Free Minor Scales for Clarinet

Video Transcript

" For expertvillage.com this is Mitch Kaplan. In this clip we will be talking about scales and why they are really very important. A harmonic minor is the same thing as the natural, but you raise the seventh step going up and down the scale. We will take that G minor scale again… notice the Arabic type of sound that we have when we play that… it is a very pretty sound and a pretty scale, it is used quite a bit in classical music. We also have the melodic minor, and that is raising the sixth and seventh step of the scale and then going down, making it a natural. And this is how you would play a G melodic minor… so remember to practice those scales, technique is very important factor in being a great musician. "