5 Easy Jazz Blues Arpeggio Studies For Guitar

This lesson contains five free guitar studies for beginners that outline the use of arpeggios over a Bb jazz blues progression. There are different kinds of jazz blues progressions. The one that is used in this eBook is built with a secondary dominant (VI7), a passing diminished (#IVdim7) and a turnaround (I7, VI7, iim7, V7). 

Bb7

Eb7

Bb7

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I7

IV7

I7

I7

Eb7

Edim7

Bb7

G7(b9)

IV7

#IVdim7

I7

VI7

Cm7

F7

Bb7        G7 (b9)

Cm7           F7

iim7

V7

I7              VI7

iim7            V7

 

 

How to Use Arpeggios Over A Jazz Blues Progression?

There are many ways of using arpeggios over a jazz blues chord changes. This lessons focuses on the basics, that is to say that we will be playing :

  • Diminished triads over the VI7b9 chord.
  • Major triads over the I7 chord.
  • Minor triads over the iim7 chord.
  • Dominant (7, 9, 13) arpeggios over the dominant chords (I7, IV7 and V7).
  • Minor arpeggios (m7 and m9) over the minor chord (iim7).
  • Diminished arpeggios over the diminished chord (#IVdim7) and the dominant flat 9 chord (VI7).

Major triad

1                     

3

5

 

 

 

 

Minor triad         

1

b3

5

 

 

 

 

Diminished triad

1

b3

b5

 

 

 

 

Major 7 arpeggio

1

3

5

7

 

 

 

Dominant 7 arpeggio

1

3

5

b7

 

 

 

Minor 7 arpeggio

1

b3

5

b7

 

 

 

Diminished 7 arpeggio

1

b3

b5

bb7

 

 

 

Minor 9 arpeggio

1

b3

5

b7

9

 

 

Dominant 9 arpeggio

1

3

5

b7

9

 

 

Dominant 13 arpeggio

1

3

5

b7

9

11

13

Practice Tips

  • Start at a slow tempo and practice with a metronome as you increase the speed over time.
  • Sing the root for each chord as you play through the progression.
  • Memorize the study, taking the music off the page and into your ears.
  • Play each study in different keys.

Jazz Blues Arpeggio Study - Part 1

Jazz Blues Arpeggio Study - Part 2

Jazz Blues Arpeggio Study - Part 3

Jazz Blues Arpeggio Study - Part 4

Jazz Blues Arpeggio Study - Part 5

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Comments

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    • 1. guitar_noise On 2020-05-09
    I really love these 5 studies. They are a great blend of the practicality of learning arpeggios in one position against a chord progression and a very melodic application of arpeggios. Do you have any other studies that are similar in approach to this? In particular I'd love to see one that tackles rhythm changes.

    All the best to you, and many thanks. Joel

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