Arpeggio Deep Dive: How to use Arpeggios when improvising chord changes - Guitar Lesson EP512

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn how to play major Arpeggios and dominant 7 Arpeggios and how to integrate them into your lead when improvising. This lesson also comes with 3 practice exercises.
To view the extra materials for this lesson (PDF diagrams, 3 practice exercises, and tab for the composition), visit: www.activemelody.com/lesson/a...
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Guitar composition that we're working towards
02:42 - What is an Arpeggio?
04:07 - E major chord (using the C shape)
05:10 - A major chord (using the E shape)
05:57 - B major chord (using the G shape)
07:41 - E major arpeggio (using the C shape)
09:35 - A major arpeggio (using the E shape)
10:33 - B major arpeggio (using the G shape)
12:30 - Practice Exercise 1 (switching through arpeggios)
15:26 - Adding the flat 7 chord to the E arpeggio (E7 arpeggio)
16:58 - A7 arpeggio (adding the flat 7)
17:46 - B7 arpeggio (adding the flat 7)
18:40 - Adding the 6th interval to the arpeggio
21:13 - Walking through the composition (explanation)

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[@stevereynolds547]

"And watch this...". Your enthusiasm is palpable. Finally, an enjoyable way to practice arpeggios. Great lesson!

[@tjburr1968]

great lesson, i appreciate you breaking down the three chords down into there respective CAGED shape all within the same fret area of the guitar. this really helped me see the benefits of the cage system and reinforcing it simultaneously not to mention all the arpeggios knowledge and practice you present is priceless for anyone who just learned the CAGE system but has not yet applied it. needless to add, yes! do another similar video!

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One of the best lesson, precise and detail and most important you explained the "why" to everything you do, instead of asking us to memorize. Thanks!

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Such a breakthrough lesson. Thanks for the time you put into this Brian!

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[@chasingfretscom]

Thanks, Brian! I’ve always struggled with arpeggios. I’m looking forward to diving in on this :D

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Yes, Brian, more of this learning to follow the chord changes

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Ill be dissecting this one as it is filling in the missing pieces after so many years. Thank you!

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[@WillFerguson-es3nc]

I have been trying to understand this for some time and a light clicked for me with your manner of explaining this. Thanks so much. Hopefully this helps propel me further down my guitar journey. 😃

[@rjg999]

Just yesterday I was thinking that I need to dig deeper into arpeggios and along comes EP512 right on que 🙂 Off to the web site to continue the journey. Such a perfect lesson. Thanks Brian!!

[@ekalbkr]

The perfect lesson at the perfect time for me. I need to play this lesson iny sleep. Awesome!

[@treytudor6206]

Brian, another excellent lesson. I’ve been fascinated by the sweep arpeggios that many progressive and metal guitarist employ. And although I’m not necessarily into those genres in a big way, lessons like this one DO help to tie it all together. So yes, I’d love to see more of these types of arpeggio-style lessons. I can definitely use these tips for the rock, blues, country, and bluegrass that I love. Well done, and keep up the great work!

[@john749]

Very nice lesson. Thank you.

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This is very helpful. Thank you!

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[@jeffro.]

Excellent lesson, Brian. This is similar to something I like to do when I practice. Nice explanation. 👍👌

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[@mythically_odd]

Takes a bit to wrap your head around but once I got it down it really opens up what I can improvise. Good video.

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[@andrewhenderson9474]

Would be great if you would do another lessons like this. 👍

[@abejacgot]

Arpeggios across the fretboard would be very helpful for me in many ways. Thank you

[@johnmacmillan627]

Thx Brian. Leading into the next chord seems tough when you are trying to keep time along with where that transition note is at. This lesson was great at many levels

[@jfinke373]

Shoe Dang, this one is yet another lightbulb lesson. I would have never connected the G shape for the 5 chord like that. I am glued to my guitar again this evening, ALL THANKS TO YOU! I really think this is going to help my playing in a big way. Thinking hurts my head, and your lessons focus on things that make sense, and connect it all together. Things overthinkers, overthink! A Big Five HIgh! Back to that g shape 5 chord now.

