the scale would take it's name from whichever note you began on if you started on a 'C' and played all the notes on the keyboard until you reached the next 'C' you would have played a 'C' chromatic scale. If you played your scale moving up to the higher notes on the keyboard (to the right) you would have played an ascending chromatic scale similarly if you played your scale by moving down to the lower notes on the keyboard (to the left) you would have played a descending chromatic scale. The piano keyboard model and the chromatic scale:Īlmost every modern piano has 88 keys, 36 black keys and 52 white keys if you were to start in the centre of the keyboard and play every note (black and white notes) until you reached a note of the same name as you started on you would have played a chromatic scale. The key of unlocking the fingerboard is understanding how the chromatic scale works and how it applies to (a) the piano keyboard and then (b) transferring the visual patterns of the keyboard to each string on the guitar. If we think of each string on the guitar as a piano keyboard it will make it easier to understand how the fretboard works. Is there anything more mysterious than the guitar fingerboard, thousands of players have tried to crack the code most have failed? We all know what the fretboard looks like from the audience's viewpoint, but how does the fingerboard look from the professional guitarist viewpoint?
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