Re: [Harp-L] What are the simplest and best diatonic practicestrategies/meth...

["Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry writes:
> I like to take a scale and add on one additional scale degree to the end -
> playing up and down, without stopping at the "top" or repeating the 
> "topmost"
> note. This changes the scale from a SCALE to a series of melodic tones that
> form  a line.
>
> For instance - Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do, Re, Do, Ti, La, Sol, Fa,  
> Mi,
> Re, Do.
>
> By not thinking of the melodic line as a SCALE, more music is allowed to
> flow through the series of notes - simply a choice of these particular  
> notes.

This is great advice. I always encourage this method for 7 note (major, 
modes, etc.) scales.
Going up to the 9th(2nd) degree of the scale and then back down, keeps 
things musical. It makes a 17 note scale. In 4/4 time this always ends you 
back on the tonic/home note of the scale on a down beat. Much more musical.

Anybody going to SPAH? Hit me up on this concept and others when you see me.

Michael Peloquin
http://www.harpsax.com
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