Rodney
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During my years as a clarinet player, I found the Albert Scales & Exercises to be a great way to keep my fingers agile and retain my muscle memory by daily usage. Even kept a record of metronome speeds I could play correctly with fluidity and freely admit that using the excuse that I could see that I was making progress over time, might suggest I have a touch of OCD!
While I’ve found and used a number of Scales & Exercises written for the Accordion, it seems old habits and preferences die hard and I returned to Albert which is all in treble clef, but then so is the keyboard for my right hand. The left hand is something else.
I’ve attached an old version of the Albert Scales which were freely available online but are hard to find among all those old versions being offered for sale. At least the attachment gives a good idea of the range of exercises available for each major and each minor key. I bought the latest edition (hard copy) on the good advice of my clarinet teacher, her professor edited it!
While I’ve found and used a number of Scales & Exercises written for the Accordion, it seems old habits and preferences die hard and I returned to Albert which is all in treble clef, but then so is the keyboard for my right hand. The left hand is something else.
I’ve attached an old version of the Albert Scales which were freely available online but are hard to find among all those old versions being offered for sale. At least the attachment gives a good idea of the range of exercises available for each major and each minor key. I bought the latest edition (hard copy) on the good advice of my clarinet teacher, her professor edited it!
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