GUITAR LESSON - MORE CHROMATIC SCALE EXERCISES Here are some more chromatic exercises to satisfy your warm-up needs. Assign your index finger to the 1st fret, middle finger to the 2nd fret, ring finger to the 3rd fret, and your pinky to the 4th fret (finger-per-fret).

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Ex. 1

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

Ex. 2

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

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

Ex. 3

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

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

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Published on October 30, 2007