Whole-Tone Scale Exercises

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Basic Technique Advanced Technique Alt. Picking Scales Rhythm Position-Shifting String Skipping Arpeggios

 

Fixed Pos. Maj/Min 3nps Maj/Min Pentatonic Blues Harm/Mel Minor Octatonic Whole-Tone Chromatic

 

Stepwise Motion

E-------------------------1-3-5-3-1-------------------------
B---------------------2-4-----------4-2---------------------
G-----------------2-4-------------------4-2-----------------
D-----------1-3-5---------------------------5-3-1-----------
A-------2-4---------------------------------------4-2-------
E-1-3-5-----------------------------------------------5-3-1-

Intervalic Motion

3rds

E-------------------------------------------1---3-1-5-
B-----------------------------------2---4-2---4-------
G---------------------------2---4-2---4---------------
D---------------1---3-1-5-3---5-----------------------
A-------2---4-2---4-----------------------------------
E-1-5-3---5-------------------------------------------

E-5-1-3---1-------------------------------------------
B-------4---2-4---2-----------------------------------
G---------------4---2-4---2---------------------------
D-----------------------5---3-5-1-3---1---------------
A-----------------------------------4---2-4---2-------
E-------------------------------------------5---3-5-1-

Diminished 5ths

E---------------------------------------1---3---5--
B-------------------------------2---4-----2---4----
G-----------------------2---4-----2---4------------
D-----------1---3---5-1---3---5--------------------
A---2---4-----2---4--------------------------------
E-1---3---5----------------------------------------

E-5---3---1----------------------------------------
B---4---2-----4---2--------------------------------
G-----------4---2-----4---2------------------------
D-------------------5---3---1-5---3---1------------
A-------------------------------4---2-----4---2----
E---------------------------------------5---3---1--

Grouped Motion

Groups of 3

E-----------------------------------------------------------------1---1-3-1-3-5-
B-----------------------------------------------------2---2-4-2-4---4-----------
G-----------------------------------------2---2-4-2-4---4-----------------------
D-----------------------1---1-3-1-3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------
A-----------2---2-4-2-4---4-----------------------------------------------------
E-1-3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------------

E-5-3-1-3-1---1-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------4---4-2-4-2---2-----------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------4---4-2-4-2---2-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------5---5-3-5-3-1-3-1---1-----------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------4---4-2-4-2---2-----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------5---5-3-5-3-1-