To expand on the notion of arpeggiating the chord you’re playing over in order to implement arpeggio shapes into your guitar playing, this lesson is meant to show you specific examples of how you can combine arpeggios and scalar playing to express different musical ideas. No matter what genre you like to play, these concepts are essential to widening your musical pallet and discovering your voice on the instrument.

FOUR-PART ARPEGGIO DIAGRAMS

TRIAD ARPEGGIO DIAGRAMS

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