ARPEGGIOS FOR THE EVOLVING GUITARIST

USC Thornton School of Music

Pat Kelley

Arpeggios are chord notes played one at a time rather than strummed or plucked all together. They are an essential part of great improvising and melody writing because playing chord notes in the right places creates solid melody lines.

Chord notes sound more resolved than notes that are chromatic (out of the key). Practicing arpeggios will improve your ability to learn melodies, make reading music easier, and develop your tone and picking accuracy.

The first part of this book focuses on the basic fingerings of the folliowing six arpeggios: major 7th, major 7th (#5), dominant 7th, minor 7th, minor 7th (b5), and diminished 7th. This book along with its accompanying audio represents a comprehensive guide to all things arpeggio. It delves into traditional applications of arpeggios, as well as how they relate to slash chords, modal music and more.

The student will learn about how arpeggios fall over standard chord progressions, as well as how to embellish arpeggios to make them more musical in performance situations.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1 Learning the basic arpeggio fingering patterns
3. Major 7th
4. Minor 7th
5. Dominant 7th
6. Minor 7th(b5)
7. Augmented Major 7th
8. Diminished 7th
9. Chapter 2 Using 7th chords over alternate chord roots
10. Major chords
11. Minor chords
12. Dominant 7th chords
13. Slash chords
14. Chapter 3 Combining Arpeggios
15. Combining arpeggios
16. Chapter 4 A modal approach to using arpeggios
17. Modal approach
18. Chapter 5 Two-five-one
19. Two-five one chord progression
20. Chapter 6 Adding embellishments to arpeggios
21. Half step chromatic approach
22. Enclosure
23. Four-note enclosure pattern
24. Chapter 7 Pat Kelleys minor blues
25. D minor blues
26. Conclusion
27. About the author

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Product Details: Paperback Book & CD Package, Guitar

58 Pages

Product Code: 22115BCD

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