C chromatic scale on viola
C chromatic has 12 notes: C D♭ D E♭ E F G♭ G A♭ A B♭ B. Degrees: 1 ♭2 2 ♭3 3 4 ♭5 5 ♭6 6 ♭7 7. Formula: H H H H H H H H H H H H.
What notes are in the C chromatic scale?
C, D♭, D, E♭, E, F, G♭, G, A♭, A, B♭ and B. It has 12 notes; its formula in whole and half steps is H H H H H H H H H H H H.
What does C chromatic sound like, and when do you use it?
Every note: material for runs and chromatic approaches. Use it over as passing tones, not as the chord scale.
Chord progressions to improvise with C chromatic
In Jam mode (the Jam button above) a band of grand piano, upright bass and drums (recorded instruments) plays these progressions as swing, bossa, groove or ballad, and the fingerboard lights up the notes of each chord as it plays. It's a backing track made for this scale in C:
- Pedal (I): a C7 vamp. A chord made of scale notes, held over the root: hear each note against the bass.
C chromatic on the viola: first position
No frets: string by string (C G D A), from the open string to the fourth finger:
- C string: C D♭ D E♭ E F G♭ G
- G string: G A♭ A B♭ B C D♭ D
- D string: D E♭ E F G♭ G A♭ A
- A string: A B♭ B C D♭ D E♭ E
Same notes as
D♭ chromatic · D chromatic · E♭ chromatic · E chromatic · F chromatic · F♯ chromatic · G chromatic · A♭ chromatic · A chromatic · B♭ chromatic · B chromatic
Chromatic in other keys
On other instruments
C chromatic on piano · C chromatic on guitar · C chromatic on bass · C chromatic on ukulele · C chromatic on mandolin · C chromatic on banjo · C chromatic on violin · C chromatic on cello · C chromatic on alto sax · C chromatic on tenor sax · C chromatic on trumpet · C chromatic on flute · All scales