I can’t express my gratitude enough for your excellent skills in patient, simple tutorials and FANTASTIC GRAPHIC ARTS! Other tutorials have offered the same truths yet you took the time to make a visual aide. I am a visual learner so I can take a snap shot of your visuals and store them for a refresher when I need a reminder. I am 67 years old and only in the last two months have I learned to play the guitar to a level that pleases my ear and heart. I have been trying since age 15! Yet you are the only one that has helped me sound better than an 8 year old. Thanks again for taking the time to “teach an old dog new tricks”.
You are a great teacher your graphics are beautiful and easy to read I have learned so much from watching your program I have seen thousands of videos yours is number one
I would combine the triad shapes with the perspective that extended chords (like 7s) are adding thirds above the base triad. Example: a major triad (C E G) has a major third (C E) below a minor third (E G). Cmaj7 (C E G B) adds a major third on top (G B). Changing the higher interval to a minor third (C E G Bb) would create a dominant chord C7. So I'm combining intervals to create a huge variety of chords. For the arpeggios in this video there are only two intervals: major and minor thirds. Memorize finding M3 or m3 on the same string or adjacent string. Mix and match for major, minor, diminished, augmented, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, or 13ths.
Yes that's a good idea of course. I did this those things in separate videos: Building Chords part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ALqBpTJrCsQ.html Building Chords part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uqbl-L3ydXA.html Modal Arpeggios Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4pbnBtkkwrU.html Modal Arpeggios Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ze1Bz8wmaVM.html
I am not sure which direction to go in. I feel like I should learn chords but to play what ? I know the major and minor arpeggios and I’m getting them under my fingers up and down the neck. This memorization I feel has to be total. The chord charts are massive as you know and I confess I don’t even like jazz or want to play it. My fingerpicking is fairly strong. Your videos are next level lol. The difference is quite obvious, I’m glad the algorithm finally brought you to my feed . I’m scanning your library today . Thank you.
Jaw droped how simple and elegant your explanetion is. Without knowing all this years I have been using few of this shapes without understanding what I was doing but now thanks to your video it's like a blanket was taken off my eyes. Thank you !
Thanks a lot man - woah. I been trying to memorize all the major arpeggios by memory. In the major key. Your ascending pattern made it all click. easy mode
Top quality content here, easy to follow, super clear explanation. What you get that others don't that many people need visual representation of the subject as you talking thru it. You absolutely nailed it.
These lessons are alway A💯. Solid teaching. My music has gained so much in a very short period of time because of these excellent tutorials. Thank you so much 👍🎸
Very helpful &innovative style,easy to understand & never think that erpeggio can play like this..Thank you so much.Waiting for your's next lesson.thanks again
I like how by starting on the 7th note (for the arpeggio progression) rather than starting on the root you made a two-string repeatable pattern which requires less of a stretch between fingers. If you start the two-string arpeggio pattern on the root instead, then for some of these arpeggio shapes yo have to span 5 frets which is a bit of a stretch particularly if you're on the low frets. Great idea!
Hi Thanks for all the tutoriels. Cristal clean, understandable ans very well made. Theory is greatly explained ans the illustrations are just what is needed. Great thanks for the job, hope everyone will benefit of it.
I like the explanation of the different kinds of 4 note arpeggios. But, playing a shape across two strings is difficult because of the stretch. IMHO, the 4 note shapes are just as easy to remember if played across 3 strings, and the stretch is much less. Using the shape given In the video, that would put with the 5th as the only note on the 3rd, or highest string. Also, within 12 frets, the root occurs 5 times, not 3. I realize this is a starting point for many guitar players, but playing an arpeggio from the same starting note as the lowest tone, like the 7th, is pretty limiting. All that said, I’ve found the best exercise is to learn first 7R35, then learn each inversion, e.g. R357, 357R, 57R3
You got a point there. But it's just (like you said) a starting point. A easy way to start of with 7 arpeggios for quick runs. It's just part of all the other (and in many cases better) ways to play arpeggios.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that at 7:46 the graphic showing Cm7b5 and Cdim7 has the two reversed. I did not read all the earlier comments, so maybe this has already been pointed out.
Thank you Rob ! Been watching and re-watching your Dreamy Lydian, Pentatonic Q n E and your Superimposing vids .. PLUS writint notes ! Your videos are sooo good. You should do a quick vid on your studio and gear ! I’m sure lots would love to see it/them. Thx again Rob !
Love theses ! I figured out how to play the minor and major arpegios this same way, with repeating patterns ! The good stuff with these patterns is they are still applicable on 8 string guitars ! Thank you so much for extending to 7ths chords !
This is very clear teaching, thank you. But... what you've shown us is not one shape for all guitar arpeggios, but five shapes for just the 7th chords. The only magic here is the cheek that you show with your video title!
"And yes you should learn them at some point of your......... Life." Just in time to stop my brain from short circuiting thinking about minor 7th flat 5 chords and diminished arpeggios! Whew!
Thank you so much for this, I never thought about it until I saw your video. I like this 2 strings shape for reason that it give us consistent shape across every 2 strings.
This is a good system for playing seventh chords (works even better on the bass) but it is worth mentioning that these are all 'drop 2' chords, starting from the seventh in the bass, and that a 'normal' seventh arpeggio still starts from the root note.
Hi Daniel. The fingering for starting on the 5th string is a little less convenient. Best thing to project the same principle pointed out in the video on the 5th string root notes. It's still easy to work with, although starting on the 6th string makes it easier...
Great video and I love all the clear diagrams that you put on the screen. I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen one of your videos and I’m definitely going to subscribe. It would be cool if you could do follow up videos where you go back to this but instead of using this pattern you do the other variations or at least one per video so that when the diagrams come up on the screen it will show you a new way to do the arpeggio besides this way. I know this is the easiest way but it would be awesome to like get this down and then once you have this one down you can click on part two and you can watch that video to learn the other way you can do it. Thanks
