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String Skipping Arpeggios

Richard Lundmark

Hey guys, and welcome to this lesson on string skipping arpeggios! We will be looking major and minor arpeggios, and how to transform them into string skipping arpeggios, and also adding other notes from the major and minor scale, creating those familiar "shred"-type arpeggio sequences. Later on, we will also be covering tapping arpeggios, as well as diminished arpeggios. So, grab your giiitar and get going! In the first examples, you can see how I have mapped out the notes of the C major arpeggio across 3 strings, the D- G- and E-string. This kind of pattern enables for easier sequencing and allows you to play more intricate patterns when soloing. Try them out!

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  1. 1 6:45 Lesson · 7m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 1 Hey guys, and welcome to this lesson on string skipping arpeggios! We will be looking major and minor arpeggios, and how to transform them into string skipping arpeggios, and also adding other notes from the... Tab
  2. 2 5:05 Lesson · 5m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 2 In this part, we take the major and minor arpeggios and scalar approach from the first part, and put those to use over a chord progression. The progression is Am, G, F, and below you can see the sequence I... Tab
  3. 3 5:57 Lesson · 6m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 3 In the third part of our journey through string-skipping land, we encounter the mighty diminished arpeggios, heard through perhaps every guitar player's amp at some point of their career (let's face it guys... Tab
  4. 4 3:04 Lesson · 3m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 4 Time for tapping! In this example I use the same major and minor patterns found in the very first part, only adding the root and fifth in the right hand to create a tapping arpeggio. You could of course find... Tab
  5. 5 2:24 Lesson · 2m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 5 Diminished tapping arpeggios has the exact same technique as any other tapping arpeggios, with the main difference being that the consistent pattern lends itself very well to position shifting, and sliding up... Tab
  6. 6 3:44 Lesson · 4m String Skipping Arpeggios - Part 6 This final example is the exact same sequence as in Part 5, but with a superimposed shuffle rhythm. The idea is to try to keep that rhythm going whatever you do, or wherever you go on the fretboard. This will... Tab

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