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Moving Chromatic Scale

Did you master the Chromatic scale on the last lesson. If you did this is the next strep it's called a moving chromatic scale and it builds from the foundation you learned with the chromatic scale lesson.

Follow the bouncing ball:

E---||--------------------------|--------------------------|------------
B---||--------------------------|--------------------------|------------
G---||--------------------------|--------------------------|------------
D---||--------------------------|--------------------------|-----5------
A---||--------------------------|-----5-----6-----7-----8--|------------
E---||-----5-----6-----7-----8--|--------------------------|------------

 

E---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
B---------------------|--------------------------|--5-----6-----7-------
G---------------------|-----5-----6-----7-----8--|----------------------
D------6-----7-----8--|--------------------------|----------------------
A---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
E---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------

 

E---------|--5-----6-----7-----8-----|-----8-----7-----6-----5--|-------
B---8-----|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
G---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
D---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
A---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------
E---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------

 

E------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
B---8-----7-----6-----5--|--------------------------|-------------------
G------------------------|-----8-----7-----6-----5--|-------------------
D------------------------|--------------------------|-----8-----7-------
A------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------
E------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------

 

E------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------
B------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------
G------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------
D---6-----5--|-----------------------------|----------------------------
A------------|-----8-----7-----6-----5-----|----------------------------
E------------|-----------------------------|-----8-----7-----6-----5----

 

E------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
B------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
G------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------
D------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----6----
A------|--------------------------|-----6-----7-----8-----9--|----------
E------|-----6-----7-----8-----9--|--------------------------|----------

 

E---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
B---------------------|--------------------------|-----6-----7-----8----
G---------------------|-----6-----7-----8-----9--|----------------------
D------7-----8-----9--|--------------------------|----------------------
A---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------
E---------------------|--------------------------|----------------------

 

E------------|--6-----7-----8-----9--||---back down and start again-----
B------9-----|-----------------------||---------------------------------
G------------|-----------------------||---------------------------------
D------------|-----------------------||---------------------------------
A------------|-----------------------||---------------------------------
E------------|-----------------------||---------------------------------

This is the same scale played in the 5th position up and back down the scale. You then move up one position to the 6th fret and repeat the scale. Just keep moving the scale up one position after completing a complete scale. You can start at any position and end at the 12th positions. Again this is a great lesson for working out your fingering. You can play almost every note possible on the guitar.


If you can work this out then you're ready to ROCK. Start slow and steady and then add a little speed every day. Pluck every note (alternate picking). Again this lesson is very worth the time.

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