Study the Chromatic Scale for Guitar

There are 12 different sounding notes in the chromatic scale. The notes are made up of using the first 7 letters of the English alphabet:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Along with the 7 natural notes as shown above, the chromatic scale is completed by adding 5 more notes, which are read as either a sharp or a flat note.

These sharp or flat notes are known as enharmonic notes; which means that the note can be known as a sharp note (#) or a flat note (b).

Within the guitar lessons provided by guitar lessons for beginners you will learn when to read the note as a sharp note & when to apply a flat note...

To help understand how the chromatic scale is set up lets look at the notes found on a piano. There are 12 notes, 7 white keys (the 7 natural notes A through to G & 5 black keys (the sharp or a flat note, or enharmonic notes).

The piano, groups the black keys into a group of 2 black keys C# or Db & D# or Eb & a group of 3 black notes F# or Gb, G# or Ab & A# or Bb.

Using the structure used on the piano it makes it possible for pianists to identify the notes on a keyboard easily, this however leaves us with the task of finding out the notes on a guitar fretboard!

So therefore you know that a chromatic scale has:

• 12 notes


• 7 natural notes


• 5 sharp or flat notes


• 5 of the 7 notes have sharps or flats


• 2 of the 7 notes don’t have a sharp; B & E


• 2 of the 7 notes don’t have a flat, C & F

So here's the full chromatic scale starting on an A note:

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