Serious exposé, even for a Spaniard who has this sound under his skin since when I was a child and my mother listened to the radio while doing her duties at home, and I would stay around absorbing this without realizing. The Spanish radio would broadcast at this time a mixture of popular and more cultivated music as Falla's pieces. Listening to "The three cornered hat" some days ago, I realized how this could be so natural to most spanish ears without even knowing that it is a such universal, high level music. "Music... is a language we all understand", as some modern music genius said !
Great video Scot! I always learn something from you. I've been playing guitar for over 45 years but fairly new to Spanish guitar, (6 years) your videos are just what I'm looking for. I actually like the fact that you talk fast, I can keep up and it makes the videos right to the point. Keep it up please! I'm definitely considering your course. Thanks Scot.
I agree. I was taken aback at first with the quick pace but it works really well. I’m tired of videos demonstrating a guitar that start with 10 to 12 minutes without making a sound . Sound first or quickly and then talk works much better . It draws the listener in. This is a tremendously valuable channel with top notch presentations .
Absolute beginner here... So much to learn: finger picking, left hand agility, theory.. I wish I had started earlier. But this is an awesome lesson! Thank you!
Great video. The flow of this video is brilliant and the amount of information is impressive in a concise video like this. Greetings from Egypt. We use the Phrygian scale intensively also but in a different context.
I tried to learn “Spanish Romanza” in 1973. I was just starting to learn the guitar, my first that mi y mi madre bought (Felipinas); i still play but before I learned it I used to sing the English lyrics; I’m more of a singing -inclined dude😅 I’m older now😅
This is Flamenco sounding rather than 'Spanish' guitar, which can be a lot of things, from Spanish classical guitar pieces to regional Spanish folk guitar, which isn't necessarily Flamenco. There are definitely similarities and crossovers, but they are all distinct. Plus, a lot of Spanish people reject Flamenco as Spanish because it is Gitano(gypsy) music. And the other factor is that Spanish regions can be culturally unique, so Flamenco, for instance, is traditionally from the south, from Cadiz across to Murcia. It's worth explaining so that people don't just call it the 'Spanish' sound.
@@TheVersatileGuitarist You're wrong. Flamenco resolves to the E7b9 chord. it is the V of the relative minor key. You're just not talking about it correctly. I'm the expert between us and here is my proof: ruclips.net/video/bH8uwd8iy64/видео.html
Scot, there's a piece of music by Matyas Seiber that was played by Julian Bream , on guitar...The piece was the theme music played over the opening credits...For the 1958 film..."Chase A Crooked Shadow" I would love to hear it played fully...A tutorial HAS be long waited for!!!
What is that strum that you use at like 30 seconds in? I know I saw it in a tutorial somewhere but not sure where. I think it's nice to use in say an intro or outro. I'll now check out the rest of your tutorial.
spanish guitar is the bomb, puts a lot of rock guitarists to shame! yo!u ever heard Gran Hechicero? he does afro cuban rock, puts the blues to shame in the same way, great video man! I love spanish guitar, so beautiful, great lesson!
I love Rock and I love Flamenco too ... recently I was amazed to see that the Flamenco Spirit from tradition and modern guitar harmonies lives e.g. in the hands of Diego del Morao ruclips.net/video/9LQUa2jbm5Y/видео.html
@@alfonsoroman8964 he's great man! you checked out Gran Hechicero yet though? he took afro-Cuban Changui and turned it into literal rock music shit blows my mind! ruclips.net/video/ivliraD5GSc/видео.html cheers man, hope you get the same kick out of it I did!
@@alfonsoroman8964 This is the perfect mix of rock, flamenco and Andalusian folk, an Andalusian 70´s rock band called "Flamenco". ruclips.net/video/k7vhslsczXw/видео.html
When speaking of "Phrygian sound", do you mean Phrygian mode of the Major scale (which is a 7-note scale), or, the Spanish Phrygian mode of the harmonic Minor scale (which is an 8-note scale)? Thank you.
