Three - Octave Arpeggios
 This lesson is a real technique builder. It involves playing all of the major and minor arpeggios over the entire fingerboard.
For those of you who don't know, an arpeggio is a chord played one note at a time, sequentially. These arpeggios are triads (basic three-note major and minor chords) played in relative major/relative minor pairs. For example, the set starts off with a C major arpeggio followed by its relative minor, an A minor arpeggio, making the pair. They move as pairs through the circle of 5ths (see BYCU, p. 27), e.g C/Am, F/Dm, Bb/Gm, etc. When you practice these, be sure to use strict alternate picking beginning with a down-stroke. Keep them as steady as possible and work for accuracy rather than speed. You can slowly pick up the tempo as you become familiar with them. Use a metronome set to quarter notes - you will be playing 4 16th notes for each tick. Make the position shifts as smooth and brisk as you can. Aim for making them entirely unnoticeable (that may take quite a bit of time and practice, so be patient). Begin with the first two arpeggios - C major and A minor. Then add one pair at a time until you are playing them all. Look for common shapes among the different keys. I have included a page with the shapes used for the arpeggios in this lesson. Click here to see them. I have included fingerings for your convenience but feel free to change them. Just be sure that you are using efficient fingerings that will be doable as you speed up the tempo. Also, once you have settled on a fingering, keep it consistent. Practice them daily without fail for the best results. |
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