Dr. Jason Powell Diatonic Major and Minor Scales - By Andrés Segovia After carefully analyzing the Diatonic Major and Minor Scales by Andrés Segovia, I have discovered that there are only eight different “movable” shapes. The following scale “shape” is the same ascending & descending. ‘The following 5 scales share the same scales "shape" Db Major D Major Magers getter econ tee ar eC ec ee pC Fingerings - NOT frets i eefet OeThe following scale shape when ascending is different from when descending, (Notice the similarity in the descending shape to that of the F Major scale shape). The follsing 7 sales share dhe same scales “spe” G Mair —AbMajor A Major Bb Major B Major 7 ptt 3 ‘ 34 ' elt 3 eae ee G Major - Descending —— ed = =o) 5 Wi a a ie i 4—<—+ HH 4 4 4 a4 ie 3-4 zThe E Major scale shape is NOT shared with any other keys. Notice the ascending shape is different from the descending shape. E Major - Ascending Fingerings - NOT frets ' 34 t-% 4 t 3-4 3 pa: 4 H 4 ‘ 3ty 4 o E Major - Descending éz Fingerings - NOT frets + BES +