How to play the A Chromatic guitar scale

The A Chromatic scale is a chromatic scale which means it has the following definition:

R b2 2 b3 3 4 #4 5 b6 6 b7 7

The Chromatic scale is a scale made up of 'all the notes' between the root note and its octave. This means there are twelve notes in the chromatic scale.

Which notes are in the A Chromatic guitar scale?

The notes in the A Chromatic scale are:

A Bb B C C# D D# E F F# G G# A

There are 12 notes in the scale with 1 flat and 4 sharps.

What are the intervals in the A Chromatic Guitar Scale?

The scale definition for the A Chromatic guitar scale is R b2 2 b3 3 4 #4 5 b6 6 b7 7 which means that the interval formula for the scale in semitones is:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

You can also write this as note intervals:

Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone

The A Chromatic Guitar Scale on the fretboard

Let's take a look at A Chromatic on the guitar fretboard. Here is the scale across the entire fretboard:

A Chromatic Guitar Scale Recap

Here is a quick recap of all the information about the A Chromatic covered in this page:

• The A Chromatic Scale is a chromatic scale.

• The definition of the A Chromatic scale is: R b2 2 b3 3 4 #4 5 b6 6 b7 7

• The notes in the A Chromatic guitar scale are: A Bb B C C# D D# E F F# G G# A

• The interval formula for the A Chromatic scale is: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

• The note intervals in the A Chromatic scale are: Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone Semitone