[Harp-L] Re: Chromatics and keys

["Marc Spilka" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Message: 13
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:59:35 -0700
From: "Michael Polesky" <m.polesky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Chromatics and keys

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> As I have taught many people to play chromatic, I disagree highly.   If
> you don't try to bite off more than you can chew, you could  practice one
> scale, AND ONLY ONE SCALE, for a whole week with it's  arpeggio and in 24
> weeks you would know all major and minor scales.

I think Robert B. has a great point here.  When I started learning scales on
the clarinet, this is the way they were taught.  The process was repeated,
essentially, over and over again through a period of years until the scales
and arpeggios became second nature.  I learned to play the chromatic by
repeating my clarinet studies and I find it relatively to play in "all
keys" -although there are some I prefer more than others ;-).
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Can anyone provide good exercises for arpeggios?  Thanks,

ms