Our 12-note chromatic scale is repeated a number of times along the piano keyboard. And there we have it again our 12-note musical alphabet. You can also think of each piano key as a fret on a guitar.
Notice there are no black keys (Sharps or Flats) between notes B & C and E & F. And yes, each black key has two possible names, depending on whether you are moving up in pitch or down. As you can see, the black keys on a keyboard are the Sharps & Flats. Having played an ascending Chromatic Scale with Sharps, now we’ll play a descending scale with Flats: A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C B Bb.ġ5. Here’s how a Chromatic Scale is played on a keyboard when beginning with the note A: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G and G#.ġ4. Music theory is generally taught on a keyboard because the layout makes it easier to understand. F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# and E… our 12th note.ġ3. Using our chromatic scale again, you’ll notice the name of each note shares the same name as each corresponding chord. Now we’ll repeat the same bar chords, but we’ll only play the 6th string. Let’s begin with an F major bar chord beginning on the first fret: F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E. Understanding the Chromatic Scale will also help you learn names of bar chords played up & down your fretboard. For example, say you want to know the name of this note played on the 3rd string, 4th fret? What you would do is: starting with your 3rd string played open, G, the next note is G#, then A, A# and the note we’re looking for is B. Of the many benefits of knowing the Chromatic Scale, one is being able to identify the name of any note on your fretboard. Once again, moving up in pitch is sharp and moving down in pitch is flat.ġ1. Now let’s work our way UP in pitch along the fretboard beginning with the Open 5th string, A: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#. So remember: down in pitch is flat, up in pitch is sharp.ġ0. For example, this is A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C B Bb and the open A string. To illustrate this, let’s start with the random note A and work our way down (in pitch) along the fretboard. A Chromatic Scale can move up in pitch… or down in pitch. Sharp is one note, or fret, higher in pitch, and Flat is one note, or fret, lower in pitch.ĩ. And there we have another one- octave chromatic scale played in the key of D.
Now let’s play a chromatic scale beginning with the random note D: D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C and C#. Starting on any note, in this case E, and moving up 12 notes in pitch, is what we call an octave.ħ. Having played our 12-note chromatic scale, if we were to continue where we left off, we’d begin again with notes E F F# G G# A etc. In other words, there’s no such thing as a B# or E#. Remember, there are no relative sharps for notes B & E. Here’s a Chromatic Scale beginning with the open E string: E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D#. For example: let’s begin with the note F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E FĦ. It simply means playing one note after another, in consecutive order, one fret at a time. A Chromatic Scale can begin on any note on the fretboard. A Sharp (#) is simply one note, or fret, higher in pitch on your fretboard.ĥ. Memorizing this musical alphabet will benefit you greatly going forward! What is a Sharp?Ĥ. And there we have our 12-note musical alphabet, upon which the music we listen to (in the Western world) is based. Remember, notes B & E do not have relative sharp notes.ģ. Each of these notes also has a relative sharp note, except for notes B & E: A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#. Let’s begin by memorizing the notes of our musical alphabet: A B C D E F GĢ.
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