Dave you have done what others have failed... demystifying the phrygdom harmin flip. Love this, and it's committed to memory. Probably the most important vid on my flamenco journey
OK, I've watched this video 5 times now. This is really impressive stuff. I a cheater finger picker and now I realize I have a lot of work to do. You've given me a pathway.
Mine is signed by the entire band .......twice Corea saw it and said ive already singed it I said I know sign it again hahahaha his signature was feint I still have it somewhere who gives a shit...
I created an app ("Scales calculator") to do just that: harmonize different scales (major, harmonic minor, melodic minor and soon double harmonic) in any key, any mode. It helped me a lot to understand how harmony works. And now I understand what you are talking about when you harmonize the Phrygian Dominant scale 😄.
For the first time in my life, I seen a Fender guitar commercial on television. And I know it is because, guys like you, giving great lessons on RU-vid. This is an excellent lesson. Thanks again Dave.
Man, I've wanted a lesson like this for years. Thank you so much. I find it hard to find anything that doesn't start off with the rythmic basics of the style. I think it's essential for authenticity in the style but it's a lot to go through in order to cop some sounds for your blues rock style. This is some great stuff to add to what I've already pucked up. Great work, and again, thank you!!
You made my day David. I got home from work to watch a video and, not only do I love flamenco, and A harmonic minor/ E Phyrgian...But there is no blinking red light on your amp this time, it always distracts my eye. Thanks David. You are beyond belief good at playing and teaching.
i just got a nylon string from my friend...i told hom no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but one day it showed up, and playing electric, bass for 50 years, once I played, i fell in love with it. I will never be able to do the fast finger strums. so your less are great for prople like me. i won't be fooling anyone, but its a hobby. I just love the feel of the strings. thank you!
This is pretty much a summary of the chords john McLaughlin has played for 50 years on acoustic. Maj7#11 is a big part. Excellent to hear this beautiful stuff though. I totally love playing this way!! Thnx.
The starting point of this lesson: "let's only focus on the right hand and not worry about the left hand strumming and rytmic issues" is a misunderstood approach when it comes to flamenco. So I would recomend to find other videoes if you want to start playing flamenco music on guitar. This is a comment that aims at improving the benefit that guitarplayers can get from flamenco introduction videos on RU-vid. I respect the work you did David:)
Great lesson! I frequently noodle on a nylon-string -- all too often in some of the simpler aspects of Phrygian Dominant, so this will be immediately useful... also, I want 10:21 as a ring-tone :-)
Perfect timing Dave! I just got a nylon string guitar for Father’s Day, to reignite my passion for playing. this lesson will definitely help. Thank you.
Fantastic lesson, David! Thank you for this. Lessons like this are a great way to shake things up when feeling like you're stuck in a rut. I'd love to see a "3 licks" type lesson with these kind of chord progressions.
Great, for me, one of the top 3 tutorial videos I've ever watched (carefully, and I usually do so). Fortunately the theme of this video is my favorite scale: Phrygian Dominant, though my really favorite scale I've been working on for some time is the A Phrygian Dominant/D Minor Harmonic. I've done my way alone in these group of Dominant Phrygian Scales, and this lesson has not only reassured me of my progresses, but also, great, has given me added perspective and knowledge on a scale I'm pretty familiar with. Great tutorial, calm, no hurries, but at the same time clear, incisive and straight to the point. A lot of new good ideas! Thanks a lot! Regards
Well done David! Been following for a while and still say this is hands down one of the best instructional channels on the YouTub. It’s strange, when I am kicking around a mode / flavor / idea. I take a break and try to keep my ideas fresh but every time I click on a new vid, it’s like we are brother from another mother. Dig the hell out of finger style classic and this has helped me add a little extra to what I have been picking around with. Job well done brother!!! Big up’s from the great state of Texas
This was fantastic in so many ways! You introduced the scale that I caught onto right away. And harmonic minor and phrygian mode make sense now and I love all the chord shapes and beautiful flamenco sounds. So well done! Thank you!
I will literally comment this a million times but you need to do a chord play on Eric Gales, specifically any time where he does the awesome complicated jazzy cascading chord progressions, please please please!
On the Flamenco note, Charo was one of the guitarist I recall seeing play on TV as a kid along with Chet Atkins and Roy Clark. Those 3 actually probably laid the foundation for my enjoyment of the guitar. And, then upon hearing Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Who and Boston probably sealed the deal for my wanting to learn to play guitar myself. So, I can never forget how Flamenco actually was a very early inspiration and is perhaps why I enjoyed Rik Emmet's use of the style in a number of Triumph songs as well as Page's own use of the style in at least a couple LZ tunes, etc. Can't discount the impact it has had on rock music over the years to say the least.😎
Friggin Brilliant! Is there a way we can plug some sort of USB cord from your noggin into mine and do a download! Love this! And everything else you post! Thank you!
