Phrygian Dominant scale improvisation

[Shulamit]

After doing the Spanish Guitar for beginners course and being introduced to the “Flaminco scale” which is called by a bunch of names most predonminantely the “Phrygian Dominant scale”, I was intrigued by its exotic flavor and went off to study it more throughly. I investigated how it was built and after practicing it a lot in different keys and different backing tracks, I finally recorded my improvisation attempt this morning.

Here’s a link to my video: https://www.veed.io/view/af69bf86-6774-4c44-af64-8751a468745f?panel=share

and here’s a link to the backing track I used: https://youtu.be/wf0MN4H6mq0?si=uM-nJdy6j4eVBl07

I’d love to hear your feedback on it and if anyone else has attempted to improvise using the phrygian dominant scale.

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Discussion

[tony]

Hi Shulamit,

Very impressive. You are getting to grips with this much faster than I am. I am still trying to get a flamenco strum that doesn’t sound lumpy..

Great work to do your own research into the scales and then use it.

Tony

[Kevin]

That was really nice, Shulamit. I’ve been doing the fingerstyle journeys and am concentrating on getting them down. I’d like to do the flamenco down the road. I looked up the Phrygian scale and am going to give it a try. Thanks. This is a good site for scales for anyone interested.

https://www.guitarscale.org

guitarscale.org

Guitar scales guide with pictures, information and exercises

Guitar scales guide with pictures, information and exercises

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