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Segovia Scales
Do any of you practice these scales/fingerings? How useful do you find them? I actually play steel string guitar with a pick, but wasn't sure if I should pose the questions here or in "Play".
Also, are the minor scales melodic or are they harmonic up and natural down? (Sorry, I realized too late I posted in the wrong section, how do I move it to Classical?) Last edited by icuker; 03-12-2016 at 05:10 AM. |
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Not very useful outside of classical, imho--the built in position shifts do not help someone looking to learn to improvise.
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What scale format would you recommend? And what type of scales. I like playing the jazz standards and also folk and gospel style of music. Are the caged systems fine or should I work on scales that move up the neck more?
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Caged is fine, or Leavitt's method.
I learned Leavitt as a teen, but honestly, I use CAGED more. But I don't really view the fretboard in scale patterns, I'm visualizing chord tones for the most part. But with CAGED, the relationship between the scale and chord are nice and clear. |
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The Segovia scale system includes two and three octave majors, harmonic minors (raised 7th up and down) and melodic minors (raised 6th and 7th ascending, both natural descending). In my experience the more scales we play the better we know the fretboard and understand the tonal connections between scales and chords. Segovia scales, CAGED, pentatonic, blues scales, etc. are all good IMHO. |
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Oops! I misspoke above. The Segovia Diatonic Major and Minor scales do not include the harmonic minors, only relative melodic minors. Apologies to anyone troubled by my "senior's moment".
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Thanks for the input.
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not to be pedantic but... "wax on, wax off."
Good luck on your journey. Chris
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Plus, I just watched the utube video "Charlie Byrd - Contemporary Acoustic Jazz Guitar" and that is one of two books he recommends. 2.
He may have known something about the guitar. Chris
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To each their own.
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