Really Learn Guitar - Arpeggios Tutorial

Tutorial - Arpeggios

A broken chord, or the notes of a chord played one at a time (often in a specific order) is called an arpeggio. In time, a thorough understanding of arpeggios will enhance your command over solos, improvising, and melody when accompanied by chords.

Every scale degree has a consecutive arpeggio. Refer to the Major Scales tutorial to understand the scale degrees. Diagram #1 illustrates the Major (Ma7), Dominant (7), and minor (mi7) forms of the arpeggios for both the 6th and 5th string root chord forms.

Each form has 2 diagrams. The one on the left illustrates the arpeggio fingering pattern and the fingers you should use to play it. The diagram on the right, with the yellow dots, shows the Major scale degrees you are actually playing.

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Diagram #2 illustrates the 6th and 5th string root arpeggios for the Augmented (+), diminished (o), and minor 7(b5) chords forms.

You can refer to the 7th chord Phase I and Phase II tutorials to review the 7th chord voicings.