Six-string chromatic scale

Read the scale

Rhythm variations

Original rhythm

Eighth notes

Eighth-note triplets

Dotted eighth and sixteenth

Practice notes

• Climb from low E to high E at fret twelve without skipping a semitone.
• Move directly from fret three on the third string to the open second string.
• Move the index to frets five and then nine on the first string.
• Raise the tempo by four beats per minute after three even runs at the same speed.

Fingering · original classical fingering