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Gospel Instruments => Gospel Guitar => Topic started by: Rown on April 18, 2006, 12:34:18 PM

Title: ARPEGGIOUS
Post by: Rown on April 18, 2006, 12:34:18 PM
I just like to know how many of you brothers, incorporate this type of playing in your music.When you listen to gtrdave,Falling in love with Jesue,you can see how nice they can SOUND :o Got to go now,and work on some ARPEGGIOUS. 8)
Title: Re: ARPEGGIOUS
Post by: funkStrat_97 on April 18, 2006, 03:57:42 PM
Arpeggios are an essential part of any guitarist's vocabulary so learn as many of them as you can.  They can be used in just about any musical context.
Title: Re: ARPEGGIOUS
Post by: trackman on April 18, 2006, 06:29:47 PM
I WISH I could play arppegios! I don't understand the theory behind it though. Could someone open my eyes  :o for me please? :o
Title: Re: ARPEGGIOUS
Post by: gtrdave on April 18, 2006, 09:04:15 PM
Arpeggios are basically scale fragments and/or triads.

Typical arpeggio would be 1 - 3 - 5 (triad) or 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 (dom7 or maj7) or 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 (triad w/ sus4).

Say you take C major chord. It's made up of the notes C - E - G...that's 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from C major scale...C, E, and G...C major triad.

Play them over 2 octaves like this:

-------------------------------8-
--------------------5----8-------
---------------5------------------
------2---5----------------------
--3-------------------------------
-----------------------------------

That's a C major arpeggio over 2 octaves.

You can apply the same method using any combination of notes over any scale/chord to create an arpeggio.