

These also work with this scale to give us that Spanish flavour. The minor chords above give us that wonderful Spanish flavour when played with this scale. The next two harmonic minor charts below illustrate the minor seven chords. Along with the right type of guitar, such as a decent classical guitar as seen in the video further up, the 'Spanish guitar scale/mode' that follows will of course give us that true and wonderful Spanish guitar flavour indicative of Spain and their incredible flamenco guitar playing, as opposed to the more classical/Spanish guitar playing styles, also played in Spain and brought forward by the great Spanish classical guitarists Francisco Taregga 1852-1909 and Andres Segovia 1893-1987. Flamenco guitar Luthiers also use less internal bracing to keep the top more resonant. This is because Flamenco guitars are built to be lighter in weight with thinner tops than classical guitars in order to produce a brighter and more percussive sound. Of course, both musical styles can easily be played on either guitar but the sound projected won't be quite right for the individual styles. The flamenco guitar is designed to play the more traditional Spanish flamenco style of guitar playing while the classical guitar is designed to play standard classical music.



The Spanish Guitar Spain is renowned for its classical and flamenco guitar makers (luthiers) and for some of the most influential players of all time. The Flamenco Guitar and the Classical Guitar are very similar in their construction and also to look at but are both designed to play different styles of music. To go straight to the Spanish guitar scale charts just click the links below or read on for more information on the history & development of scales, the various musical periods and the Spanish and modern classical guitar.
