This exercise will have us play through all of the arpeggios of a same tonality. For the key of C Major, the diatonic 7th chords are:
- CMaj7
- Dm7
- Em7
- FMaj7
- G7
- Am7
- Bm7(b5)
All 7 Diatonic Arpeggios in Major Key
On the video, I first play the arpeggios all ascending.
Then, I use a zigzag pattern, meaning that I reverse the direction of the arpeggios for each new chord: the first arpeggio is ascending, the second one descending, the third one ascending, etc.
Then, I show you the "mirror" of that same exercise: where the sequence starts with the very first arpeggio descending
Start practicing those in the position I present (E shape) then go through all 5 positions. Remember that it is best to play the exercise well in one position, instead of butchering it in all 5...
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Do not undervalue all of this arpeggio work on the guitar. We are constantly hearing about scales and modes, but arpeggios are a goldmine-- and they are much harder to master than scales!
Questions? You can send me a message through “The Guitar Channel” (see below) or contact me directly through my website: brunojazz.com.
See you again soon!
--Bruno
Note from The Guitar Channel
If you are looking for an excellent Jazz guitar teacher, I highly recommend Bruno. He produced many Jazz chronicles in French for La Chaîne Guitare which were highly appreciated by the Backstage Pass subscribers. I also took a Skype lesson with him once (read the story about it in this article) and it was a lot of fun and very useful to help my play better and increase my vocabulary on guitar.
Pierre Journel.
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