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.
Get a free pdf of these shapes, as well as bonus videos (all free) at www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com/cl...
Right hand scale demo: • Right Hand Scale Demon...
Classical Guitar Shed is an exploration of music, skill, and daily endeavor on the classical guitar. Find articles, courses, tutorials and more at www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com.
To learn about good right hand scale technique, go to www.classicalguitarshed.com/al...
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Classical Guitar Scales: the 5 shapes: • Classical Guitar Scale...
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@ClassicalGuitarShed 5 жыл бұрын

Learn more about the 5 Scales Shapes and get your Free PDF: www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com/classical-guitar-scales/

@nickrobinson938 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Ollivier10x56 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you continue with this values videos, thank you so much bud

@manjitdhyani9878 3 жыл бұрын

@@nickrobinson938 ppppp

@dilligafwoftam985 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@DaviSilva-oc7iv 3 жыл бұрын

@@manjitdhyani9878 pianississississimo

@pierrefraser1562 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pierre! Best of luck with your music. Best, Allen

@Ax4400 6 жыл бұрын

Same here 67 lol

@harrykuheim6107 6 жыл бұрын

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

@justinc9732 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 36 just starting and hope I make it to 67 whilst playing guitar everyday.

@dougarnold7955 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, KZfaq is awesome. If I'd had it 30 years ago things probably would have been different...but now is now so enjoy it!!

@SuperSavvyTravelersLLC Жыл бұрын

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.

@espelhogamer 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@jonathancordova718 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TomHuntMusicTuition 9 жыл бұрын

Have been working hard on improving my classical guitar playing lately and you have been a great help - thank you!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

tomhunt107 That's great to hear! Happy to help, cheers, Allen

@russpalmeri 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@leonechiro1 4 жыл бұрын

Love His personality and facial expressions, Very Authentic and genuine!! TY

@dromeus21 4 жыл бұрын

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!💡

@callahlalnr 7 жыл бұрын

I like the name you gave some chords cowboy, that is where I see them used the most on country songs.

@mugensamurai 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Elrond, for sharing how to play classical guitar scales in the elven way.

@silver-glass 4 жыл бұрын

That's Lord Elrond...😉

@arlarl5122 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@DaviSilva-oc7iv 3 жыл бұрын

Elven way? You mean the way the elves did?

@maxjensen5835 9 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for putting up all these videos, they are very helpful!

@MrSmithOriginal 3 жыл бұрын

2:35 about scales. The best lesson I ever got was this advice. Thank you.

@kevinkosmatka7923 3 жыл бұрын

True

@gavinbrown4655 2 жыл бұрын

just started playing classical guitar and this video has been extremely helpful! Thank you so much!

@rc0mplex 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video. Thanks so much - your tips helped me learn these 5 scale patterns in just a few days.

@fernandavillalvazo2329 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@AllenMathews11 9 жыл бұрын

Fernanda Villalvazo Thanks Fernanda!!

@deonal 7 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! The warp refraction threshold!!! like a dream come true :)

@jodyguilbeaux8225 3 жыл бұрын

i thought WRT was a space time shift between rosen bridges caused by a jump in the cosmic glide drive path system. just saying

@Snowy0123 8 жыл бұрын

I've never thought about the position changes like that, compression shifts. .thanks, makes total sense. .

@captainred441 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@arijitguha8037 Жыл бұрын

I must say this has been a super useful lesson for me. You have simplified the complex. Thanks a ton !

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Enrico Alighieri Thanks so much for the kind words! Glad to hear your practice is going well. Cheers, Allen

@dpwsworldoffunstuff6901 9 жыл бұрын

+Classical Guitar Shed can you do one of these on the segovia scales? im learning them in class. much appreciated!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

+bobby smith Hi Bobby, here you go: www.classicalguitarshed.com/courses/learn-segovia-scales/

@prithvirajputhli4525 7 жыл бұрын

Classical Guitar Shed hey man. I'm metalhead but I'm amazed by jazz and classical. any tips or scales

@blackops9572 7 жыл бұрын

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

@victorpavlov5140 6 жыл бұрын

+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.

@captainheinie6355 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@bradleymaroney 9 жыл бұрын

the warp refraction threshold! how epic! i love it. keep up the good work.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Bradley Maroney Right? I found it hilarious!

@HebaHosni 9 жыл бұрын

Thank You Allen! you are a great teacher the only one I find clear and practical

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Heba, Thanks so much! I hope it helps. Cheers, Allen

@lynpalm8952 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Allen for sharing this very simple method of memorizing scales, extremely helpful.

@beastlybombers 5 жыл бұрын

Great job. I am grateful to you for your very informative videos. Thank you.

@DannyEye2704 2 жыл бұрын

this is excellent, just getting into classical guitar after sheer bewilderment of this wondeerful instrument, i plan on watching all your vids thank you!

@bariswheel 8 жыл бұрын

Great exercises, thank you for sharing these!

@OrdealofCody 7 жыл бұрын

You are very good at explaining things, easy to digest the knowledge you are communicating to us

@sharon7382 6 жыл бұрын

I finally get it! I've been struggling to understand how these shapes 'work' for a long time. Thank you!

@vincentvanpot4333 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@girlgeniusnyc272 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I did!

@vincentvanpot4333 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@teresalynch864 9 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Really useful. Thank you

@antoniopuccini2066 9 жыл бұрын

This is the most useful, well-presented and indeed, essential, video I use, out of all the resources and videos available on KZfaq 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.

