that showed me how to breathe. When you take time to breathe, it helps you focus. It wasn't long before I was able to do 4 octaves and you are 100% right, the speed comes naturally. Thanks Ashlee!
well done Ashlee, a complete scale training for anyone to become a competence musician, AWESOME Ashley, much appreciated. especially, "never sacrifice accuracy for speed" Now I can see the light. haha
Very well explained. I think I do scales for too long each in a practice session. I'll give your suggestion of limiting scale, arpeggio & broken chords to 5 or 10 mins a go. Increasing tempo is also interesting. Thank you. I've recently added playing scales without looking at one's hands to help with proprioception for sight-reading.
Hola Ashlee, tus videos son de gran valor y títulos muy interesantes, sin embargo, los colores de tus miniaturas son iguales, no me decido a cuál video darle clic. Es un comentario de corazón, si pruebas cambiar las miniaturas podrás llegar a más personas🙂. Un fuerte saludo.
Great video! I hearing that it's better to start with one-octave scales rather than start in on two-octave scales, in terms of time efficiency and end result? In other words, I'd like to arrive at a place down the road where I'm playing two-octave scales (parallel, contrary, etc.) with reasonable speed, accuracy, and musicality. Learning one-octave scales first, and THEN extending them to two octaves will get me there perhaps as fast or faster, with better results and a more fun journey, compared to diving into two-octaves scales from the get-go. Correct? Thanks again.
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That was the most educational video about scales I've seen. Great advice.
I have never used sightreading for scales, what an essential concept. I have a Hanon Book with 40 exercises, but also it has scales and arpeggios in the back. I'm going to get it out and put this into practice.
Merci beauucoup.
You’re so welcome! I’m glad it was helpful - sounds like a great practice plan!
I really appreciate this. When I first started scales, I had a BAD habit of tensing my shoulders. I would then get frustrated and forget to breathe and made it worse! Thankfully I had a wonderful teacher that showed me how to breathe. When you take time to breathe, it helps you focus. It wasn't long before I was able to do 4 octaves and you are 100% right, the speed comes naturally. Thanks Ashlee!
Oh I’m so glad you said so! How wonderful that you had a great teacher to guide you through that - it’s essential!
well done Ashlee, a complete scale training for anyone to become a competence musician, AWESOME Ashley, much appreciated. especially, "never sacrifice accuracy for speed" Now I can see the light. haha
Yay! I’m so glad!
Very well explained. I think I do scales for too long each in a practice session. I'll give your suggestion of limiting scale, arpeggio & broken chords to 5 or 10 mins a go. Increasing tempo is also interesting.
Thank you.
I've recently added playing scales without looking at one's hands to help with proprioception for sight-reading.
I love it! And yes I think cutting down is a great idea! You’ll have to lmk how it goes!
That’s great as well!
Thank you very much again for another really helpful video. ❤
Thanks so much for this helpful video!
You are very welcome!
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Haha! Well thank you! Happy to have you here!! Nice to meet you ✌️❤️
Hola Ashlee, tus videos son de gran valor y títulos muy interesantes, sin embargo, los colores de tus miniaturas son iguales, no me decido a cuál video darle clic. Es un comentario de corazón, si pruebas cambiar las miniaturas podrás llegar a más personas🙂. Un fuerte saludo.
Gracias por La sugerencia! Te lo agradezco!
Great video! I hearing that it's better to start with one-octave scales rather than start in on two-octave scales, in terms of time efficiency and end result? In other words, I'd like to arrive at a place down the road where I'm playing two-octave scales (parallel, contrary, etc.) with reasonable speed, accuracy, and musicality. Learning one-octave scales first, and THEN extending them to two octaves will get me there perhaps as fast or faster, with better results and a more fun journey, compared to diving into two-octaves scales from the get-go. Correct? Thanks again.
Correct! And really focus on memorizing the key signatures and fingerings in your one octave scales. Good luck!