HOW TO PRACTICE SCALES (AND HAVE FUN DOING IT): PART 1

NEW ALBUM "SHADOWLANDS" w/S. CAREY out now. Listen / order: https://ingrv.es/shadowlands-f94-3 Is practicing scales boring or do they feel like drudgery to you? This two-part series goes deeper into some ways I like to work on them that are engaging and fun. Plus, they help you internalize the sound and technique of the scales more effectively! Try it out and let me know what you think. 0:00 Intro 1:22 Developing vocabulary as you work on scales 2:43 Intervals 5:18 Patterns/Cells 7:27 Don’t forget about technique! 8:44 Fluency is the goal 9:09 Outro Check out Part 2 here:    • HOW TO PRACTICE SCALES (AND HAVE FUN DOING...   Video produced by Ben Meraz Grammy-nominated trumpeter John Raymond is “steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat). He has released eight albums to critical acclaim, and has recorded or toured nationally and internationally with musicians such as Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Cory Wong, S. Carey and more. John teaches in the Jazz Studies department at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, is the author of “The Jazz Trumpet Routine," and is the creator and host of the podcast “The Trumpet Summit." MORE ABOUT ME http://www.john-raymond.com   / johnraymondm.  .   / jraymondmusic   CHECK OUT MY MUSIC https://spoti.fi/3JwvOtV https://apple.co/3HNklok JAZZ TRUMPET ROUTINE https://www.john-raymond.com/learn THE TRUMPET SUMMIT https://apple.co/40mRi24 IU JAZZ STUDIES https://music.indiana.edu/jazz