Whole-Half/Half-Whole Scale Exercises

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Fixed Position

• Whole-Half

E---------------------------------2-4-5-4-2---------------------------------
B---------------------------3-4-6-----------6-4-3---------------------------
G---------------------2-4-5-----------------------5-4-2---------------------
D---------------3-4-6-----------------------------------6-4-3---------------
A-------2-3-5-6-----------------------------------------------6-5-3-2-------
E-2-4-5---------------------------------------------------------------5-4-2-

• Half-Whole

E---------------------------------4-5-7-5-4---------------------------------
B---------------------------4-6-7-----------7-6-4---------------------------
G---------------------4-5-7-----------------------7-5-4---------------------
D---------------4-6-7-----------------------------------7-6-4---------------
A---------5-6-8-----------------------------------------------8-6-5---------
E-4-5-7-8-----------------------------------------------------------8-7-5-4-

Three Notes Per String

• Whole-Half

E------------------------------4-5-7-5-4-------------------------------
B------------------------4-6-7-----------7-6-4-------------------------
G------------------4-5-7-----------------------7-5-4-------------------
D-------------4-6-7----------------------------------7-6-4-------------
A-------5-6-8----------------------------------------------8-6-5-------
E-5-7-8----------------------------------------------------------8-7-5-

• Half-Whole

E-------------------------------2-4-5-4-2-------------------------------
B-------------------------3-4-6-----------6-4-3-------------------------
G-------------------2-4-5-----------------------5-4-2-------------------
D-------------3-4-6-----------------------------------6-4-3-------------
A-------3-5-6-----------------------------------------------6-5-3-------
E-4-5-7-----------------------------------------------------------7-5-4-

Four Notes per String

• Whole-Half

E--------------------------------------------8-10-11-13-
B----------------------------------7-9-10-12------------
G-------------------------5-7-8-10----------------------
D-----------------4-6-7-9-------------------------------
A---------3-5-6-8---------------------------------------
E-2-4-5-7-----------------------------------------------

E-13-11-10-8--------------------------------------------
B------------12-10-9-7----------------------------------
G----------------------10-8-7-5-------------------------
D-------------------------------9-7-6-4-----------------
A---------------------------------------8-6-5-3---------
E-----------------------------------------------7-5-4-2-

• Half-Whole

E-----------------------------------------------10-11-13-14-
B------------------------------------9-10-12-13-------------
G--------------------------7-8-10-11------------------------
D-----------------6-7-9-10----------------------------------
A---------5-6-8-9-------------------------------------------
E-4-5-7-8---------------------------------------------------

E-14-13-12-10-----------------------------------------------
B-------------13-12-10-9------------------------------------
G------------------------11-10-8-7--------------------------
D----------------------------------10-9-7-6-----------------
A-------------------------------------------9-8-6-5---------
E---------------------------------------------------8-7-5-4-