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Chromatic scale
Chromatic scale









Names are just a temporary way for us to communicate with each other while training our ears, intellect, eyes, and muscles. The ultimate goal is to abandon the use of names altogether.

  • Naming notes using letters, scale degrees, or Solfege syllables is NOT a necessary performance skill.
  • Such a theoretical subtlety will be explained in your more advanced studies of scales, chords, chord progressions, and real music.

    chromatic scale

    For now, don’t worry about why the names of the Chromatic notes depend on the direction you are going.Make sure to do this slowly enough for the unique sound-feeling of each Solfege Syllable to make a meaningful impression on your mind’s ear. Reading, playing, and singing the Solfege Syllables out loud is an extremely effective way to tune up your ears and to internalize the unique sound-feeling of each note in the scale with respect to the key center Do. Now that you know what a chromatic scale is, lets learn a common chromatic scale shape that uses all six strings on the guitar. Notice that each “chromatic” Solfege name begins with exact same consonant as the diatonic note that it is derived from!.Pronunciation Hints: Di, Ri, Fi, Si, and Li sound like “Dee”, “Ree”, “Fee”, “See”, and “Lee” and Me, Se, Le, and Te sound like “May”, “Say”, “Lay”, and “Tay”.The only thing that changes when you change keys are the letter names. The word 'chromatic' actually means 'colourful' - the scales are very colourful since they use ALL 12 different notes available instead of just 7 of them The scales you have studied up till now - major and minor - are in a group called 'diatonic' scales.In the C Major, for example, the scale tones are C, D, E, F, G, A, B and the passing tones are Db, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb. Many scales include seven notes and there are five passing notes in a such scale.

    chromatic scale

    These can be seen as the opposite of target notes. The Solfege syllables of the Chromatic Scale are always Do-Di-Re-Ri-Mi-Fa-Fi-So-Si-La-Li-Ti-Do ascending and Do-Ti-Te-La-Le-So-Se-Fa-Mi-Me-Re-Ra-Do descending, no matter what key you are in. Chromatic notes can be used as passing notes, which are played shortly between notes in the key.It is common practice to name the “Chromatic” notes using sharps when ascending and flats when descending… C Chromatic Scale Theory… The Chromatic Scale includes all twelve possible pitches played as a sequence of minor 2nds.











    Chromatic scale