Category: Theory

Use this exercise to practice arpeggios in the key of C major across three stings using sweep picking with hammer-ons and pull-offs. (You can also play these same arpeggio patterns on the low E string beginning with Cma7 on the 8th fret.) Sweep Picking Exercise (pdf) The arpeggios in the study are derived from 7th… Continue reading Sweep Picking Exercise for Guitar

For any musician, learning and practicing arpeggios can be an effective way to build technique, and, in the right context, can help to improve your ear and develop your sense of harmony. For the guitarist, arpeggios can also help develop fluency across the fretboard. The Arpeggio Exercise below is based on an embellished and harmonized… Continue reading Arpeggio Exercise for Guitar