Improvising with Arpeggios

			
			THEORY LESSON. 
		
			Using arpeggios while improvising is a great way to sound interesting and melodic. This lesson should inspire you to come up with your own arpeggio lines.		

		Tags : 
			arpeggio, improvisation, minor, aeolian		


		In today's lesson we'll talk about arpeggios. First of all, what is an arpeggio? An arpeggio is a chord that is broken into individual notes. As you know, chords come from scales. 



Today we'll work in the key of A minor. We'll build 4 note arpeggios using the Root, 3rd, 5th and 7th of that scale. We'll also expand that process by building 4 note arpeggio from each of the 7 notes of the A minor scale as follow:



A C E G

B D F A

C E G B

D F A C

E G A D

F A C E

G B D F



This gives us different types of arpeggios that we'll be able to use in our improvisation. Memorize the suggested fingering, then try to make your own. 



Have fun!