April 2024

Arpeggios can be used for melodies, solos and riffs to create a more harmonized sound when played with their corresponding chord.

Arpeggios use the same notes from a chord voicing. Here’s a review of how chords are made: the most basic chord forms are referred to as triads. A triad consists of 3 notes from a scale: the first (root), the third, and the fifth note of the scale. Minor triads use the flat third note of the scale.

These same three notes are used and repeated throughout the fretboard when playing major or minor arpeggios.

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The notes used in the F major scale are: F (1st or root), G (2nd), A (3rd), B♭ (4th), C (5th), D (6th), and E (7th).

F Major Scale Guitar Tabs

D|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------0--2--3--2--0-----------------|
G|--------2--3--5-----------------5--3--2--------|
D|--3--5-----------------------------------5--3--|

D|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------0--2--3--2--0-----------------|
G|-----0--2--3--5-----------------5--3--2--0-----|
D|--3-----------------------------------------3--|

D|--------------------2--3--2--------------------|
B|--------------1--3-----------3--1--------------|
G|-----0--2--3-----------------------3--2--0-----|
D|--3-----------------------------------------3--|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------5--6--5--------------------|
G|-----------3--5--7-----------7--5--3-----------|
D|--3--5--7-----------------------------7--5--3--|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|

Notes used in the G Major Scale

Using the notes of the G Major Scale, and starting on the A note, or the second note, the dorian mode is formed, in this case A Dorian (A, B, C, D, E, F#, G).

The Scale Modes

Ionian Mode – same as the Major Scale, starting on the first (root) note .

Dorian Mode – starting on the second note.

Phrygian Mode – starting on the third note.

Lydian Mode – starting on the fourth note.

Mixolydian Mode – starting on the fifth note.

Aeolian Mode – starting on the sixth note.

Locrian Mode – starting on the seventh note.