Every Arpeggio in the Known Universe

Jens Larsen
1 min readJul 23, 2018

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Are you an Arpeggio master? Do you know all the different types of arpeggios and how to use them in your playing? The Arpeggio is a very important tool when it comes to jazz and jazz guitar.

Demonstrating arpeggios in a musical context

This video is going over a lot of different types of arpeggios. Showing how you might using them in different licks. Applying the arpeggios in a musical context is a much stronger way to apply them in my opinion.

Table of Contents

0:00 Intro — Are you an arpeggio master?

0:22 Did I miss one? 0:43 Example 1 — Basic Arpeggios

1:14 Example 2 — Diatonic arpeggios and the “from the 3rd rule”

2:05 Example 3 — Harmonic minor?

3:24 Example 4 — Not always 4 notes and a little Melodic minor

4:16 The triads we forget to check out

4:34 Example 5 — Not always 3rd based

5:41 Example 6 — Larger intervals like the Police!

6:45 The Magic Arpeggio!

7:38 Example 7 — Three notes but not a triad

8:42 Another great sound from Melodic minor

9:22 What did I forget?

9:35 Like this video? Check out my Patreon Page.

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Jens Larsen
Jens Larsen

Written by Jens Larsen

Jazz Guitarist/Composer - Guitarist in Træben -Jazz Video Lesson on YouTube - Ibanez and QSC artist