Harmonic minor is a 7-note scale, and so are all of its modes. You're right, the video is about the Spanish Phrygian mode, also called Phrygian Dominant. It is the 5th mode of Harmonic minor.
Yes, but there are composite scales that some flamenco players refer to where they include the flat five and sometimes even the flat three of Phrygian dominant
I think when most people refer to Phrygian they mean the Spanish sounding fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, rather than the third mode of the major scale. It’s hard to find too many songs that actually use the true Phrygian mode without raising the third to make it Phrygian dominant. That’s a seven note scale, but there are other examples of Added notes like including the flat three along with a major third or even the flat five
@@Wout1337 I apologise for not being precise enough, because the matter and naming can be a bit confusing. There is A) Phrygian scale, B) Spanish scale, and C) Phrygian Dominant scale. A) Phrygian scale is the 3rd mode of the major scale. It has 7 notes. When one extra note is added to it, in between the 3rd and the 4th degrees, that new scale some call B) “Spanish scale”. It is an 8-note scale. But there is C) Phrygian mode of the Harmonic minor scale too, which is a 7-note scale. The only difference between Phrygian Harmonic minor scale (aka Phrygian Dominant) and the Spanish scale, is in that Phrygian Dominant omits the 3rd degree of the Spanish scale, and has a wider gap there. A) Phrygian scale: C, C#, D#, F, G, G#, A# B) Spanish scale: C, C#, D#, E, F, G, G#, A# C) Phrygian Dominant: C, C#, E, F, G, G#, A# By observing all the scales, we see that the “chemistry” of the Spanish / Flamenco sound happens somewhere in the 3rd and/or the 4th degree, and how those degrees are treated. “Phrygian Dominant scale” has more tension than the “Spanish scale” because its 3rd degree is farther apart from the 2nd (jump from C# to E). Can Mr Taber add something regarding the 8-note “Spanish scale”? Thank you all..
Hard remedies? You don’t have to have long nails, in fact shorter nails are better, but having *some* nail helps us get a little more volume and attack on the string. If you’re just starting out though, the shorter your nails the better
Can you really call it phrygian? technically E phrygian start with a Eminor chord.If you take E phrygian dominant it starts with a Edominant 7 chord. But what is true is the phrygian flavour you feel between chord I and bii: 1/2 ton distance,this is the sound.I would call it flamenco scale .Adam del Monte made a very nice video about this topic.
Adam del monte‘s “Flamenco scale“ includes a flat 3rd with a major third and other color tones… If you used those notes in the chord you would get a jazzy/bluesy sounding chord like a dominant 7#9 … as I say in this video, it’s Phrygian dominant that you’re hearing in most Spanish sounding music, but it only manifests itself on the I chord (or you could call it the V cord if you like to think in the minor key)
Flamenco music: It results from Romanized Iberians who merged with Germanic lords and culture, then were conquered for nearly 8 centuries by Islamic North Africans. It’s both unique and beautiful to say the least.
A rasgueado doesn't sound Spanish if it's in the wrong chord?? LOL...A perfectly performed rasgueado will always sound Spanish no matter the chord. You can perform it directly on the guitar box with no strings and it will still sound Spanish. Not knocking you since you seem like a good teacher. Just found it funny you should say that.
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Yes. But any tabs to help get a classical sound would be great. You show them very clearly on your vid so it's a bit of a silly question.
Serious exposé, even for a Spaniard who has this sound under his skin since when I was a child and my mother listened to the radio while doing her duties at home, and I would stay around absorbing this without realizing. The Spanish radio would broadcast at this time a mixture of popular and more cultivated music as Falla's pieces. Listening to "The three cornered hat" some days ago, I realized how this could be so natural to most spanish ears without even knowing that it is a such universal, high level music. "Music... is a language we all understand", as some modern music genius said !
