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Arpeggios

Goal
Chords one note at a time: find chord tones, move the shapes, land on the changes.
Time
53 min

Steps

  • Chord tones
  • Arpeggio shapes
  • Target tones

You need: Guitar in standard tuning and a metronome. Best after caged-chords and pentatonic box 1.

Arpeggios

  • An arpeggio is a chord’s notes played one at a time.
  • Bridges the shapes you strum and the lines you solo.
  • Ends with target tones: the habit that makes a solo sound intentional.

Exercises

  1. 00 · 3 minInterviewTell your tutor what you know about this topic and what you want from it.
  2. 01 · 15 minChord tonesA major chord is degrees 1, 3, 5. Find them inside open C and E.
  3. 02 · 15 minArpeggio shapesTwo movable arpeggios: minor inside pentatonic box 1, major inside the E-form barre.
  4. 03 · 20 minTarget tonesLand on a chord tone at every chord change over an Am to D loop.