@dougarnold7955 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@masterbuilder3166 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving this formula. I’ve been trying to figure these out and this settles it 👍🎸💯

@mongofan1 6 жыл бұрын

Today, I learned of The Warp Refraction Threshold. Thank you. :)

@adaccordify 9 жыл бұрын

Great, Allen! Thanks so much for your helpful and clear lessons. I'm learning a lot with your help!

@AllenMathews11 9 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the comment! I am glad to hear they're helping! Cheers, Allen

@TheAsasinIsBack 5 жыл бұрын

Great video really helped me develop my finger movement!!

@timlock 6 жыл бұрын

Supremely useful video. Thanks so much!

@TheSalahGaul 3 жыл бұрын

the way you explain things really helpful for me! thank you!

@prateekguleria 5 жыл бұрын

You are coolest teacher buddy ...cheers

@4c00h 6 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about guitar but play the piano .. this is most definitely helpful with understanding the guitar, thanks!

@micanut48 9 жыл бұрын

this is what I have been looking for. Great!

@nickrobinson938 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ThomasCTownDesigns 7 жыл бұрын

This is a Brilliant Video thanks very much !

@Unmaleable 5 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed thanks

@TheAsianGuyGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you classic guitar shed for the scale it to eazy and wonderful thank for this scale

@taur611 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I had an instructor like this when I was younger instead of some heavy metal weirdo.

@davidfangz 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@kaanpiyano1 2 жыл бұрын

LoL

@christysmallwood8032 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@ninaogaz6159 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is very cool. And, you are a very good KZfaq teacher. You made it clear and simple. Now, to practice.

@murphy903 5 жыл бұрын

Very clear and articulated. Thank you

@melaniedelacruz7685 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video. I am practicing!

@richard21995 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanation.

@cheryllakin3077 6 жыл бұрын

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 : )

@GeorgeDakki 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@mikelennox3157 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent stuff to learn. Thank you.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

+Mike Lennox Thanks Mike!

@ashishawasthi4350 7 жыл бұрын

thanx so much... this was just what I was looking for... no pretentious self glory.. pure teaching of scales.. just like a teacher...

@ClassicalGuitarShed 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ashish!

@LynnePedigoRidayReiter 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@annanikia7949 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you so much!

@jadeowenhamblyn4405 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@JeanClaudePeeters 3 жыл бұрын

You are a fabulous teacher!

@MarcassCarcass 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@mialmastaposeia 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for the class! really useful

@victoriancarwash4393 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video!

@chuckHart70 6 жыл бұрын

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!

@jodyguilbeaux8225 3 жыл бұрын

also superimposing scales over triads helps see those patterns. just saying

@chandler_short 5 жыл бұрын

Very Helpful Video! Thank you!

@jamalfakhory6984 9 жыл бұрын

Great exercise . Thanks.

@jasonwilliamparsons846 8 жыл бұрын

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!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

+Jason William Parsons Thanks Jason!

@dwighta8655 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@kevinmaillet4712 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!!!!

@rachelconnor2327 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this is invaluable.

@christiannianiaris2584 7 жыл бұрын

just picking up the guitar again after 7 years. you're awesome, brother. thanks

@ClassicalGuitarShed 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Christian! You're awesome.

@dorisl6428 7 жыл бұрын

I love your channel, Allen! It has really inspired me to improve my playing!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doris!

@Achase4u 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@JosepSotoMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Congratulations!!!

@johnpoe8887 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it gives me a place to start...........

@user-lp9sn4ju8l 5 жыл бұрын

best tutorials ever👍 respect from one guitarist to other 🙏

@totesjokin5354 7 жыл бұрын

"Like an inchworm... would be an extreme example.." Without even cracking a smile, I love this guy haha. Great video, btw

@LongTrout 2 жыл бұрын

Like them mechanics yo. Good lesson

@nickrobinson938 5 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@suzannfulbright5652 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@darrylrouch9193 4 жыл бұрын

I think that that "scale-melody" method of instruction is why I never really learned to play.

@JWARD3045 4 жыл бұрын

I slowed this down to 0.75 speed for better understanding.

@suzannfulbright5652 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, I had to play the first part a dozen times before I got my head around it, and I have had previous training.

@TsumaIsaacNewton Ай бұрын

Very helpful ❤. Nice.

@henry_daher Жыл бұрын

Great video

@RJorge 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the video!

@JumpingJimmyJet 4 жыл бұрын

wow, thank you. This was very well presented and easy to follow.

@ayembongski76 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@amandahardy886 8 жыл бұрын

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!

@ClassicalGuitarShed 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the note, Amanda. Good luck at the new school!!

@amandahardy886 8 жыл бұрын

+Classical Guitar Shed Thank you so much!

@jstanley011 9 жыл бұрын

Great exercise, just working up and down the neck with these. Thanks.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 9 жыл бұрын

Jeff Stanley Thanks Jeff!

@jannatuominen1786 2 жыл бұрын

Scales are great fun because they also make it a lot easier to improvise!

@suncfs 7 жыл бұрын

Great Job , thank you very much, so easy to follow too.

@ClassicalGuitarShed 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tony!

@Cabronosidad 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Been playing classical for over 30 years and never got round to learning scales, or didn't have the patience more like. Excellent.

@ichrismoku 6 жыл бұрын

Gave this guy a sub for using the phrase warp refraction threshold

@ningsemmashangvamahokhei9086 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.

@tonyk1081 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jordansmith2647 Жыл бұрын

Really insightful lesson I shared it with my girlfriend who's learning guitar thanks dude 😎

@renaissancestrings9264 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderfull stuff Allen :)

@ivanpozzutocapelli6633 6 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq that you really don't have to listen, so please, select a channel that fits your needs instead of complain.