Reminded me of the intro in the Metallica song "Battery" this is so amazing👏🎼👍
The intro to battery is awesome because it’s all built on Phrygian which sounds so cool
Great video Scot! I always learn something from you. I've been playing guitar for over 45 years but fairly new to Spanish guitar, (6 years) your videos are just what I'm looking for. I actually like the fact that you talk fast, I can keep up and it makes the videos right to the point. Keep it up please! I'm definitely considering your course. Thanks Scot.
I agree. I was taken aback at first with the quick pace but it works really well. I’m tired of videos demonstrating a guitar that start with 10 to 12 minutes without making a sound . Sound first or quickly and then talk works much better . It draws the listener in. This is a tremendously valuable channel with top notch presentations .
This man is truly great. How he explains the essence of frigian mode.
Always watch guitar videos jazz blues rock. This is one of the best I’ve seen . Thank you
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Olé Maestro!! El Flamenco es the most difficult playing on guitar and more deep sounds guitar... Gracias !!
So beautiful to watch those fingers move around so effortlessly 😌
Wow! What an amazing channel for guitarists 🙏
lovely quick lesson, all info , no filler - many thanks !
Thanks for checking it out!
Absolute beginner here... So much to learn: finger picking, left hand agility, theory.. I wish I had started earlier.
But this is an awesome lesson! Thank you!
Thanks for watching and good luck! It’s a whole universe of fun stuff to play, keep it up!
I Love your teaching personality. Scot, I enjoy your playing!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!!
My pleasure!
Great stuff Scot! Fun but also very interesting study. Thank you.
Loved the Phrygian information. It would be great to see a video on some Phrygian licks
Great Lesson!
Thank you
@@TheVersatileGuitarist 👍
Amazing, when great technique goes in hand with good pedagogy
Great stuff here!!! Hope he does more Spanish songs!
He will!
Love that bonus chord!
This was far above average. Excellent job.
Thanks so much!
Brilliant --I HAVE wondered how flamenco guitarists play so fast with amazing dexterity---my right hand fingers are slow and clumsy -!
The Classical sounds so good ❤❤
Great video. The flow of this video is brilliant and the amount of information is impressive in a concise video like this. Greetings from Egypt. We use the Phrygian scale intensively also but in a different context.
Wow thank you!
Really interesting to spice the chords for spanish way and fun to discover and play it , great tutorial 😮
Thanks Jean!
Thanks for explaining the easy way.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video. Thank you
Excellent Video I have learnt so much in 5:41 Mins!!! Thanks
Great to hear!
Always loved this style..Thank you! I learned something
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for your video's Sir❤❤
You've got a great feel Scot...Nice video.👍
Thanks 👍
Wow! Subscribed now.
Thanks 👌
I tried to learn “Spanish Romanza” in 1973. I was just starting to learn the guitar, my first that mi y mi madre bought (Felipinas); i still play but before I learned it I used to sing the English lyrics; I’m more of a singing -inclined dude😅 I’m older now😅
This is Flamenco sounding rather than 'Spanish' guitar, which can be a lot of things, from Spanish classical guitar pieces to regional Spanish folk guitar, which isn't necessarily Flamenco.
There are definitely similarities and crossovers, but they are all distinct. Plus, a lot of Spanish people reject Flamenco as Spanish because it is Gitano(gypsy) music. And the other factor is that Spanish regions can be culturally unique, so Flamenco, for instance, is traditionally from the south, from Cadiz across to Murcia. It's worth explaining so that people don't just call it the 'Spanish' sound.
Great knowledge
thank you, this is great
@1:00 We actually call that the V and bVI, because we talk about it from the relative minor key.
No we don’t. E is the tonic chord in this example.
@@TheVersatileGuitarist You're wrong. Flamenco resolves to the E7b9 chord. it is the V of the relative minor key. You're just not talking about it correctly. I'm the expert between us and here is my proof: ruclips.net/video/bH8uwd8iy64/видео.html
That was pretty damn arrogant
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Haha and what does this prove? Also: do you know what the word “resolves” means?
