Did You Know That You Probably Already Know Dozens Of Arpeggios, Even If You Didn’t Know That You Know Them?

For those who don’t know, an arpeggio is the pitches that make up a chord played one at a time as individual notes. Essentially, arpeggios take harmonies and cut them up into melodies. If you’re interested in the more technical/theory-oriented side of that stuff, you can learn more about it here. A Brief Introduction While arpeggios are sometimes used as warm-ups or theory exercises, guitars playe

  All guitarists learning to play improvised solos have at some point gotten stuck in a creative rut, playing the same handful of tried and true licks over and over again, but shying away from trying anything new. It makes sense how it happens. Learning the guitar is a practice that relies heavily upon muscle memory, and once that muscle memory is established you find yourself entering into a

This piece is a lesson aimed at intermediate-advanced level students. In it, we are going to look at how chords are constructed, primarily through the use of simple arpeggios. Preliminary knowledge of music theory is not necessarily required to understand this lesson, but will likely help. Chords are defined as any combination of three or more notes. Basic major/minor chords meet these minimal req

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