Chromatic exercises and warmups

Chromatic scale:


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-/2--3--4--5--4--3--2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5----------------------------------6--5--4--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5------------------------------------------------------------------6--5--4--3----------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------3--4--5--6---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--6--5--4-----------------------------------------------
A-------------------4--5--6--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--7--6--5-------------------------------
E--5--6--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--8--7--6-\5-----------



Chromatic exercise #1


Once you get to the top; continue with the same pattern descending.


E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4----4---------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


E-------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4------------
B--0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4--------------------------------------------------------
G-----3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Chromatic Exercice #2


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4--------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0--1--2--1--2--3-----3--------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-------4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


E--3--2--3--4--5------------
B--------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------



Chromatic Exercise #3

Repeat from the start once you get to the end. Don't miss a beat!

E--9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4------------------------------------------------------------------5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10---
B---------------------------------9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4--5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Chromatic Exercise #4


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6--5------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Chromatic Exercise #5

This is an excellent exercise for improving the dexterity of your fingers.

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7--5------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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