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\nLearning and practising scales and arpeggios can seem like a waste of time to many students. In this video, we explore the why spending time practising scales and arpeggios can really help improve your playing technique. “Oh no, not...\nLearning and practising scales and arpeggios can seem like a waste of time to many students. In this video, we explore the why spending time practising scales and arpeggios can really help improve your playing technique. “Oh no, not scales and arpeggios” is the plea of many musicians. What is the point of scales and arpeggios? Do we really need them? Are scales and arpeggios little more than a form of musical torture? Can’t we just learn pieces? These are all fair questions but maybe if we understand the point of learning scales and arpeggios we will be convinced that there are several good reasons for doing so. One reason is to get us familiar with each key, and many pieces make use of scale and arpeggio patterns within the given key. Another reason is to develop technical control, essential for any musician. Scales and arpeggios also help us to work at delivering even rhythm and even tone. We can use scales and arpeggios to work on legato and staccato playing. We can learn how to inject musical shape across a scale or an arpeggio. Keyboard players can use scales and arpeggios to secure excellent coordination between the hands. And there’s much more. In this video we explore the main reasons to practice scales and arpeggios. Come and join us to find out more. \n
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2018
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