Tag Archives: piano scales

What Boys Like

Posted on June 12, 2014 by jazzpanflute

When I taught beginner’s sax to ten-year-olds I used to ask them what was the first tune they wanted to start work on right away. There was a clear sex divide in their preferences. “Doh, a deer” and “East Enders … Continue reading →

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A (Random) Scale a Day

Posted on June 6, 2014 by jazzpanflute

There are some 2048 possible interval arrays spanning one octave starting from a given note. Some of these are labeled arpeggios and others make up scales. The most numerous are the hexatonic and heptatonic scales with 462 types each. Next … Continue reading →

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