------------------------------------------------------0-1-2-3-4----
-------------------------------------------0-1-2-3-4---------------
----------------------------------0-1-2-3--------------------------
-----------------------0-1-2-3-4-----------------------------------
------------0-1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------
-0-1-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------------
(for descending form, read above tab. backwards)
For extra benefits, also practice in broken form using each of the 12 intervals:
(only the beginning of each sequence is given - part of the benefit comes from hearing the intervals and deriving the fingerings from that.)
Major Second:
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---------------------0---1--0--2--1--3--2---.....etc.
-0--2--1--3--2--4--3---4--------------------
Minor Third:
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---------------0---1---2--0--3--1--4-----....etc.
-0--3--1--4--2---3---4-------------------
Major Third:
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--------------------------------0---1---......etc.
---------0---1---2---3--0--4--1---2----
-0--4--1---2---3---4-------------------
...and so on with the other intervals. This will also contribute towards a good understanding of how different intervals lie on the fingerboard.
Other patterns to practice:
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---------------------------------------0---0--1--0---....etc.
-0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4---4----------
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---------------------------------0------0--1---0--1--2---.....etc.
-0--1--2--3--1--2--3--4--2--3--4---3--4------4----------
What about the chromatic scales in higher positions? There is no one way to play them, but rather several patterns. You must investigate this closely:
|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|-1--|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|-1--|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|-1--|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|-1--|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
|----|----|----|----|-1--|-2--|-3--|-4--|----|----|----|----|----|----|
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