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#92 - 5 Amazing Arpeggio Exercises!

Added 2020-06-19 12:00:05 +0000 UTC

Time for some killer arpeggio workouts! Here are 5 cool exercises for your routine - alternate picking, sweep picking and fingerpicking included :)

These arpeggios are all augmented, yet another topic from your wishlist for this month. Augmented arpeggios have a really cool dissonant and suspenseful sound, here we have a major third and an augmented fifth! So we can always compare augmented triads to major triads (just raise/augment the fifth), just as we are comparing diminished triads to minor triads (there you have to lower/flatten the fifth).

Let me know if you like the augmented sound, we can dive deeper into the use of this color in another lesson :)

A quick summary of the practice goals:

Exercise 1: Alternate picking with string skipping - master the transitions between the strings without getting stuck! The picking angle is of great importance here once again.

Exercise 2: By grouping 2 16th notes BUT starting with just one accented 16th note, we get a really cool syncopated pattern. This one is harder than it looks since your brain wants even groups of 2 across both measures - but you will be rewarded with more original phrasing ideas!

Exercise 3: Sweep picking! For this exercise, you are sweeping up- and down a common augmented arpeggio, memorize this one for practical applications in the future!

Exercise 4: Finger- or hybrid picking and odd-meters (7/8). With this one, you are practicing your timing and it's also a great finger exercise due to the odd moving intervals.

Exercise 5: Sweep picking once again! This is another cool shape that you can use for your compositions.