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Scales exercises shared document (with no OB)
Scales exercises shared document (with no OB)
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Lobotominator
11 posts
Sep 23, 2011
6:45 AM
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Hello all,
I just finished a document I made for my own benefit and thought I could share it with you folks. I know it is not perfect but if it can help somebody I’ll be glad.
I’m very visual and made myself a document that shows both the note and the tabs. The document show a few basic scales (with bent notes but no Overblows…I’m not quite there yet) and if you click under the selected scale, it show a few patterns to play along within the chosen scale. I like to play with those scales using a metronome and increase the speed as I get comfortable with the exercise. I also inserted on one tab my own transcription of a Norton Buffalo scales exercise as explained in his “bag of tricks” DVD (I hope this is not considered as right infringement)
Even if you can see the document from your web browser, it is better to download it and open it in Microsoft Excel or Open office / Lib Office. For some reasons, a lot of visual is missing or does not show properly in web browser.
Here is the link:
Scaleswork
I have to admit, when I started playing harp, I thought the benefit of playing scales was highly overrated but I realized it helped me a lot in many ways.
1- It gave me more control and accuracy with bending
2- It made me a lot more comfortable with area or the harp I did not explored before (like higher octave)
3- It gave me more speed
4- It increased my ability to figure out songs by ear.
So I hope some of you will find it useful,
Ps. Pleas excuse me if my English is not perfect; I’m a French speaking person doing the best I can in English.
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Lobotominator
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Last Edited by on Sep 23, 2011 11:55 AM
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sergiojl
37 posts
Sep 23, 2011
7:03 AM
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Thanks a lot, pal!
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Greyowlphotoart
815 posts
Sep 23, 2011
7:20 AM
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Thanks for this. You have done a lot of work! I have always played by ear, so this is very useful to look at the music theory side. I like the way you have shown this in note form, harp tab form and Do, re, me form.
I have looked at the 1st part only at the moment but I intend to use it all. Just for your information I noticed on page 5 you have indicated D as 1 blow instead of 1 draw.
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Lobotominator
12 posts
Sep 23, 2011
7:45 AM
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Thank you Grey Owl,
I'm glad you like it.
I made the changes and re-loaded the document...i edited the link above and here it is again:
Scaleswork
With so many copy/paste it is hard to revised everything...I started to have crossed eyes.
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Lobotominator
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Last Edited by on Sep 23, 2011 12:03 PM
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Lobotominator
13 posts
Sep 23, 2011
7:52 AM
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If anyone else see a mistake I've made, feel free to let me know, I'll be glad to modify it.
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Lobotominator
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Last Edited by on Sep 23, 2011 9:51 AM
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Lobotominator
14 posts
Sep 23, 2011
11:57 AM
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i made a little clean-up and used link the way it should be on this forum...hope it makes your life easyer
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Lobotominator
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