Thx. Fantastic ❤
Nice! Thanks 🙏🏽
Great teacher
Glad you think so!
Amazing!
first comment😎 Great video! thank you, I haven’t had someone make learning something on guitar so easy to understand. Keep it up!
Thank you I appreciate that!
Thanks evet so much! - no mystery any more!
Glad I could help!
cool lesson!
Thanks! 😃
Wow that's good stuff. Informative and straight to the point - are you sure you are American.
Thanks! I’ll check…
That fricken Phrygian is ferocious
I found my next muse!!!
Scot, there's a piece of music by Matyas Seiber that was played by Julian Bream , on guitar...The piece was the theme music played over the opening credits...For the 1958 film..."Chase A Crooked Shadow" I would love to hear it played fully...A tutorial HAS be long waited for!!!
Cool I’ll check it out!
Is it just me, or does Julian Bream give us a verse of that old tourist favorite ‘O La Paloma Blanca’?
I think this channel has my fastest discovery to sub...
Nice!
Great!
Fascinating! Will it work with a baritone ukulele?
Just find the root of the chord and move it up one fret!
What is that strum that you use at like 30 seconds in? I know I saw it in a tutorial somewhere but not sure where. I think it's nice to use in say an intro or outro. I'll now check out the rest of your tutorial.
Just a steam of consciousness thing, but I’m doing kind a a Zapateado thing here
The technique in Flamenco is called a Rasqueado or Rajeo. There are many variations of how to do it.
My clumsy. slow right hand is like a model T Ford --traversing a muddy wet ploughed field --always getting stuck ---time to upgrade !
Yeah right 🤯
spanish guitar is the bomb, puts a lot of rock guitarists to shame! yo!u ever heard Gran Hechicero? he does afro cuban rock, puts the blues to shame in the same way, great video man! I love spanish guitar, so beautiful, great lesson!
Thank you! I haven’t heard of him but I’ll definitely check him out
I love Rock and I love Flamenco too ... recently I was amazed to see that the Flamenco Spirit from tradition and modern guitar harmonies lives e.g. in the hands of Diego del Morao ruclips.net/video/9LQUa2jbm5Y/видео.html
@@alfonsoroman8964 he's great man! you checked out Gran Hechicero yet though? he took afro-Cuban Changui and turned it into literal rock music shit blows my mind! ruclips.net/video/ivliraD5GSc/видео.html cheers man, hope you get the same kick out of it I did!
@@alfonsoroman8964 This is the perfect mix of rock, flamenco and Andalusian folk, an Andalusian 70´s rock band called "Flamenco". ruclips.net/video/k7vhslsczXw/видео.html
Scot I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t
Thanks for continuing to watch after my dumb joke
Reminds me of the Diablo 2 soundtrack
Amazing sounding guitar . Gosh I'll have too sell my liver.why do you have one Scot, i.e cutaway, not like a Ramirez etc
so I can play more notes when improvising
Does this mean I have to buy yet another guitar?
Yes.
When speaking of "Phrygian sound", do you mean Phrygian mode of the Major scale (which is a 7-note scale), or, the Spanish Phrygian mode of the harmonic Minor scale (which is an 8-note scale)? Thank you.
Harmonic minor is a 7-note scale, and so are all of its modes. You're right, the video is about the Spanish Phrygian mode, also called Phrygian Dominant. It is the 5th mode of Harmonic minor.
Yes, but there are composite scales that some flamenco players refer to where they include the flat five and sometimes even the flat three of Phrygian dominant
I think when most people refer to Phrygian they mean the Spanish sounding fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale, rather than the third mode of the major scale. It’s hard to find too many songs that actually use the true Phrygian mode without raising the third to make it Phrygian dominant. That’s a seven note scale, but there are other examples of Added notes like including the flat three along with a major third or even the flat five
@@TheVersatileGuitarist I think in hardrock and metal you see Phrygian a lot
@@Wout1337 I apologise for not being precise enough, because the matter and naming can be a bit confusing. There is A) Phrygian scale, B) Spanish scale, and C) Phrygian Dominant scale.
