Wow, What adifference this will make to my playing Baritone. So easily domonstrated and explained. Very helpful and effective. Thanks Abigail, you have given me a huge boost to go for in just a few minutes.
This was an awesome tutorial. I was able to take notes on all of the scales very easily. I love how you were able to put the notes up on the top of the screen while you taught them
Thanks! I've been waiting for this video. Well, I love all your baritone videos. I would like to learn chord inversions up the neck sometime soon. Take care!!
Great help Abagale, thank you. I purchased a Pono BN4-2 "big" tenor size Ukulele-tenor guitars with DGBE tuning using stretched out Aquila Nylgut strings and using leather pick. They are pricy, but the sound is fantastic, like a softer guitar rather than the familiar ukulele. My long search is over, I thought I'd share. Thanks
Great question! It honestly depends, and I wouldn’t say it is absolutely important for every player. The main benefits I see are: 1) building left hand finger strength and accuracy, 2) learning the names of notes. I think understanding the sound of the major scale also sets us up to learn lots more theory concepts, too. But it totally depends on your goals! I just started practicing scales for baritone in the past few weeks and I’ve been a full time professional performer for a few years so I can say with confidence that it’s not the most important thing for everyone!
Very useful! The last pattern is something I do every day with G and A notes on the D string. I did not take time to get the note names when I was playing, so I am going to add that to the pattern. Thanks for getting us started with scales. Do they always follow the 2-2-1-2-2-2-1 pattern of frets/steps?
Yes!! In fact, this pattern is one of my favorite things. ALL major scales follow a WWHWWWH (W = whole step, H = half step) pattern, which is exactly what you’ve discovered with the 2-2-1... pattern you mentioned. Knowing this pattern means that with enough time, you could figure out any major scale!
Hey Abigail! Thanks for your videos!! I was curious how these can move around the neck to get different scales? I tried to shift a few to other frets and they didnt sound quite right! wondering what im missing. Thanks!!!
Great question! My first thought is to make sure you’re accounting for open strings? So think of an open string as the “0th fret” and then add the appropriate number of frets. For example, my G string in a G major scale goes from open G to second fret (which is the note A). Then open B string, 1st fret, 3rd fret. So if I want to move that up a whole step, to A major scale, I need to basically add 2 to every fret. So open becomes 2nd fret. 2nd fret becomes 4th fret, etc. Is that helpful? If not, email me at contact@abigailflowersmusic.com and I can send over a visual!
I can't believe you are only just learning your scales? What is the importance of learning scales? Surely, to play at the level you do, scales would have been necessary?
I learned all my scales on piano! So I’ve known and understood scales since I was a child, but never learned to play them on ukulele! I think learning scales helps build finger strength and accuracy, can help with ear training, helps us learn note names, and down the line can help us understand intervals. It’s certainly not essential to enjoying the instrument, but it feels like a great general musicianship skill to work on!
Man, your shoulders are three heads wide, and your ring finger is longer than your index finger. Scales for Baritone Ukulele, not many videos for that on YT, sigh.