Hi Dave! Love your videos. Really helpful and handy to learn new things. I'm from Spain and I have to say that, to me, there are 3 "flamenco kings". The first, Paco de Lucia, a guitar god, then Tomatito and Vicente Amigo. This last one has a really distinctive sound but really technical too, like Paco and Tomatito 🤘🏽
Wow, the Amin add 9, (the first higher neck position chord you did)- I swear that sounds like the 1st chord by Triumph, Lay it on the. It's the same old story, all over again. I got started in flamenco style when Rik Emmett played his guitar solo on the Framus Ackerman electric guitar at the 83 US festival, on that video it got me hooked on the style.And I saw that tour in 83 in Pittsburgh, same deal. I think from the Never Surrender Album from 82. So I'm watching your vid and..Oh wow- deja Vu, I thought I invented the chord Bflat 6 sharp 11 at 17:47 , your teaching it! So funny! In my ditty, to make it feel happy, after the previous mentioned chord, I pair it with a 1st position D shape BUT open (GD string) shape so it's like this:starting at high E= 2 3 open open 2 x where X is the low E not played. Then I pedal (5 3) open open 2 x and it gives a Queensryche Silent lucidity type of sound. Then next chord is 11 open 3 open muted low E , then Amin 7 in 1st position, then E minor with a hammer on off on the 3rd fret high E lastly to A 7. Which resolves to a sound similar to the eagles (Certain kind of fool from Desperado.(He was a poor boy, raised in a poor family, part) Your video got me so stoked I had to type this all up. I used to come down to Evansville and work at the two hospitals down there for EP ablation Cryocath consoles used in Afib vein isolation procedures for Afib. I met so many nice folks down there, the whole town of Evansville is like a secret, an enclave of fabulous, warm, friendly people. I also go to Midwest Ear Nose and Throat for a balance machine that we maintain. I also spent a lot of time in Owensboro for that hospital down there. Love that drive from Evansville to Owensboro, and there's a good bbq place the locals taught me about. Its a little out of town but worth it. I hope to get down there if things settle down. Thanks for this video so much, discovered you last year.
a great arpeggio study is the Arpeggio #1 in Em of Hector Villa Lobos, the pattern is very demanding and can be applied to other chords. Also learning picados from flamenco guitarists are great for developing new ideas for scale sequences.
Dude, your lessons have really brought my playing up in a very short amount of time. I like how you explain the notes and the full name of every chord. Your Yngwie lessons really shot me into some new areas that gave me some confidence to try other and harder stuff.
Phrygian Dominant in art pop: Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (1970) by the Bronx genius singer/songwriter Laura Nyro. With jazz luminaries Alice Coltrane, Richard Davis (Out to Lunch, Astral Weeks), and Joe Farrell. The outro improv is incredible. Just a beautiful track.
Love Flamenco! What a great pile of chord substitutions. So many cool voicings…wish I had time to pick up my guitar right now! Love your lessons. Thank you.
@@JasonJohnContos That's correct. If you play in E Flamenco (it's basically a nine to ten note scale) the just call it "por arriba" and then they play A minor , G major, F major and E major with all those four cords in all kind of shapes. And they are all just called A, G, F and E. Now, this all sounds kinda Spanish or oriental. But only the rythm makes Flamenco Flamenco. Where the chord shapes are quite free, the progression and the rythm is pretty strict. There are about 80 different templates for rythms (palos) which you need to learn by clapping them first. The fretting hand is the easy part in Flamenco. The difficult part is the right hand technique.
Fantastic lesson David - really A1!!! .....please more like this - and maybe Steve Stevens his instrumental "Run Across Desert Sands" is a flamenco master piece that caught my attention . Along with the Black Light Syndrome albums.
You just made me pick up my classical guitar my tamale lady gave me! Oh, by the way, Romantic Warrior in the back ground, one of my favorite classics! So damn good! Hey thanks for that lesson.
I really enjoy the chord play series. Will you be covering close harmony or piano transcriptions to guitar? “a la” Ted Greene maybe. Loving the channel as always.
Thanks Dave, another fine lesson, I play flamenco in the UK and often think the online teaching which usually concentrates initially on 'compas', the difficult rhythmic structure, and right hand techniques, even harder, puts learners off a bit but starting with some typically beautiful flamenco chords brings them in much better, great idea. And for a classical gtr that sounds quite flamenco: bright, dry - what make/model is it?
You make lessons fun! Would be cool to have version of this with classical applications in Metal like classical parts from 7th son Maiden and Justice Album Metallica.
Awesome video… a lot to unpack… you have a great mastery of theory and chords and the fretboard…those chords sound amazing. Any suggestions on how to maximize practice of these concepts and techniques? I have mastered the standard Malagueña but would love to adlib other “flavors” or runs and licks.
Another great lesson Maestro! Can I request that you leave your visuals up a little while longer? They seem to help this visual learner out. Thank you!
Great lesson but way too advanced for me. I will save and come back in a few years. We have the same guitar Le Patrie Etude I think. Nice! I will be back 😅
On that first Am scale, that's kind of a tough stretch for some from the 1st fret E string to the 5th fret B string... is it acceptable to modify that with same notes on other strings/frets? I have smallish hands and I'm not sure if forcing a painful stretch is wise. (or just conditioning?)
