THE DIMINISHED, CHROMATIC, WHOLE-TONE AND AUGMENTED SCALES

This is just a quick summary post for all resources relating to THE DIMINISHED,  CHROMATIC, WHOLE-TONE AND AUGMENTED SCALES.

That might seem like an odd bunch to lump in together but they are al scales that ambiguous tonal centres or none at all.

Just click on the links below for resources on the individual scales and resources.




THE DIMINISHED SCALE

THE DIMINISHED SCALE (WHOLE/HALF)


THE DIMINISHED SCALE (HALF/WHOLE)


CHROMATIC SCALES

THE CHROMATIC SCALE FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR


THE WHOLE TONE SCALE

THE WHOLE TONE SCALE. 
  
THE AUGMENTED SCALE

THE AUGMENTED SCALE.

CHROMATIC SCALES FOR THE GUITAR

I haven't put up any guitar stuff for a while, so here's a little something.

This is a little hand out that shows you several different figurings of the chromatic scale for the guitar. There are 3 note, 4 note and 5 note version as well as diagrams showing the scale all over the neck expressed as intervals and as scale degrees.

The 3 note per string ones are especially funky because as Paul Gilbert pointed out in one of his videos, you can use that fingering to play all you standard 3 note per string sequences within the chromatic scale. It'll sound horrible but glorious :-)

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Any how here it is.

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