November 3, 2008 by Bruce Hembd
Exercise: Scale/Flow Studies (I)
More flow/scale studies.
I am not sure where I picked these up – this printout is not copyrighted so I am making them available here. If anyone has an more concrete idea of where these are from please leave a comment below.
[If you need a basic scale sheet, Ameerah Morsy has a nice one here.]
This is an extensive flow/scale study that I give out to my students. They are fairly self-explanatory and are yet another variation to add to one’s arsenal of basic routine exercises.
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