Wholetone Fingerboard Diagram

Complete Template
Copyright  1996
by Pebber Brown

· All tones equidistant from each other

· All Wholetone scales and chords
are derived from complete template
3rd Fret

5th Fret

7th Fret

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale
Diagram # 1
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

· All tones equidistant from each other

· All tones one whole step apart
· Wholetone scale is Symmetric
3rd Fret

5th Fret

7th Fret

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale#1 (Linear)
Copyright  1998, by Pebber Brown

1 Shift

2 1
Shift
3rd Fret

2 1

4 2
5th Fret

4 2 1

7th Fret 4 1

4 2

2
9th Fret
4

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale Across
Diagram #2
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

3rd Fret

5th Fret

7th Fret

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale Across
Diagram #3
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

3rd Fret
Visual Recognition Visual Recognition
Geometric Pattern#1 Geometric Pattern#3
(Vertical Right Trapezoid) (Vertical Left Trapezoid)

1 1 1
5th Fret

1 1 1

7th Fret 2 2 2

3 3 3

4 4 4
9th Fret

Visual Recognition
Geometric Pattern#2
(Vertical Right Trapezoid)

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale Across
Diagram #4
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

3rd Fret

5th Fret

7th Fret

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Scale Across
Diagram #5
Copyright  1998
1 by Pebber Brown
Visual Recognition
Geometric Pattern#1
(Vertical Parallelogram) 1 1

3rd Fret 1 3 Visual Recognition

Geometric Pattern#3
(Vertical Parallelogram)
1 3 3

5th Fret 1 3

7th Fret 3
Visual Recognition
Geometric Pattern#2
(Vertical Parallelogram)

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone ScaleAcross
2nd and 4th fingers only
Diagram #6
1 Copyright  1998
Visual Recognition by Pebber Brown
Geometric Pattern#1
(Vertical Parallelogram) 2 2

3rd Fret 2 3 Visual Recognition

Geometric Pattern#3
(Vertical Parallelogram)
2 4 4

5th Fret 2 4

7th Fret 4
Visual Recognition
Geometric Pattern#2
(Vertical Parallelogram)

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
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 Wholetone Chord Shapes#1
Stringset 4321
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

3rd Fret

5th Fret

Here are some basic

examples of chords
created by linking
7th Fret
tones from the
WholeTone Scale

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
Copyright  1998-2000 • Pebber Brown
• (909) 399-3104
 Wholetone Scale
4 notes per string
Copyright  1998
by Pebber Brown

· All tones equidistant from each other

· All Wholetone scales and chords
are derived from complete template
3rd Fret

5th Fret

7th Fret

9th Fret

12th Fret

15th Fret

17th Fret

19th Fret

21st Fret
Copyright  1998-2000 • Pebber Brown
• (909) 399-3104