What's An Arpeggio?
There are two definitions of an arpeggio in guitar.
The first meaning (also called Broken chords) is the technique employed to play one by one the notes of an open chord as a fingerpicking player would do.
The second explanation is what interests jazz guitar players.
It involves playing the notes of chord to create effective lines and nice improvised solos over a specific chord progression (II V I, turnarounds, backdoor, blues) or a jazz standard.
What Are The Main Types Of Arpeggios?
There are different types of arpeggios, they can be minor, major, dominant, diminished, augmented.
What Is The Difference Between A Scale And An Arpeggio?
An arpeggio is built from a scale, just as a chord an arpeggio is built by stacking thirds whereas a scale is built with a succession of whole and half-steps.
How Many Notes Are There in an Arpeggio?
An arpeggio can be made of three, four, five, six or seven notes.
Why Learning Arpeggios Is Important?
Arpeggios are very important tools for improvising over jazz tunes and chord changes.
They easily outline the harmony, they help to create more melodic guitar solos.
They allow to go straight to the point.
CAGED System
The CAGED system is a learning technique that allows guitar players to understand and visualize chords, scales and arpeggios on the entire guitar neck.
The five letters of the word CAGED represent five important chord shapes (C major, A Major, G Major, E major, D major) that serve as a basis for a better knowledge of the guitar neck.
Guitarist Joe Pass used this technique to learn and teach jazz guitar. It is one of the reason why the CAGED method is employed by many guitar teachers and for the guitar charts of this lesson.
One-Octave Shapes
Two-Octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With Gmaj7
Min7 | One-Octave Shapes
Min7 | Two-Octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With Gmin7
Dominant 7 | One-octave Shapes
Dominant 7 | Two-octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With G7
Half-diminished | One-octave Shapes
Half-diminished | Two-octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With Gm7b5
Diminished 7 | One-octave Shapes
Diminished 7 | Two-octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With Gdim7
Major 7#5 | One-octave Shapes
Major 7#5 | Two-octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With GMaj7#5
Minor Major 7 | One-octave Shapes
Minor Major 7 | Two-octave Shapes
Entire Neck Shapes (CAGED)
Example With GminMaj7#5
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Hello there,
A question, on Arpeggios of The Major Scale’s formula (Degree I) there is (9-11-13), those notes are (A-C-E) to complete Ionian Mode, right? Why aren’t those notes on diagram?
Thanks for the class!!!Hello,
Because only the chord tones are displayed.
Stef -
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I’ve always struggled to make sense of arpeggio shapes across the fretboard, but the way you’ve laid out the shapes for all the main arpeggios makes everything click instantly.
I’m pairing them with the downloadable PDF so I can drill these shapes anywhere.
Thanks for making jazz theory so approachable.
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