#scales

When you see a fish you don't think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water... If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirit. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#body #eyes #fins #fish #flash

People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another. ↗

— Fred Upton

#better #country #economy #fact #far

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

#i #indeed #lot #out #playing

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

— James Galway

#know #scales #you #your