Historic quotes about practicing
scales:
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"You must sedulously practice all scales"
ROBERT SCHUMANN
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"Scales should never be dry.
If you are not interested in them work with them until you become
interested in them"
A. RUBINS
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"Give special study to passing the thumb under
the hand and passing the hand over the thumb. This. makes the practice
of scales arpeggios indispensable"
J. PADEREWSKI
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"Practice
scales every day of your life"
WM. SHERWOOD |
"Do you ask me how good a player you
may become? Then tell me how much you practice the scales"
CARL CZERNY
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"During
the first five years the backbone of all the daily work in
Russian music schools is scales and arpeggios. The pupil who
attempted complicated pieces without this preliminary drill
would be laughed at in Russia"
JOSEF LHEVINNE |
"The
scale of C should reign supreme until the practice habits are
formed so that they will reign supreme while playing the other
scales. Pearls lie at the bottom of the sea. Most pupils seem
to expect them floating upon the top of the water. They never
float, and the one who would have his scales shine with the
beauty of splendid gems must first dive deep for the gems"
V. DE PACHMANN
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"I
have never known a piano student to finger well or read rapidly who
was deficient in scale practice"
E. M. BOWMAN |
"I
consider the practice of scales important not only for the fin-gers,
but also for the discipline of the ear with regard to the feeling' of
tonality (key), understanding of intervals, and the comprehension of
the total compass of the piano"
JOSEF HOFMANN |
"To the young student and to the performing artist the daily prac-tice
of scales is alike indispensable. Nor has it been found possible to supersede
the practice of scales with any other form of exercise. Without their constant
use, it is not possible to impart to playing certain qualities of fluency,
neatness and consistency in running passages, qualities universally recognized
as characteristic of well trained pianists"
WILLIAM MASON |
"I believe this
matter of insisting upon a thorough technical knowl-edge, particularly
scale playing, is a very vital one. The mere ability to play a few pieces
does not constitute musical proficiency"
S. RACHMANINOFF |
"Few
artists realize the beauty of a perfectly played scale and too few
teachers insist upon it"
S. STOJOWSKI |
"I play all the
scales in different forms in all keys once a day"
PEPITO ARRIOLA |