I wanted to use the dexterity of the flute to shape the melody, but found the whole tone scale quite limiting to work with as there are a limited number of intervals you can actually use.
Treble Recorder Whole-Tone Scale
I wrote this with a Renaissance dance in mind, but the whole tone scale gives it a distorted, spooky feel which I think works quite effectively.
Oboe East European Major Scale
I found it difficult to use this scale and keep a feel of major tonality to it. I tried to use different parts of the oboe's register to colour the melody.
Bassoon East European Minor Scale
I wrote this as 2 similar phrases; one very high in the bassoon's register, the other towards the bottom. I felt this scale had much more of a minor feel to it than the previous one.
Clarinet Middle Eastern Eight-Note Scale
I found this scale difficult to write in because it has no real sense of tonality to it; it is hard to tell whether it is major or minor.
Tenor Saxophone Middle Eastern Eight-Note Scale
Like the previous piece, I found this scale quite difficult to write in as I struggled to fit what I wanted into the notes available.
Flute Nine-Note Scale
I based the first phrase loosely on a dominant seventh in the key of C, but the final scales at the end create the impression the piece ends in E Major. The extra chromatic notes in the scale were useful in ornamenting the melodic line.
Oboe Nine-Note Scale
I noticed that, from the notes of the scale, you could write a melody in either A Major or A minor so this is what I did; the first phrase is in A Major, the second is the same in A minor but the ending gives a feel of finishing in G Major.
Clarinet Chromatic Scale
I actually found this the easiest to write, mainly because I just used rising and descending chromatic scales for most of it and didn't need to constantly check the notes to see whether they belonged to the scale.
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