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Scales: Smorgasbord

Goal: To create improvisations using notated materials that connect the ear to the eye and the eye to the ear.

Major

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Template of major scales in all keys with whole step/half step interval patterns.

Natural Minor

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Template of natural minor scales in all keys with whole step/half step interval patterns.

Harmonic Minor

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Template of harmonic minor scales in all keys with whole step/half step interval patterns.

Melodic Minor

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Template of melodic minor scales in all keys with whole step/half step interval patterns.

Chromatic

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Template of a chromatic scale starting on C.

Pentatonic

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Template of the pentatonic scale starting on each of its scale degrees.

Whole Tone

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Template of two whole – tone scales.

Octatonic

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Template of two octatonic scales.

Church Modes

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Template of five church modes.

Sample Twelve Tone Row

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Template of a twelve-tone scale and its retrograde, inversion, and retrograde inversions.

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