scales are the lip-trills are the lip-trills for every instrumentalist.

Like they're just the meat and potatoes of what we have to do.

That's right.

So learn to love them.

That doesn't mean that you have to play boring old linear scales all the time.

No.

And in fact, once you're getting to the point, well, I would say that once you have a certain scale

that you can play in all keys that is boring, like you know it's so well. I mean, you know, look, have you mastered it? Who's the say? But you'll start to know once it becomes boring and you're not having to actively think, that's great because that means, you know, if you're like a pianist, the fingerings or a trumpet player, the fingers are ingrained, the transitions,

but you're also listening for some musicality,

so don't just be like... You know, if you're like a pianist, the fingerings or a trumpet player, the fingers are ingrained, the transitions.

But you're also listening for some musicality. So don't just be like, well, I know all my scales. That's right. I used to have this thing when I had physical IRL students, you know, in real life. Oh, boy. And no, they would come in and I would, the first thing I would always say is, all right, how are you on your scale? Oh, I got all my scales.

See, YMMV.

Yeah, exactly.

Well, the way they were playing these scales were YMMV for sure.

Hashtag Y YMMV. Yeah, exactly. Well, the way they were playing these scales were YMMV for sure. Hashtag YMMV. Exactly, with explanation, which is not needed. Everybody knows it. But, you know, the point is they, everybody was so confident on, oh, yeah, I know all my scales. And I was like, oh, wow, this will be great. So I can just kind of quiz you on a couple.

We're not going to do the basics.

Since you know them all, we're not even going to mess with that. Let's go to, you know, the altered scale. Give me that in A-flat. And then they'll kind of be like, you know, wait, is it? I mean, I know that. I learned that, but I'm just, you know, like, you know, I mean, I know them.

You don't know.

Yeah, exactly.

If you know it, you know, I grab you out of that. I learned that, but I'm just, you know, like, you know, I mean, I know them. You don't know.

Yeah, exactly.

If you know it, you know, I grab you out of band in the middle.

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