An arpeggio is basically playing a chord one note at a time instead of strumming all the notes at once. In this short lesson we will show you have to play the three basic major arpeggio forms using all 6 strings. Each pattern that we represent is also movable across the guitars fretboard just like bar chords. practice each form using alternate picking starting with a down stroke then up stroke and so on.
C Major Arpeggio from (Root Position)
or played from the 1 or Root (Tonic)
E--------3-------------------------
B-----------------5----------------
G-----------------5----------------
D-----------------5----------------
A--------------------------7-------
E------------------------------8---
C Major Arpeggio from (1st inversion)
or played from the third which is (E)
E-------------8--------------------
B-------------8--------------------
G-----------------9----------------
D----------------------10----------
A----------------------10----------
E------------------------------12--
C Major Arpeggio from the (2nd Inversion)
or played from the fifth which is (G)
E-----------------12----------------
B---------------------13------------
G-----------------12----------------
D-------------------------14--------
A------------------------------15---
E------------------------------15---
