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A♭ flamenco Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

A string: Bbb, Cb, C, D, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb at frets 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12

D string: D, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, C, D at frets 0, 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12

G string: Ab, Bbb, Cb, C, D, Eb, Gb at frets 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11

B string: Cb, C, D, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb at frets 0, 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12

High E string: Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, C, D, Eb at frets 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11

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Ab flamenco

The flamenco scale as catalogued here packs both 3rds into a phrygian frame: root, flat 2nd, flat 3rd, major 3rd, sharp 4th, 5th, flat 7th. In practice flamenco players slide between the minor and major 3rd over the phrygian cadence, and this seven note set writes that inflection into the scale itself. The b2 to root resolution remains the signature move.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

A♭

i°

A♭dim
B𝄫

bii°

B𝄫dim
C♭

biii

C♭m
C

III+

Cm♯5
D

#IV

Dmaj
E♭

v

A♭m/Eb
G♭

bvii°

G♭dim

flamenco in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Slide between the minor 3rd (B) and major 3rd (C) over a Ab major chord; the scale writes the flamenco inflection into its notes.
  • Ground everything in the bII (A) to root cadence; between those landings, both 3rds and the #IV (D) are fair game.
  • Rasgueado on Ab major and the bII (A) major chord while the melody walks this scale: instant Andalusian texture.
  • Compare with phrygian dominant: this adds bIII (B) and #IV (D), so use flamenco's extra notes as passing color, not destinations.

How to play A♭ flamenco on guitar

Three open strings land in the scale as second, augmented fourth and third, so none of them anchors anything. Capo fret 1 and play it as G, which means the open G repertoire maps straight across. Tonic chord here is Abdim. Fret 1 on the G string carries the root closest to the nut, with fret 4 on the low E the deepest.

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