#scales

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul. ↗

— Dick Dale

#anger #extension #frustration #i #music

Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a couple of lessons on fundamentals, and gave me some scales and practice things to work on. But I pretty much learned everything by ear. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#around #band #couple #dad #ear

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#billion #just #just because #know #mean

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#balance #decisively #favour #great #great responsibility

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#chops #everything #faster #get #going

I do not see scales as abstract. ↗

— James Galway

#i #i do #scales #see

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes. ↗

— James Galway

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You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios. ↗

— James Galway

#know #scales #you #your

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#even #every #every man #his #life

When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#conflict #deep #most #scales #something