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    Scales are not written in all keys for natural minor. One may refer to the scales From the major key studies. Simply apply the minor key signature to the major scales.

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    Scales are not written in all keys for natural minor. One may refer to the scales From the major key studies. Simply apply the minor key signature to the major scales.

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    Natural Minor Scales and Arpeggios

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    Scales are not written in all keys for natural minor. One may refer to the scales From the major key studies. Simply apply the minor key signature to the major scales.

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    Dr.MarkWatkins,BYUIdaho Thefollowingscalesareincludedforreferenceonly.Theyarenotintendedaspartoftheexercise routine.Thesameappliestothearpeggios.WorkbeginswiththeFivenotePatterns.

    Scales AMinor DMinor EMinor

    NaturalMinorScalesandArpeggios

    GMinor

    BMinor

    CMinor

    FsharpMinor

    FMinor

    CsharpMinor

    BflatMinor

    GsharpMinor

    EflatMinor

    DsharpMinor

    AflatMinor

    AsharpMinor

    Triads AMinor

    DMinor

    EMinor

    GMinor

    BMinor

    CMinor

    FsharpMinor

    FMinor

    CsharpMinor

    BflatMinor

    GsharpMinor

    EflatMinor

    DsharpMinor

    AflatMinor

    AsharpMinor

    PracticeSequence Dothefollowinginaselectedkeythenmovetonextkey. 1. Fullrangescale 2. Additivetriadexercisebottomup 3. Additivetriadexercisetopdown The5noteand9noteexercisesneednotbeappliedtonaturalminorscales;theyarethesameas thosecompletedwiththemajorscalestudies. FullrangeScales Useadifferentarticulationeachtimeascaleispracticed.Eventually,throughworkonnumerous keys,allthepatternsbelowshouldbemastered.

    Fullrangescalesarenotwritteninallkeysfornaturalminor.Onemayrefertothefullrange scalesfromthemajorkeystudies.Itisintendedthatstudentsinternalizetheconcept.Simply applytheminorkeysignaturetothemajorscales. Tofindtheappropriatekeysignature: 1. Frommajordescendaminor3rdtodeterminetherelativeminorroot(1stnoteofthescale). 2. Fromtherootoftheintendedminorscaleascendaminor3rdtodeterminetheappropriate keysignature. 3. Parallelmajorandminorchangekeysbuthavethesametonic(1stnoteofthescale). Forexample: CMajor

    CNaturalMinor(parallel:samerootbutdifferentkeysignature)

    ANaturalMinor(relative,differentrootbutsamekeysignature)

    AdditiveTriadExercise Studentmustinternalize(memorize)scales,arpeggios,andotherpatterns.Onlyanexampleofthe AdditiveTriadExerciseisgivenbelow.Itisexpectedthattheconceptbeappliedtotwelvekeys. Startonthelowesttriadnotepossible. Addonenoteperrepetitionasbelow. Convertto8thnotesifnecessary. Useametronome. Example:EflatMinor

    Startonthehighesttriadnotepossiblewithinthenormalrangeofthesaxophone.Thisexercise canbeappliedtodevelopingthealtissimoregister. Addonenoteperrepetitionasbelow.

    Thisexercisecanalsobedonewithtriplets.

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