How do you play the chromatic scales E-C?

Answer 1

A chromatic scale is playing every single note including all accidentals. If you wanted to play from E to C chromatically, you would play:
E
F
F #
G
G # (aka Ab)
A
A # (aka Bb)
B
C
Note that there are no accidentals between E&F, B&C; a B # is C, and an E # is F.
Another way to play chromatic scales is from a low E to a high E, a low F to a high F, etc

Answer 2

A chromatic scale is just a series of half steps from and to whatever pitch you start and end with. A scale starts and ends with the same letter, like C to C or E to E. So, if you know what half steps are, you can play the scale.
So, if you were looking at a piano, you would play every black and white key between the chosen pitch point.
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

you don't need to be able to read music to play chromatic. on a keyboard instrument, go up from the starting note and hit every single key, including the black ones. for strings and guitar, just go up every fret position, the tricky part is remembering where to jump on the next string once you've gone all the way up the yoke. On clarinet or flute, it just requires moving down one hole position, kinda neat. The brasses make note steps somewhat more complicated, it may help if you remember that adding the 2nd valve drops the tone one chromatic step.

Answer 4

with all the flats and sharps in between...
e, f, f#, g, g# (a flat), a, a# (b flat) b, c, c#, d, d# (e flat), e