In this video, I'll show you a mysterious and very useful Flamenco scale so you
can improvise in the style of Spanish and flamenco guitar. Let's do this.
Hi there I'm Tomas Michaud from Real Guitar Success who will help you learn to
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sure you know about every single tutorial lesson and guitar tip that I
send your way. Today, you're going to learn arguably the most common scale for
improvisation in the style of flamenco and Spanish guitar. It goes by many names.
I've heard it called a gypsy scale, the Phrygian dominant Phrygian scale. That's
a mouthful. And as I like to call it, just simply the flamenco scale. Be sure and
watch until the end so you can get a free jam track to practice along with.
I'll start off by showing you the scale and then I'll go through it, break it
down step by step for the fingering. Finally, I'll show you how to play along
with the jam track.
Okay let's break that down. To start off, the sixth string we're going to use the
first finger and the pinky. It starts off open. That's actually the
root note E, first fret and then pinky. Let's go on to that fifth string.
It's gonna be open, second finger second fret, and third finger third fret. So
let's just do that much. So far, we have the open sixth string, first finger first
fret, pinky on the fourth fret. Now on to the fifth string second fret second
finger and third finger third fret. Okay we're going on to the fourth string. It's
going to be open and then the second fret second finger. That's one full (1:55) that
ends on the E note. It starts on the low E and ends on the fourth string E. Let's
do that much. Start with open six string, first finger, pinky open fifth, second,
third, open and then the second finger. We're gonna go on now. From there, we go
to the third finger. Next string no open on this one. First finger first fret and
then second finger. Now, just that much. Again, starting from
the beginning - open first finger, pinky. Hope you're playing along. I'm doing this
for you. Open fifth, second, third, open, second. That's
awesome. Keep going. Third, first finger and
then second. Going on open, second string, first finger, third finger and we're
gonna start again and review. Get your guitar, let's do this.
Ready, go. Sixth string, first finger, pinky open, second, third, open, second, third, first finger and
second. Open second string, first finger third finger. Now going on, open first
string and first finger. And then we're gonna stretch the pinky. It's just like
the sixth string and that's the end of this scale for now. So that last string
is the open high E, first finger first fret and pinky.
So that's the entire scale all the way up. We're gonna do it one more time
together. I want to give you a breath to get ready. Okay, breathe deep. We're
gonna do it together. We'll go slow but once you go up then you want to practice
going back down. We're gonna go up this time. Ready, hit it. Open, first finger.
Pinky open, second third okay open and second, third finger, first finger, second.
Gonna do open now. First finger, third finger, open first finger and pinky. How
did you do?
Not too bad, huh. Of course it's gonna take practice. I encourage you to
do half at a time. Get comfortable with maybe just doing the first half and then
add on the second half and keep going or maybe even try adding one string at a
time and then do like we did together today. Do a few strings and then add
another string and do a little each day until you can get all the way up and
then start working your way down. You can either go down all at once or you can
try the same thing going back one string at a time. So that's the entire scale. You
want to get comfortable at least fingering it all the way up and then
play it along with the jam track and I'm going to show you how to do that right
now.
Okay let's do a little faster this time. Count it one two one two three four.
Okay, let's do a little improve.
To get a copy of this jam track I'll make sure and put a link down below so
you can download it in your computer and play along with it to your heart's
content. This video is part of a playlist on
Spanish Flamenco Guitar. If you want to learn more I'll put a link in a
card up in the corner. I think that corner is right and you can see what
else is available along those lines. There's some chords strumming other
things that I think will help you out and have fun with. Be sure and subscribe
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