Classical Guitar Scales: the 5 shapes
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- www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com/cl... (free pdf below) Learn all about the five primary shapes of classical guitar scales in this video. Scales are great for the hands, and make everything you play better.
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I found it in the end.... but thanks. I love these scale shapes, I only wish I had them when I was much younger. Your teachings will influence many students in a very positive way. I recommend your method.
I hope you continue with this values videos, thank you so much bud
@@nickrobinson938 ppppp
Alan I'm a bit confused ... I'm using a book 'The Segovia Scales' (by Sean Thrower) and he, Segovia, has 24 major and minor scales from the Circle of Fifths which he then plays with 8 patterns. How does what you have here 'fit' with Segovia's work?
Thanks in advance.
@@manjitdhyani9878 pianississississimo
I've been at it for 2 years+, starting at 67 yrso. Wish I could afford personal lessons. In any case, I believe what you are giving away will eventually come back to you. Thank you so much.
Thanks Pierre! Best of luck with your music. Best, Allen
Same here 67 lol
You Tube is full of free lessons you can watch 500 times if you want ... at any time of the day.... 24/7/365...just watch and practice...you can slow then down too by clicking on the gear Icon in the lower right hand corner of the Video....magic
I'm 36 just starting and hope I make it to 67 whilst playing guitar everyday.
Yes, TH-cam is awesome. If I'd had it 30 years ago things probably would have been different...but now is now so enjoy it!!
Thank you! As a violinist I could never get my head around that B string. Just moving it up a fret makes total sense and I can totally think with it.
Been playing piano and got my music education and comprehension from the keys layout (for example to judge intervals my mind pictures the actual keys, etc). That said, this video has helped me a lot on the guitar, since the layout never made sense to me and I found it hard comprehending it. Thank you very much!
Love His personality and facial expressions, Very Authentic and genuine!! TY
Many years late but, at some point this video made everything kind of click in my head. I was so overwhelmed before because I couldn't understand the way scales interacted and moved around, but you explained it in a way that just made me understand. Thank you.
Thank you Elrond, for sharing how to play classical guitar scales in the elven way.
That's Lord Elrond...😉
I’m not sure why he’s referring to them as “classical “ guitar scales - they’re just scales; the only thing classical is the picking technique.
Elven way? You mean the way the elves did?
Have been working hard on improving my classical guitar playing lately and you have been a great help - thank you!
tomhunt107 That's great to hear! Happy to help, cheers, Allen
I like the name you gave some chords cowboy, that is where I see them used the most on country songs.
OMG!!! The warp refraction threshold!!! like a dream come true :)
i thought WRT was a space time shift between rosen bridges caused by a jump in the cosmic glide drive path system. just saying
I've never thought about the position changes like that, compression shifts. .thanks, makes total sense. .
This is GREAT! I was just assigned these this week. Your video will be very helpful. Your presentation is terrific. It's like you're in the room for a lesson, speaking just to me. Thanks!
just started playing classical guitar and this video has been extremely helpful! Thank you so much!
2:35 about scales. The best lesson I ever got was this advice. Thank you.
True
Thank you Allen for sharing this very simple method of memorizing scales, extremely helpful.
First of all I want to thank you for all your tips and advises, aside the lessons you give.🙏
About what you said at 5:10
I just started to learn scales and stuff, so yesterday I was practicing the open c scale, and almost by accident I learned to play
an old french kid song!💡
Love this video. Thanks so much - your tips helped me learn these 5 scale patterns in just a few days.
I must say this has been a super useful lesson for me. You have simplified the complex. Thanks a ton !
thank you so much for putting up all these videos, they are very helpful!
Thank You Allen! you are a great teacher the only one I find clear and practical
Hi Heba, Thanks so much! I hope it helps.
Cheers,
Allen
You are very good at explaining things, easy to digest the knowledge you are communicating to us
I really like your videos!. You are a good teacher and I do like that you take the time to explain the exercise before and how you do it.
Fernanda Villalvazo Thanks Fernanda!!
the warp refraction threshold! how epic! i love it. keep up the good work.
Bradley Maroney Right? I found it hilarious!
Thanks for the video! I'm a pianist, so you can imagine it's not too easy numbering one's fingers differently - still battling to see my ring finger as no.3. And to remember that the e-shape starts on f sharp, the d-shape on e, etc, took some translation. But it took me about 6 days of learning a little bit every day and now I can play all 5 shapes reasonably. Thanks so much for the helpful video, I'm going to start on the one for the right hand action today.
Great job. I am grateful to you for your very informative videos. Thank you.
When I first started to play the classical guitar, (10 years ago), In short. I took advice and payed for many, many lessons. After a while, I realised my playing was not improving, so I decided to carry on learning by myself, with the aid of books. I still have not improved, I have however, looked at some of your videos, and I can see that I was taken to the cleaners with the lessons I had payed for. Your instruction and explanations FAR out way what I have been paying for before. Many thanks for your time and instruction. Respect to you and your craft.
this is excellent, just getting into classical guitar after sheer bewilderment of this wondeerful instrument, i plan on watching all your vids thank you!
