![]() ![]() But does all of this practice really lead to musical results? Is this time well spent, or could this time be spent on other areas? I happen to believe the answer is “no” to both of these questions. Piano students spend countless hours trying to perfect their scales and arpeggios played fast and impressively four octaves up and down the keyboard. Basically, if you cannot play your scales and arpeggios four octaves at a fast tempo (or even at a slow tempo) you are often thought of as being sub-par in your pianistic abilities. Most students and teachers of piano are well aware that playing major and minor scales and arpeggios four octaves is the “industry standard.” Colleges, conservatories, popular examination programs like ABRSM or RCM and others, as well as most university or conservatory trained piano teachers throughout the world regard four-octave scales as something like the “Holy Grail” of piano study.
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