Chords for The Most Mysterious Spanish Guitar Scale

_ _ _ _ Now just the same as we can perform some chords with a very strong flamenco [Bb] flavor inside of [G] them
We can also do the same thing with [Ab] scales.
So as an [Ab] example, we can take just an [E] E chord and
Play an E major scale
[Gb] _
[Abm] So _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
it all sounds very [Abm] happy very consonant _ _ _
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_ _ but we can immediately turn that into [B] a more exotic and mysterious sound by using [Am] the
[Ab] harmonic minor instead
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[E] _ _ [Em] _ So you can hear the switch there.
So [Gb] from black to white
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Major and harmonic minor
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_ so in [A] the next
_ Close up.
I'm going [Ab] to show you how to [G] perform a harmonic [F] minor scale
It will [G] also learn some chords to go with it so that you can [Gb] start to improvise
Scale lines [Bb] and put them in with the chords and [Ab] this will allow you to start achieving a really _ _
Strongly flavored Spanish guitar sound straight away. _
_ So let's have a look at how to produce a
_ [Ab] harmonic minor scale
_ _ We're going to start off by doing on the sixth string 1 [E] 4 _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ So just the open [E] 6th string _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ First fret and then the fourth fret then on the next string we have [A] 2 3 and _ [C] _ _ [Dbm] The same [D] on the fourth string [E] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [B] From there on the third string. We [Ab] just have 1 and then 2 _ [A] _ _ _ Then on the second string we have 1 3 and _ [G] _ _ [Ab] And finally 1 [C] 4 on the high E string _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now once you [C] get good at that scale and [Bb] just practice it slowly going up and down up and down Your fingers will start to learn where [G] to land on the frets by themselves So you won't have to put so much [Gb] attention into [G] knowing kind of thinking [Ab] about each string Once you get to that stage and you feel [G] confident doing the scale [Bb] up and down The next step is to try and make up little melody lines and to combine them with the chords So when we [F] go to the wide shot now, I'll show you exactly [Dbm] what I mean _ _ [Db] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Db] Let's take a look at what I was doing [Bb] in that last section I was simply taking the harmonic [G] minor [Ab] scale, which we've already learned [E] and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _
I was mixing [G] that with four chords an A [A] minor _ _ a [G] G7 and _ _ [F] _ F _ [E] and an E _ _ _ _ [Bb] So for example, I [Am] started off by using a little section of the [Abm] scale just 3 2 on the fourth [Gb] string and 3 2 on the fifth string _ [B] [A] and _ That led me into an A minor _ _ _ [Am] Then I went 3 [Bb] 2 on the fifth string [G] and 4 1 on the sixth [B] string _ _ [E] _ Taking me into an E _ _ _ [A] Then I did some little line [Dbm] to go back to a minor _ and _ _ _ then I went into [C] G7 1 [Ab] 3 on the second [G] string _ _ The open first string and then [G] G7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Coming down into an F _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ and then [G] going down [C] into the [Ab] major chord [Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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So in each case [Bb] you can see I'm just taking a little section of the scale _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] Then I did some little line [Dbm] to go back to a minor _ [A] and _ _ _ then I went [Ab] into G7 [C] 1 3 on the second [G] string _ _ the open [E] first string _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Coming down into an F _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] and then going down into the major chord. _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ So in each case you can see [Bb] I'm just taking a little section of the scale and _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm leading into a chord [Db] So a little section chord little section chord and you can [Ab] practice that for hours and hours and get a really authentic Spanish sound [G] coming out of your guitar. The more you practice obviously the better you'll get at it _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ From watching the last two parts I [Ab] hope that you were able to see just [G] how easy it can be to get an Authentic Spanish guitar sounds without having to spend [Ab] years and years of practice learning next to impossible guitar [Bb] techniques for example, we were taking just ordinary chord [A] progressions and [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Immediately [G] giving them a much stronger flamenco [A] flavor _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Just by making some simple changes to [C] the chord shapes And then [G] we also had the example of where we could learn as an alternative to a [Ab] basic major scale _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You get a much [G] more mysterious and exotic [Ab] sound [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ Just by learning a different _ [G] Scale shape the harmonic minor and then also being able to mix those together _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ and so you immediately [C] get all of these different things that you can play [G] around with to [Ab] Start producing this style of music on your guitar [A] and it takes just a few hours to get going doing it Which is the real beauty of it. [Am] So I hope you've enjoyed the lessons and I look [Ab] forward to giving you a lot more [D] content very soon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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