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Published by Alfred. This popular and practical approach to scale practice, written by F.A. Schulz in the latter part of the 19th century, has remained one of the most useful piano books on the subject of scales, for the following reasons: 1) The order of presentation of the material is most logical. The major scales, along with their relative melodic and harmonic minor scales, are presented in a clockwise motion around the circle of 5ths, for sharp and flat keys alike. 2) The scales covered are those most frequently required as routine performance for admission to conservatories, universities, and colleges. 3) Each scale is followed by a cadential chord progression in the following order: Tonic, Subdominant, Tonic, Dominant, Dominant 7th, Tonic. 4) A scale combing the ascending major and the descending melodic minor gives a strong concept of the similarities and differences in the parallel major and minor scales. 5) A clear explanation of the formation of scales by tetrachoreds has been added in the opening pages of this edition, along with instructions on the use of the circle of 5ths as an aid in learning the order of scales, the relative minors, the key signatures, etc.