A) Phrygian scale is the 3rd mode of the major scale. It has 7 notes. When one extra note is added to it, in between the 3rd and the 4th degrees, that new scale some call B) “Spanish scale”. It is an 8-note scale.
But there is C) Phrygian mode of the Harmonic minor scale too, which is a 7-note scale.
The only difference between Phrygian Harmonic minor scale (aka Phrygian Dominant) and the Spanish scale, is in that Phrygian Dominant omits the 3rd degree of the Spanish scale, and has a wider gap there.
A) Phrygian scale: C, C#, D#, F, G, G#, A#
B) Spanish scale: C, C#, D#, E, F, G, G#, A#
C) Phrygian Dominant: C, C#, E, F, G, G#, A#
By observing all the scales, we see that the “chemistry” of the Spanish / Flamenco sound happens somewhere in the 3rd and/or the 4th degree, and how those degrees are treated. “Phrygian Dominant scale” has more tension than the “Spanish scale” because its 3rd degree is farther apart from the 2nd (jump from C# to E).
Can Mr Taber add something regarding the 8-note “Spanish scale”? Thank you all..
The B Sounds exactly like Spanish caravan from the Doors
Even The Doors knew how to get “instant Spanishness“
B frighteningly Bueno
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Hey I have a question: Is it necessary to grow nails in order to play hard remedies?
Hard remedies? You don’t have to have long nails, in fact shorter nails are better, but having *some* nail helps us get a little more volume and attack on the string. If you’re just starting out though, the shorter your nails the better
Im learning Austrias for Isaac Albeniz . And what I've noticed that guitarists who played it had long nails
X la gran puta q buen cover!
Superb!!!!!
Great video. But it’s not the Phrygian scale you are playing…..it’s Phrygian DOMINANT. ( that awesome major 3rd )
I know, that’s something I mention in my other videos but didn’t hear. But in this video I’m focusing on the sound of the b2 mainly
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Can you really call it phrygian? technically E phrygian start with a Eminor chord.If you take E phrygian dominant it starts with a Edominant 7 chord. But what is true is the phrygian flavour you feel between chord I and bii: 1/2 ton distance,this is the sound.I would call it flamenco scale .Adam del Monte made a very nice video about this topic.
Adam del monte‘s “Flamenco scale“ includes a flat 3rd with a major third and other color tones… If you used those notes in the chord you would get a jazzy/bluesy sounding chord like a dominant 7#9 … as I say in this video, it’s Phrygian dominant that you’re hearing in most Spanish sounding music, but it only manifests itself on the I chord (or you could call it the V cord if you like to think in the minor key)
Have you ever asked a question and then answered it yourself … you haven’t? 😂
This sounds familiar
Flamenco music:
It results from Romanized Iberians who merged with Germanic lords and culture, then were conquered for nearly 8 centuries by Islamic North Africans.
It’s both unique and beautiful to say the least.
Instant spanish flu
Oh no did you try these chords without wearing a mask?
@@TheVersatileGuitarist
No, not yet. But i can play the chords without any strings.
Im a harmonica player hahaha...🎼
A rasgueado doesn't sound Spanish if it's in the wrong chord??
LOL...A perfectly performed rasgueado will always sound Spanish no matter the chord. You can perform it directly on the guitar box with no strings and it will still sound Spanish. Not knocking you since you seem like a good teacher. Just found it funny you should say that.
A major chord with a flat nine will instantly sound Spanish no matter how you play it, that’s the point of this video
I stopped watching as soon as he mentioned the malagueña. There is no flamenco in this video.
Fact check: incorrect.
Man loving how you get to the point. Do you have print outs for chords and scales available?
You mean chords for this particular lesson?
@@TheVersatileGuitarist Yes. But any tabs to help get a classical sound would be great. You show them very clearly on your vid so it's a bit of a silly question.
Okeyyy
I haven't had alcohol.
But those chords made me drunk