What Exactly is a Chromatic Note?

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What Exactly is a Chromatic Note?

nowheretohide View Member Profile	Jan 15 2007, 09:18 PM
Jan 15 2007, 09:18 PM	GMC:er Posts: 14 Joined: 14-January 07	Uh.. is it like just a added in half step like in the blues scale? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

fretdancer View Member Profile	Jan 15 2007, 09:42 PM
Jan 15 2007, 09:42 PM	GMC:er Posts: 328 Joined: 9-February 06 From: Nottingham UK	it means to add any note from the prevailing scale, So, if you were playing the E pentatonic scale - that is only 5 notes, but the chromatic scale is every note in the scale so providing you chose a note from the E scale, you would be adding a chromatic note whilst mainly playing the pentatonic scale. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- its not easy banging your head against some mad buggers wall. Variax 300. Pod XTL & Crate amp some of my recordings are here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergb/

RIP Dime View Member Profile	Jan 16 2007, 08:57 AM
Jan 16 2007, 08:57 AM	GMC:er Posts: 1.063 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Hawaii	I always thought of chromatic notes as a note right before or after any given note. Like playing the notes A Bb B C(On the E string, frets- 5 6 7 8), you just moved chromaticlly(spelling?) from A to C, you played every note between A & C in order. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

Tank View Member Profile	Jan 16 2007, 07:50 PM
Jan 16 2007, 07:50 PM	GMC Veteran Posts: 667 Joined: 20-August 05 From: Shropshire UK	Fretdancer has the closest description. There are twelve pitches in the western scale (hence there are twelve frets on your guitar, from one octave to another). If you are playing any pentatonic (5 tone) scale, you have selected to use 5 out of those twelve notes. So lets say you are noodling away with your pentatonic scale, and you decide to throw in any of the other 7 notes, then that note would be considered a chromatic note. If you were playing a major diatonic scale with 7 notes (Doh Ray Me Fa So La Ti), there are 5 notes that you've left out of the 12. Therefore if you threw in any of these five remaining notes, they would be considered chromatic. So a chromatic note, is any note you play that is not in the scale you are playing. They are also a great way to practice, especially if you are going through the pentatonic scale. Try adding one of these "outside" chromatic notes to your scale, and see how it sounds above the chord you are playing over. /T You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

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