These ideas will really add some spice to your playing.
The Guitar Player's Resource
While a chord is defined as a group of notes that are played together at the same time, an arpeggio, or a "broken chord," means a chord in which the notes are sounded individually, one after another.
Here are some great columns to help you master this essential technique.
These ideas will really add some spice to your playing.
How to avoid "wrong notes" on your way to creating interesting, improvised lines.
Use the entire neck of your axe with these three octave ideas.
Paul Kleff shows you how to create interesting phrases using basic arpeggio shapes.
Very cool and unique runs that can add that missing edge in your soloing.
Adapting legato technique to the ubiquitous arpeggio.
The alternate picking of arpeggios can be a very tough technique to master - here`s a unique way to approach the problem.
Scott Allen begins his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful seventh chord arpeggios.
Scott Allen continues his tour of arpeggio-land with beautiful ninth chord arpeggios.
Just when you thought all arpeggio topics had been covered, Mike`s back with triad arpeggio practice ideas.
A different perspective on the pentatonic scale using arpeggios.
Mike gets a little more detailed here, building on his previous sweeping columns.