I finally get it! I've been struggling to understand how these shapes 'work' for a long time. Thank you!
Enrico Alighieri Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad to hear your practice is going well. Cheers, Allen
+Classical Guitar Shed can you do one of these on the segovia scales? im learning them in class. much appreciated!
+bobby smith Hi Bobby, here you go: www.classicalguitarshed.com/courses/learn-segovia-scales/
Classical Guitar Shed hey man. I'm metalhead but I'm amazed by jazz and classical. any tips or scales
Arent scale shapes simply supposed to help play a scale all around the fretboard. Whats withe the c a g e d shapes soooo confusing
+Classical Guitar Shed
This was great, thanks, been searching for "five major scale patterns" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Vonizabeth Strumming Magnitude - (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my brother in law got cool results with it.
Thanks for all the great work. Extremely helpful and well explained. I was wondering if there are minor scale patterns in a similar style to this chart. Thanks
Today, I learned of The Warp Refraction Threshold. Thank you. :)
Thank you for giving this formula. I’ve been trying to figure these out and this settles it 👍🎸💯
Great exercises, thank you for sharing these!
Great video really helped me develop my finger movement!!
the way you explain things really helpful for me! thank you!
Great, Allen! Thanks so much for your helpful and clear lessons. I'm learning a lot with your help!
Hey, thanks for the comment! I am glad to hear they're helping!
Cheers,
Allen
thanx so much... this was just what I was looking for... no pretentious self glory.. pure teaching of scales.. just like a teacher...
Thanks, Ashish!
Thank you classic guitar shed for the scale it to eazy and wonderful thank for this scale
Thank you so much for the video. I am practicing!
Brilliant. Really useful. Thank you
I'm gonna come back to this one. At first I didn't get the scale diagrams but by the end of the video I was like 'oh! Okay...' I love Classical guitar but I'm not very schooled in it. I saw Sharon Isbin live in Shreveport in 92 she was amazing. I've played guitar since 77, I'm 53.
I know nothing about guitar but play the piano .. this is most definitely helpful with understanding the guitar, thanks!
You are coolest teacher buddy ...cheers
This is exactly what I needed thanks
this is what I have been looking for. Great!
Supremely useful video. Thanks so much!
Great exercise, just working up and down the neck with these. Thanks.
Jeff Stanley Thanks Jeff!
the article you were referring to was the same one i've read. i think it was guitar player, he was talking about chord inversions.. great lesson here.. cheers!
This is the most useful, well-presented and indeed, essential, video I use, out of all the resources and videos available on TH-cam and other websites. Returning to classical guitar after 30 years of strumming and singing, I needed to unlock the mystery of "the rest of the guitar", having been strumming chords on the first four frets. I need to wear out some frets above G! It is hard repetitive work but after just a few days at an hour a day, I am really beginning to feel a lot easier and certainly more confident.
I mix the exercises with repetitive arpeggios and then have a go at some simple studies to finish with.
Thank you for this brilliant video.
You are a fabulous teacher!
Excellent stuff to learn. Thank you.
+Mike Lennox Thanks Mike!
Very clear and articulated. Thank you
I wish I had an instructor like this when I was younger instead of some heavy metal weirdo.
LMAO
LoL
I love your DMV comment. I WISH the DMV would have a classical guitar player on site, it would make the wait a lot more pleasant.
Brilliant explanation.
I've only watched your lessons a few times and I'm already and motivated to begin lessons with you. My 'stimulus check' should be here next week, I'll be purchasing a classical guitar then.
That's what I did!
@@girlgeniusnyc272 I love New York and New Yorkers, I spent 18 days in Manhattan! It was heaven. Love their accent and their sense of humor is so funny.
Gotta have scale practice no matter the instrument. I am transferring from piano and folk guitar to serious interest in learning classical guitar. Good teaching, I will be using this video a lot.
This is a Brilliant Video thanks very much !
Very helpful, thank you so much!
Thank you. This is very cool. And, you are a very good TH-cam teacher. You made it clear and simple. Now, to practice.
best tutorials ever👍
respect from one guitarist to other 🙏
The G shape is the most interesting to me. I have now seen this done three ways(thanks to you, my teacher and Tim May). I really like this one you show with the pinky use and shifts. It's quite natural. The other two use a stretch and a jump. One goes 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1. The other is 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 1, 1.
just picking up the guitar again after 7 years. you're awesome, brother. thanks
Thanks so much, Christian! You're awesome.
Holy crud been playing for a while know a lot of scales but never really clicked on the shape relation to the cowboy chord! Thanks!
also superimposing scales over triads helps see those patterns. just saying
Thank you so much, this is invaluable.
Very good instruction on scales !! Thanks mucho !! I may have to back this up several times to take it all in 'cause I'm a bit rusty, but I'm happy to have stumbled upon this : )
thank you for the class! really useful
Thanks, it gives me a place to start...........
Great exercise . Thanks.
Scales are great fun because they also make it a lot easier to improvise!
Very helpful video!
I slowed this down to 0.75 speed for better understanding.
Seriously, I had to play the first part a dozen times before I got my head around it, and I have had previous training.
