Rhythmic modulation and scale practice

Practice idea

Hello friends,

Here’s an idea for practicing scales and also work on rhythmic modulations at the same time.

Take a 2 octaves G major scale (15 notes)

G A B C D E F# G A B C D E F# G

Metronome at 60bpm.

Let’s Start by playing the scale in eight notes, from the lower G to the higher, and back. Twice

Next, without stopping, let’s play the scale in triplets for 3 times (3 “round trips”).

Finally, let’s play it in sixteen notes for 4 times.

The idea is to keep the flow without stopping!

Like that:

Eight notes (2 times) / triplets (3 times) / sixteen notes (4 times)

Here’s the chart of the exercise, that you can also use as a play-along. 🎹

Enjoy! And keep practicing. Step after step.

NB: We can also bring the exercise further by adding quintuplets, sextuplets, etc.

Like that:

Eight notes / triplets (3 times) / sixteen notes / quintuplets sextuplets, etc.

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