Chromatic scale
All twelve pitches are present here, which means the chromatic scale is not a scale in the sense the rest of this catalog uses the word.
- Used for
- Passing tones, chromatic runs and free, atonal writing.
- Formula
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Steps H H H H H H H H H H H H Semitones 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 Degrees 1 ♭2 2 ♭3 3 4 ♯4 5 ♭6 6 ♭7 7 - Also called
- Twelve-Tone Scale.
Chromatic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Chromatic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Chromatic scale piano guitar
- D D Chromatic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Chromatic scale piano guitar
- E E Chromatic scale piano guitar
- F F Chromatic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Chromatic scale piano guitar
- G G Chromatic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Chromatic scale piano guitar
- A A Chromatic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Chromatic scale piano guitar
- B B Chromatic scale piano guitar
