upside down scales

2010 Rich Willey. A trumpet-specific, embouchure-building supplement to Craig Fraedrichs Scale Studies for Improvisation. not for sale 1

Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation

ContentsMajor Scale Exercises ...................................................... 2 4Dorian ................................................................................ 5 7Phrygian ......................................................................... 8 10Lydian .......................................................................... 11 13Mixolydian .................................................................. 14 16Aeolian ......................................................................... 17 19Locrian.......................................................................... 20 22Harmonic Minor ......................................................... 23 25Fifth Mode of Harmonic Minor (C7 b9) ..................... 26 28Asecnding Melodic Minor ........................................ 29 31Dorian Flat 2 ................................................................ 32 34Lydian Augmented .................................................... 35 37Lydian Dominant ....................................................... 38 40Mixolydian Flat 6........................................................ 41 43Locrian #2 ..................................................................... 44 46Super Locrian .............................................................. 47 49Whole-Half Diminished ............................................ 50 52Half-Whole Diminished ............................................ 53 55Whole Tone ................................................................. 55 57Major Pentatonic ......................................................... 58 60Blues Scale ................................................................... 61 53

This collection contains the exact same scales asCraig Fraedrichs Scales for Improvisation, but by usingdifferent patterns it treats the entire study muchdifferently than you are accustomed to seeing.

The late, great, Dr. Donald S. Reinhardt (Doc) usedto recommend for brass players that they practice scalesfrom top to bottom and back up again. This way you(1) play the higher notes twice as often as the lowernotes, and (2) learn to play lower notes on a highersetting rather than trying to play higher notes on alower setting. That is, many players develop theirranges more easily when they prepare to play highnotes and use that embouchure setting to play low notesrather than the opposite.

We have all been taught our scales from the bottomup and most of us visualize our scales that way.Craigs resource is absolutely invaluable for that reason:all those scales are presented in a way thats easier forus to learn, memorize, and visualize.

But we can also practice scales in a manner designedto build embouchures, and thats precisely what thisUpside Down Scale Studies for Improvisation collection isall about. Thanks, Craig, and thanks, Doc Reinhardt!

If you dont already have it, Craig Fraedrichs free PDFdownload Scale Studies for Improvisation is available at:http://craigfraedrichmusic.com/Contents.htm

For most students, seeing and playing all these scalesfrom both viewpoints will help the student internalizethem rightside-up and upside-down.

Interestingly, many players when learning theirscales may play them flawlessly on the way up and thenstumble on the way down. Therein lies anotheradvantage of learning them upside-down. Getting rightto the descending scale first will cure that tendency.

Incidentally, you are encouraged to play any or all ofthese studies up an octave. These are mostly presentedin the lowest possible octave (for trumpet) so you haveroom to grow above that.

Also, since we are Reinhardtizing Craigs studies,heres a tip for maximizing the embouchure responsefactor, especially early in your playing day: start withbreath attacks. When we get the tongue out of the wayand let the air start the lip vibration, we enhance theresponse factor of our embouchure. After playing manyusing breath attacks, add the tongue as a refining factorand then alternate between breath attacks and sometongued attacks to keep the vibrating points supple.

About dynamics: make your starting note a mezzoforte to a forte (no more than that), and decrescendowhen you descend so that your lowest notes are yoursoftest notes (p or pp). Then crescendo from the lownote back to your starting dynamic level. This developsaperture control which in turn helps you develop range.

Craig presents his studies with instructions for usingswing articulations, and thats great. Since this is, afterall, a Reinhardt-influenced version, we can also offer....Donald S. Reinhardts Twelve Standard Articulations:

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Tips for practicing this material1. Use a metronome. Set it slow enough so that you

dont miss any notes; over time, gradually speed it up.2. Practice with a partner; this permits you to rest at

least as much as you play. Practice two bars at a time;you play two bars and your partner plays those sametwo bars, then you play the next two bars and so on.

Perfecting short phrases narrows your focus and permitsrapid progress. Team practicing gets you honest, too.

3. Occasionally, memorize each two bar phrase beforeyou move on (be able to play it with your eyes closed).

4. Record yourself practicing often, and listen to yourrecordings from time to time.

5. Treat scale practice as fun, not something boring.

UPSIDE-DOWN SCALE STUDIES FOR IMPROVISATION

2 2010 Rich Willey. A trumpet-specific, embouchure-building supplement to Craig Fraedrichs Scale Studies for Improvisation. not for sale

Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Ionian Mode (Major Scale)


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationIonian Mode (Major Scale)


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Ionian Mode (Major Scale)


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDorian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Dorian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDorian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Phrygian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationPhrygian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Phrygian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Lydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Mixolydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMixolydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Mixolydian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationAeolian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Aeolian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationAeolian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Locrian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLocrian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Locrian Mode


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationHarmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Harmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationHarmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Fifth Mode of the Harmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationFifth Mode of the Harmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Fifth Mode of the Harmonic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationAscending Melodic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Ascending Melodic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationAscending Melodic Minor


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Dorian Flat 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDorian Flat 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Dorian Flat 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Augmented


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Lydian Augmented


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Augmented


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Lydian Dominant


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLydian Dominant


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Lydian Dominant


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMixolydian Flat 6


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Mixolydian Flat 6


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMixolydian Flat 6


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Locrian Sharp 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationLocrian Sharp 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Locrian Sharp 2


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDiminished Whole Tone/Super Locrian


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Diminished Whole Tone/Super Locrian


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationDiminished Whole Tone/Super Locrian


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Whole/Half Diminished Named after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationWhole/Half DiminishedNamed after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Whole/Half Diminished Named after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationHalf/Whole DiminishedNamed after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Half/Whole Diminished Named after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationHalf/Whole DiminishedNamed after the step construction of thescale as played from bottom to the top


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Whole Tone


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationWhole Tone


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Whole Tone


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMajor Pentatonic


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation Major Pentatonic


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationMajor Pentatonic


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation The Blues Scale


Upside-Down Scale Studies For ImprovisationThe Blues Scale


Upside-Down Scale Studies For Improvisation The Blues Scale

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