Arpeggios?

[deadwilly27]

im kinda new, what are arpeggios?

[Josh Redstone]

Arpeggios are broken chordes, played one note at a time.
You can do it by holding a chord and just picking the single notes and not strumming it.

[aiwass]

Or if you mean sweep arpeggios, you play them using sweep picking. This is more of a solo thing, while the plucked chord- approach is more rhythm guitar.

[Josh Redstone]

Those are still broken chordes. :)
You can also use box arpeggio patterns, instead of just holding a chord and picking or even sweeping. You have your scale pattern, and just play whatever degrees you need to. It makes your guitar sound kind of like a piano, because the arpeggiated notes are all in the same octave. Another cool thing is they are transposable, just like the chord fingering you would otherwise use.

[aiwass]

Yeah I know they're still broken chords. I'm not stupid. Since you said ONE WAY was to hold a chord and arpeggiate it, I just added to that by mentioning the other most common way of playing arpeggios.

[Josh Redstone]

Oh, cool. I didn't want like wig anyone out or anything. Sorry.

[aiwass]

No problem.