Larry Clark's The Complete Scale Compendium focuses on what is most common in the study of classical music: core major and minor scales as well as chromatic pentatonic whole-tone and blues scales.The mastery of scales and scale patterns has long been established as the best way to improve technical abilities on all instruments. With this book students will learn the construction of these scales while practicing unique patterns enriching their technique. Specific slurs and articulations have been left off of the exercises so that a multitude of different articulation and slur patterns can be used. The exercises are presentedin two ways: by scale pattern and by key.The Complete Scale Compendium is available for Flute Clarinet Alto Saxophone Trumpet Trombone and Violin.