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

Great info. Thank you.

[@houjay6288]

Very good lesson for a beginner like myself to understand arpeggio. Thx

[@PatrickBall]

Hello Brian, I am absolutely thrilled with this lesson! It has been a great source of inspiration for me, and I constantly return to it to hone my arpeggio skills. Your lessons have truly helped me to grow as a musician. Looking forward to more amazing lessons from you. While playing around with it, the tune Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison magically appeared under my fingers. Thank you so much!

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Definitely would like more

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Really very interesting, you made it easy for me, Best wishes.😍

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Lightbulb 💡 more arpeggio lessons in other fretboard areas please Brian. Nice & easy to understand. 🙏 Thanks

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Lights bulbs happening . Brilliant Lesson

[@pktdbgnzwl]

Here i am grabbing my instrument & jumping right in ! 3:39 i think of an arpeggio as unwinding a chord to its individual strands/notes. 14:02 Yes the light bulb just went off !

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Nice lesson. I'm really enjoying your material. One thing I would consider adding is identifying root notes in the chords/arpeggios.

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8:48 into the video when I finally realized the $@&! double dots on the 7th fret. Great lessons regardless of your choice of guitar. 😉

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Not sure where you heard that. I certainly haven’t! 😊

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Brian thank you for a generous dose of approachable theory. My light bulb is turned on! Perhaps a future lesson of the A and D arpeggios ?

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[@flhtcu93]

Excellent tutorial had a couple light bulbs moments. Would truly appreciate seeing more of this in different keys.

[@jjswallowtail]

This is extremely awesome, because you can just shift down or up the frets, and play the same shapes in ALL the different keys!

[@singerray1]

I don’t know if anyone else has already addressed this before, but watching the video I find that in one area of the video you claimed that the arpeggios are all being played between the fourth fret and the seventh fret but yet you’re pointing to the fourth fret and the eighth fret. also, when I watched you play the piece and you didn’t remain in between these frets ...you occasionally move between the third and the fourth and between the seventh and the eighth sorry I don’t mean to nitpick, but it’s just something that bothered me a little bit otherwise, I think you’re a terrific teacher and I understand anyone can make a mistake. Perhaps I did make a mistake perhaps I misunderstood what you said anyway, I love your lessons I have watched tons of them over the last two years and I have recommended them to very young beginner guitar players, because I think you’re one of the best on the Internet at teaching guitar please keep going with them. Thanks Ray Hensley

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[@sydneyerdle4001]

Good lessons! Could you orient the neck diagram with the video of you playing? Other than that great lessons, very easy to grasp. Thanks

[@b1heqh54]

3:37 had to give my head a shake until I realized the crazy dot pattern on this guitar - wtf - prob'ly just somethin' else I don't know about... lol

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Whe are you going to share this vinyl collection?

[@TheKaves2]

If you are going to remember one thing from this lesson is that it took me years for the light bulb to went off in my head… hopefully. ;-)

[@carlodonnell146]

Hi Brian what is difference between the C-SHAPE and the D-SHAPE; they look similar.

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Hi Brian, any chance of teaching this in minor chords?

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>> 0:54

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[@themagdude]

Question, Brian: when playing the arpeggio changes over E-A-B, you mention that we can introduce major pattern 4 over the E (c-shape). Should I then play pattern 2 over A (e-shape) and pattern 1 over B (g-shape) in that same 4- fret area?

[@activemelody]

I was thinking just stay in E major pentatonic - staying in the key of the song, as opposed to switching scales to match. Just to keep things a little more simple and not totally overwhelm.

[@themagdude]

@@activemelody But as I progress through the lV and V, won’t I find the complementary notes to the arpeggios inside their corresponding patterns?

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That's a lot of vinyls

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What's that dog in the background?

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[@bogdanradwanski9417]

Sorry, Brian but thi is very stone age way of plying arpeggios.May be good for complete beginers.though.

[@activemelody]

nah - you're just wrong man. what are you basing that on? your opinion of what is simple versus advanced? ummm ok then.

[@slicksalmon6948]

Sorry, but too many concepts at the same time.