This book provides the most efficient way to practice scales and the fastest path to mastery of one's instrument. The scale routine presented here is a vehicle for increasing tactile familiarity and improving facility, velocity and tone. Its very nature-namely its function outside of specific repertoire-allows one to focus on the technical things ideally relegated to one's subconscious when performing music in a real-world context. This book isn't an encyclopedia of scales; rather, a comprehensive way to practice scales (and for that matter, arpeggios, chords and patterns). It is suitable for all instruments.

Introduction 
Part One 
Chromatic (“Half-Step”) Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Whole-Step Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Minor Third Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Major Third Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Perfect Fourth Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Tritone Root Movement 
Single-octave scales 
Two-octave scales 
Three-octave scales 
Full-range scales, lowest root to highest root 
Full-range scales, lowest scale tone to highest scale tone 
Part Two 
Single-octave scales in thirds 
Pairs 
Groups of three 
Groups of four 
Part Three 
End Note