It's so interesting how different people visualise and utilise scale shapes on the fretboard. For example when you first started talking about an "E shaped" scale pattern I immediately visualised what I thought that was, then you showed it and it was completely differentl from what I visualised! Personally, I have the fretboard memorised in what I think of as "2 position clusters", and within those 2 position clusters I can visualise a heap of different chord and arpeggio "shapes" superimposed within them. I've come from a 3 note per string base, and from there gradually mapped the fretboard in it's entirety. Depending on what I'm playing I visualise scale shapes in different ways within the total grid of the first 12 frets. Anyway, this is a subject that I find endlessly fascinating for some reason haha!
I love your channel, Allen! It has really inspired me to improve my playing!
Thanks Doris!
Thank-you Mr. Matthews! I think this is the most informative and helpful video that I have seen on MeTube! You are an excellent teacher and I am very grateful and excited to be your serendipitous new student/subscriber!
+Jason William Parsons Thanks Jason!
Very Helpful Video! Thank you!
Great Job , thank you very much, so easy to follow too.
Thanks, Tony!
thank you for the lesson
nothing less, nothing more, just thank you for this really useful lesson...I'm exercising right now!
Thanks Davide!
Fantastic video. Congratulations!!!
Thanks Allen!!! I like the video. The exact same shapes would be used for natural minor, and most or all modes but beginning on a different note. Obviously harmonic and melodic minor change the shape a bit, what about modes? Which ones, if any use a different shape?
What he speaks are really useful, guys. If we want to learn, we must to incorporate words, listen a lot before practicing. There is a lot of videos on TH-cam that you really don't have to listen, so please, select a channel that fits your needs instead of complain.
Gave this guy a sub for using the phrase warp refraction threshold
Thank you very much for the video!
Thank you for this!!!!
Certainly the case with strings - ie viola - shifting the key to beautiful playing
Hi, Allan. Nice overview. I noticed a typo in your A-shape diagram. The last '4' finger on the high-E string should not be there - it represents a note, which is not in the scale (A in this case for a B scale). You are not playing it in the video, actually. Regards!
Came to the comment section about this to check that I wasn't crazy lol
Hi Allen.your video lessons are great.if you have video describing minor,pentatonic and blues scales and their applications and code relations pls upload.thanks a lot for your lessons a lot it is helping me a lot as a beginner.
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tonson mathew hi Tonson, thanks for the note. I don't have videos explaining these, as I mainly stick to classical guitar videos, and those scales are more used by more improvisatory styles. Thanks for asking though. There are tons of great players out there with videos of that kind, so I stick to what I'm strongest at: classical guitar technique and playing. Cheers, Allen
Thank you for the lesson!
Mark Diamond My pleasure, Mark! Let me know if you ever need anything.
Cheers, Allen
E, A, D, G, and C shapes. E, A, D and similar and G (starts on E string) and C (starts on A string) are similar.
I'm about to start college, and one of the courses I'm taking is a classical guitar course. I've been playing normal acoustic and electric guitar for years but I wanted to challenge myself in learning a new style to better my playing and extend my knowledge. This was extremely helpful for me in learning my scales, which previously had totally confused me but I had to learn in order to take the course. Had some trouble with the video not keeping up with the audio but I think it was just my laptop. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the note, Amanda. Good luck at the new school!!
+Classical Guitar Shed Thank you so much!
Really insightful lesson I shared it with my girlfriend who's learning guitar thanks dude 😎
Funny. fresh, clear and professional. Many thanks!
Flanger Kit Thanks much, Flanger Kit!
Great video! Thanks so much.
Thanks Matt!
Thank you! I am going to practice and practice...
Great! All the best, Allen
"Like an inchworm... would be an extreme example.."
Without even cracking a smile, I love this guy haha.
Great video, btw
Like them mechanics yo. Good lesson
This is actually what I learned first before knowing even many chord variation or the Blues/Pen. scale. And Im not the greatest player ever, but I can hear any song and riff or solo over it just knowing? I think if your more into playing your own stuff, this is the way to go.
Finally. I found you. I somehow lost my subscription from you and after looking and not remembering your channel name I gave up. So, now at 2.30 am I decide to practice and thought I really need to learn all the scale shapes to use. I actualy have probably used them all at one time or another, but not really classically educated in music, but have played electric rock guitar for almost 40 years. But, I love classical music and some of tbe haunting modes, etc and need to study more theory, so some of your lessons are great. Thank you for putting them up and sharing.
Yes, most helpful and very enlightening. I was one of those classical guitar students to be introduced to the Segovia scale method in my first year and I hated it. This system is much more fun. Where were you in my early days... Thanks for posting. I think you do a great job of introducing students to the classical guitar world and making it look like fun. I always tried to avoid the Segovia Scale practice and get on with the pieces of music. :)
Piano is a linear mode while guitar playing is on a matrix. Can't imagine how one would transition from piano to violin where there are no frets! Still fingering is more than important here, not sure in the beginning that it is clear that numbers correspond to fingers.
I think that that "scale-melody" method of instruction is why I never really learned to play.
can u do a video on the e shape in triplets, thanks for the good vids!