Re: [Harp-L] Theory of scales

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Gee Phil. I never meant to give the impression that I could play.  
That's probably why I don't use scales. I NEED that time I would  
spend on scales to practice real tunes because I am so far behind  
everyone else for my age.  :)

smo-joe

On Dec 8, 2006, at 2:52 AM, Philharpn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> The real problem here is that smo-joe and the iceman don't need to  
> work on their scales -- you could wake them up in the middle of the  
> night (morning) and demand they play the J scale and they could!
> >

smo-joe wrote:
> > I don't believe in playing scales. Gross waste of time. Take each key
> > and find a piece of music in that key. Play THOSE. All scales get you
> > is being good at scales. Then you can do a concert playing
> > scales......NOT
> >
> > smo-joe
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