Teaching Scales

How do you teach scales? And why is it important?

You're not going to get answers to these questions here.

There are so many different styles, reasons, philosophies, and perspectives. We'd be here until the end of time.

However:

1. When someone asks, “Should I learn [insert something musical]?” that question will always get an “Of course!” answer from me.
   
   I’m a teacher. How am I going to reject, restrict, or limit your learning? Of course learn your scales, all the scales, in all the ways.
2. When I learned what scales were, how they're related, and how they show up musically and vibrationally, my ear got better, my playing improved, and I—a classical pianist—figured out how to improvise and eventually sit in on jazz and pop sets without anxiety. Professor Steve Somers at Washtenaw Community College in Ypsilanti, Michigan had a lot to do with that.

Take a look at this video and see if this isn't one of many, many helpful ways to run your scales.

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