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Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation
ContentsMajor Scale Exercises
...................................................... 2 4Dorian
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5 7Phrygian
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8 10Lydian
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11 13Mixolydian
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14 16Aeolian
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17
19Locrian..........................................................................
20 22Harmonic Minor
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25Fifth Mode of Harmonic Minor (C7 b9) ..................... 26
28Asecnding Melodic Minor ........................................
29 31Dorian Flat 2
................................................................ 32
34Lydian Augmented
.................................................... 35 37Lydian
Dominant ....................................................... 38
40Mixolydian Flat
6........................................................ 41
43Locrian #2
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44 46Super Locrian
.............................................................. 47
49Whole-Half Diminished
............................................ 50 52Half-Whole
Diminished ............................................ 53 55Whole
Tone
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55 57Major Pentatonic
......................................................... 58
60Blues Scale
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61 53
This collection contains the exact same scales asCraig
Fraedrichs Scales for Improvisation, but by usingdifferent patterns
it treats the entire study muchdifferently than you are accustomed
to seeing.
The late, great, Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt (Doc) usedto recommend
for brass players that they practice scalesfrom top to bottom and
back up again. This way you(1) play the higher notes twice as often
as the lowernotes, and (2) learn to play lower notes on a
highersetting rather than trying to play higher notes on alower
setting. That is, many players develop theirranges more easily when
they prepare to play highnotes and use that embouchure setting to
play low notesrather than the opposite.
We have all been taught our scales from the bottomup and most of
us visualize our scales that way.Craigs resource is absolutely
invaluable for that reason:all those scales are presented in a way
thats easier forus to learn, memorize, and visualize.
But we can also practice scales in a manner designedto build
embouchures, and thats precisely what thisUpside Down Scale Studies
for Improvisation collection isall about. Thanks, Craig, and
thanks, Doc Reinhardt!
If you dont already have it, Craig Fraedrichs free PDFdownload
Scale Studies for Improvisation is available
at:http://craigfraedrichmusic.com/Contents.htm
For most students, seeing and playing all these scalesfrom both
viewpoints will help the student internalizethem rightside-up and
upside-down.
Interestingly, many players when learning theirscales may play
them flawlessly on the way up and thenstumble on the way down.
Therein lies anotheradvantage of learning them upside-down. Getting
rightto the descending scale first will cure that tendency.
Incidentally, you are encouraged to play any or all ofthese
studies up an octave. These are mostly presentedin the lowest
possible octave (for trumpet) so you haveroom to grow above
that.
Also, since we are Reinhardtizing Craigs studies,heres a tip for
maximizing the embouchure responsefactor, especially early in your
playing day: start withbreath attacks. When we get the tongue out
of the wayand let the air start the lip vibration, we enhance
theresponse factor of our embouchure. After playing manyusing
breath attacks, add the tongue as a refining factorand then
alternate between breath attacks and sometongued attacks to keep
the vibrating points supple.
About dynamics: make your starting note a mezzoforte to a forte
(no more than that), and decrescendowhen you descend so that your
lowest notes are yoursoftest notes (p or pp). Then crescendo from
the lownote back to your starting dynamic level. This
developsaperture control which in turn helps you develop range.
Craig presents his studies with instructions for usingswing
articulations, and thats great. Since this is, afterall, a
Reinhardt-influenced version, we can also offer....Donald S.
Reinhardts Twelve Standard Articulations:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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12.
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Tips for practicing this material1. Use a metronome. Set it slow
enough so that you
dont miss any notes; over time, gradually speed it up.2.
Practice with a partner; this permits you to rest at
least as much as you play. Practice two bars at a time;you play
two bars and your partner plays those sametwo bars, then you play
the next two bars and so on.
Perfecting short phrases narrows your focus and permitsrapid
progress. Team practicing gets you honest, too.
3. Occasionally, memorize each two bar phrase beforeyou move on
(be able to play it with your eyes closed).
4. Record yourself practicing often, and listen to
yourrecordings from time to time.
5. Treat scale practice as fun, not something boring.
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Ionian Mode (Major
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationIonian Mode (Major
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDorian Mode
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Mode
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationAeolian Mode
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLocrian Mode
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationHarmonic Minor
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMixolydian Flat 6
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDiminished Whole
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Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMajor Pentatonic
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