The arpeggio sequences in this lesson will surely help you to creatively incorporate arpeggios into your guitar personality. The first is composed of triplets that make up a G Maj Arpeggio. The second exercise is the next logical step beyond the first exercise, using ascending and descending quadruplets. The last exercise shows how to combine arpeggios within a given key such that you make full use of the fretboard. This is similar to the philosophy I have regarding scales and modes - the bottom line is that you want to be comfortable playing at any point on the fretboard. This one will take a while to nail down up to speed but persevere and you will get there!

In the Diatonic Scale Sequences and Patterns lesson, I showed you how to play a scale as a sequence of triplets. We can do the same exact thing with an arpeggio. In this case it is a C Major triad. So we start at C, play the next 2 notes in the triad (E, and G). Then we go back to the E, and play the next 2 up from that (G and C), and so on.

Here is the same C Major triad arpeggio shape that we used in the Triad Arpeggios lesson.

This exercise involves a lot of finger motion. Just as you finish a sweep, you are going back to start another one. So as always, strive for accuracy here.

In the previous exercise, we played a C Major triad arpeggio as triplets. This time, we play the same arpeggio as quadruplets. We start at C, play the next 3 notes in the triad (E, G, C). Then we go back to the E, and play the next 3 up from that (G, C, E), and so on.

Once again - the C Major triad arpeggio shape that we used in the Triad Arpeggios lesson.

This exercise involves a lot of finger motion just like the previous one. Make sure all the notes in each quadruplet are sounding.

In this exercise, you play a triad arpeggio sequence that takes you across the entire fretboard. The exercise is in the key of G. Basically, what is happening here, is that we are starting at D, and playing all the triad arpeggios in the that key. This exercise will help you learn to use arpeggios, just like any other technique, while staying in key. And like many other exercises on this site, you learn to stay in key throughout the entire fretboard.

This is a very difficult exercise to play up to speed. It takes a tremendous amount of coordination to go from start to end without screwing something up. Believe me - I screw it up all the time!! So don't be too hard on yourself with this one.