Need advice in arpeggios( I'm a newbe)


Todde
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03/02/2002 12:46 pm
I've been playing for about eight years now, and just have started to playing arpeggios. My question is as follows, when I have a solo with a combinatin of chords like E, C, D... which arpeggio(s) I can use....are there any arpeggios which a suitable to these chords?
Where can I find a tabulature with basic arpeggios or something...?

Thank you very much...
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lalimacefolle
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03/02/2002 5:20 pm
An arpeggio is made from a scale. So you just find the scale that suits the progression, and all the arpeggios that come with it. In C major, it would be C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B5b.
In you example, many scales could fit the progression... But you can play the corresponding arpeggio when the chord is played. Some guitarists (Larry CARLTON is one of them) actually use another arpeggio when a chord is played. I guess it comes with trial and errors, you know some of them sound good, while others suck. It also depends on your ears.
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03/03/2002 1:26 pm
Hi Ive been playing for 16 years and I use arpeggios under what chord Im playing against. Look I once heard it said like this--Chords are frozen arpeggios and arpeggios are MELTED chords. SO under an Amin chord play Amin arp. then Dmin play Dmin arp. then E7 you play E7 arpeggio. This requires vast fretbord knowledge to switch under every chord. You also can mix it up and run scales into arp. and arp. into scales. Just be creative!
SO I would start by learning all 7 arpeggios for each note in the musical scale.(minor too) In all you should have 14 arpeggios to work with--the good news is many of them double up.-I mean you'll see the same ones over again. Trust me--this is what I did and after 1 year of forcing this into my brain and fingers my solo playing made a HUGE JUMP!! Just record any progression and try to play the arpeggio for the chord. This is what made Jerry Garcia such a master in the 70's. He would NAIL improved lines to chord changes like no other.
I hope this helps you understand why and how arpeggios are used in music.
Dan
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03/03/2002 1:32 pm
good point dude, you mentioned Jerry Garcia, I know someone is never gonna let you go away!! (hint: Incidents sometimes happen... :) )
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03/03/2002 1:36 pm
i dont understand (insidents happen?)
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03/03/2002 1:43 pm
Incidents Happen (that's his login name) is a big fan of Jerry Garcia, and since you seem to know him, he's gonna try to get the last drop of knowledge you have about him... :)
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03/10/2002 6:17 am
Arpeggios are just chords that are played as single notes one by one at a speed that's slower than a strum. This would be considered a sweep I guess. Chords by definition are stacked in thirds, so get any chord you want, (especially barr chords) and sweep the chord, that's an arpeggio basically....

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