Extended Scale Patterns - 5 Notes

Colin Dorman

These scale exercises are an excellent way to improve your fluency in all different major and minor keys.
Instead of tackling an entire scale, these exercises seek to make you more comfortable with the first 5 notes of every
major and minor key. Once these are comfortable,the rest of the scale becomes much easier.
These exercises should be performed with a metronome - starting slowly enough to make sure that the fingerings are
correct and smooth, and then gradually increasing as your ability increases.
Start off slurred, and change up the articulation as needed.

Major Keys:

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                  
! = 72 to 160

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                                    
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
  
     
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      
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  
      
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      

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 
       
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       
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                 
         
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        

  
51

                
         
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       
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Once comfortable with the middle octave, make sure to practice the same pattern both lower and higher.

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The lower register presents challenges of both finger dexterity and embouchure flexibility.

                  
        
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              
          
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                       
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        
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      

Continue down to:
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Also make sure to practice this exercise in your upper register. As with all upper-register work, only go as high as you

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can go with a full sound and good support. Avoid straining.

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                                    
 
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                                 
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     

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Continue as high as possible, up to:
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     
Try these with the following articulations:

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      
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 
       
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 
       
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Minor Keys:

           
          
          
126

 
 
                              
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           

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                                     
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                                
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                                    
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                                  
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                                  
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                              
  
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                                   
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           
Like the major scale forms, start with the above middle register keys. Once mastered, add the lower register:

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191

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             
                
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
   
                                
201

                                   
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Continue down to:
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                                   
You should also practice these in the upper register:

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                                   
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                             

If possible, continuing up to:

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