Guitar Arpeggios - The Answers To The Last Lesson

Welcome back!

If you didn't do your homework from the last lesson, then please do it now before you read further. Yeah, I know I'm being tough on you...but you'll learn a LOT more by doing it. :-)

All done? Fantastic! Here are the answers... 

The Answers

Let's start with the Major Seventh arpeggios first...

E Major 7th: 2nd Finger start

E Major 7th: 3rd Finger start

E Major 7th: 4th Finger start

E Minor 7th: 2nd Finger start

E Minor 7th: 3rd Finger start

E Minor 7th: 4th Finger start

 E Minor 7th Flat 5: 1st Finger start

 E Minor 7th Flat 5: 2nd Finger start

 E Minor 7th Flat 5: 3rd Finger start

 E Minor 7th Flat 5: 4th Finger start

E Dominant 7th: 2nd Finger start

E Dominant 7th: 3rd Finger start

E Dominant 7th: 4th Finger start

Notice how the last two have exactly the same diagram. No, this isn't a mistake. The note locations are exactly the same, but you will use different fingers to play each one. (You'll see what I mean when you play through them).

Phew...it's only now after doing all those diagrams that I realize just how much homework I gave you! I hope you learned a lot by doing it.

If you haven't already memorized all the arpeggio shapes, then it would be a great idea to do that now. Yeah, it's a lot of work. But arpeggios are incredibly useful for soloing...so it really is worth making the effort. :-)

That's all for now. Practice hard, and I'll see you next time!

All the best,

Craig Bassett.