GUITAR LESSON - CHROMATIC SCALE EXERCISES Whether you know it or not, you're probably using chromatic scales to warm up on the guitar. If you're going to use them for warming up anyway, why not try something a little different every once and awhile?

The exercises themselves are fairly self-explanatory. Try them for yourself, and explore the possibilities (try playing the exercises backwards, try continuing exercise 3 all the way up the neck, etc.).

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Ex. 1

1---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
3---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|---2-1---|---3-1---|---4-1---|---5-1---|
5---2-1---|---3-1---|---4-1---|---5-1---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-1-----2-|-1-----3-|-1-----4-|-1-----5-|-1-----2-|-1-----3-|-1-----4-|-1-----5-|

1---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|---2-1---|---3-1---|---4-1---|---5-1---|
3---2-1---|---3-1---|---4-1---|---5-1---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
5---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-1-----2-|-1-----3-|-1-----4-|-1-----5-|-1-----2-|-1-----3-|-1-----4-|-1-----5-|

1---2-1---|---3-1---|---4-1---|---5-1---|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|
3---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|
5---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-1-----2-|-1-----3-|-1-----4-|-1-----5-|

Ex. 2

1---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
3---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|
5---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-3-------|-1-------|-4-------|-2-------|-3-------|-1-------|-4-------|-2-------|

1---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|
3---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
5---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-3-------|-1-------|-4-------|-2-------|-3-------|-1-------|-4-------|-2-------|

1---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|---1-2-3-|---3-2-1-|
2---------|---------|---------|---------|
3---------|---------|---------|---------|
4---------|---------|---------|---------|
5---------|---------|---------|---------|
6-3-------|-1-------|-4-------|-2-------|

Ex. 3

1-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
2-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
5-----2-2-----1-1-|-----3-3-----2-2-|-----4-4-----3-3-|-----5-5-----4-4-|
6-1-1-----2-2-----|-2-2-----3-3-----|-3-3-----4-4-----|-4-4-----5-5-----|

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Published on October 26, 2007