Hey Friend,
I don’t have a new set of arpeggio exercises prepared for you yet, so I went on a hunt to find something cool and relevant to share.
I think I found some incredibly rich arpeggio lessons for you.
This particular lesson is from a series by Jimmy Brown, one of the writers for Guitar World Magazine.
Now as I stated in the subject line, arpeggios are not just for chords. Any time you play scalar notes in ascending or descending order can be considered an arpeggio.
This is a technique used in soloing all the time. In fact, you might recognize arpeggios from the popular shred technique sweep picking.
I don’t want to talk about sweep picking today, but the use of double stops (two note "chords”) to play ascending riffs. That’s where Jimmy Brown comes in.
Instead of merely playing the individual chord notes for a basic arpeggio, he teaches about harmonized double-stops in arpeggio patterns much like Classical composers did to create rich harmonies.
This lesson is based more on major chordal colors, but he has the lessons that highlight the darker tones of minor chords and arpeggio riffs.
I personally gravitate to major tones. Because I’m a big fan of the music of Charlie Brown, this lesson really jumped out at me because he explains exactly what is going on in the music (with demonstration!).
Jazz on, Rockers!
Peace~
Dave
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