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Last Saturday, one of my teenage students actually cheered  when I said, “Let’s hear your scales.” In 30 years of teaching, this was a first. I couldn’t help but laugh — because honestly? I’ve never cheered at the thought of playing scales. For most students (and teachers!), scales and technical work tend to fall into the “necessary but boring” category. But this year, I invented a secret weapon. Instead of treating scales, keys, and harmony as isolated technical exercises,