E Chromatic Scale
All twelve notes. Used as connective tissue between the notes of any other scale.
Labels
Full neck(1 / 6)
Tap any note on the fretboard to hear it. Root notes are highlighted in brand blue and marked R in interval mode.
Root
E
Formula
1 b2 2 b3 3 4 b5 5 b6 6 b7 7
Notes
E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D#
Difficulty
Beginner
Common Genres
All
Famous Guitarists Who Use It
Guthrie Govan · George Benson · John Petrucci
Signature Licks & Ideas
- Practice as a warm-up: 4 notes per string ascending the neck.
How to Practice
- Play the scale one octave, ascending and descending, on a single string first.
- Then play it across the strings in position — index finger anchored on the root fret.
- Loop it slowly with a metronome (start at 60 bpm) before pushing tempo.
- Improvise over a backing track in the same key — target the root note on beat 1.
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