Arpeggios

Essential For Technique,Theory, Learning the Fretboard and Training Your Ear

An arpeggio is a broken chord. Through this series we will learn many different arpeggios and fun ways to practice them. Plus we will learn how to use them in our playing. Arpeggios should be a part of your practice routine. They are important to:

Learning the Fretboard
Understanding Music Theory and Specifically Which Notes Belong to Each Chord
Training Your Ear to Hear Chord Tones
Improving Your Overall Technique

Arpeggio Lesson 1

Learn what an arpeggio is and how to use an open Em chord to play one

Arpeggio Lesson 2

Open C Major and A Minor Chords Arpeggiated

Arpeggio Lesson 3

Use Arpeggios to Play a Chord Progression with C, Am and Em Chords

Arpeggio Lesson 4

C Major Arpeggio in 2nd Position - 2 Strings Only

Arpeggio Lesson 5

G Major Arpeggio in 2nd Position - 2 Strings Only

Arpeggio Lesson 6

D Major Arpeggio in 2nd Position

Arpeggio Lesson 7

D Minor Arpeggio in 2nd Position

Arpeggio Lesson 8

Am Arpeggio in 5th Position

Arpeggio Lesson 9

G major in 7th Position and moving a root position G major arpeggio from 7th position to 4th to 2nd.

Arpeggio Lesson 10

D Minor in 5th Position and moving 2nd inversion triad from 5th to 7th to 10th position.

Arpeggio Lesson 11

A Major and F# Minor in 2nd Position

Arpeggio Lesson 12

Emaj7 and Amaj7 in 9th Position

Arpeggio Lesson 13

Dmaj7 and A7 in 2nd Position. Plus moving a 1st inversion Dmaj7 arpeggio from 2nd to 4th to 7th position.

Arpeggio Lesson 14

Cmaj7 and G7 in 7th Position

Arpeggio Lesson 15

G major and Gmaj7 in 2nd position and moving to 7th position. Plus D7 in 2nd position.

Arpeggio Lesson 16

D and Dmaj7 in 7th Position

Arpeggio Lesson 17

Bbmaj7 and F7 Arpeggio in 5th Position

Arpeggio Lesson 18

Ebmaj7 in 3rd Position

Arpeggio Lesson 19

Dm and Dm7 in 7th Position and using the 2 string arpeggio to shift through 3 positions. Includes Dm7 in 5th Position.

Arpeggio Lesson 20

C Major in 9th - Plus comparing to C Minor and C Diminished

Arpeggio Lesson 21

Fm and Fm7 in 1st Position. Plus moving root position triad from 1st position to 3rd position to 6th position.

Arpeggio Lesson 22

E7 in 4th Position - Jam Track Included

Arpeggio Lesson 23

F, Fmaj7 and Dm7 in 2nd Position

Arpeggio Lesson 24

Arpeggio Lesson 25

Diminished, Augmented and Minor7b5 Arpeggios

Arpeggios Work Page

26 Part Series on Arpeggios. What they are, how to use them and fun ways to practice them! This series works well with the chord series an...

Bonus Arpeggio Lesson

Em7 Arpeggio from Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover

C Minor Arpeggio in 8th Position

D7 Arpeggio in 2nd and 7th Position

Diatonic Arpeggios in C on Strings 1 and 2

Eugene's Trick Bag

Extra - All That Remains Arpeggio Exercise

All that Remains arpeggios on strings 1 2 and 3

Major Arpeggios

Minor Arpeggios

Dm in 2nd, 5th, 10th and 2 string moveable from 5th to 10th, Gm 2 string moveable from 3rd to 5th to 8th, Am 2 string moveable from 5th to 7...

Another super fun riff using arpeggios is the solo at the end of Hotel California:

https://www.musiclearning.com/gtr/members/riffs/advanced/hotel-outro-solo/