Arpeggio Study

			
			ETUDE LESSON. 
		
			Arpeggio exercise in the key of A Major. 		

		Tags : 
			arpeggio, Ionian, Alternate picking		


		Arpeggios are the easiest way to sound melodic. That is because arpeggios are highlighting the notes of a given chord. In this lesson, we'll study a piece written in the key of A Major that will use some arpeggio type ideas. 



I tried in the following examples to create 4 note arpeggios using the Root, 3rd, 5th and 7th. I sometimes decided to add the 2nd for extra flavor. It's very important when playing with arpeggios to be comfortable with the different intervals of a given scale. These intervals will tell you what type of chord to build your arpeggio over. 



Here is the constitution of a Major scale:



Root-Maj2nd-Maj3rd-4th-5th-Maj6th-Maj7th



From these intervals, we can determine the following chords built on each degree of an A Major scale:



A  Maj7th

B  min7

C# min7

D  Maj7

E  7

F# min7

G# min7b5



Study seriously and have fun!