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Triplet Arpeggios Guitar Lesson

Pull-off triplet arpeggios can be used to play extremely impressive-sounding licks. Usually played on the top two strings of the guitar, pull-off arpeggios require good left-right hand coordination. However, once this simple technique has been mastered, arpeggio shapes can be joined together to create long, virtuosic-sounding lines.

This lesson shows you how to play pull-off triplet arpeggios, with shapes for major and minor arpeggios. At the end of the lesson is an example piece that you can impress your friends with!

Minor Arpeggios Shapes And Licks

Minor Arpeggios

In a previous lesson we took a brief look at lead guitar arpeggios. Arpeggios are very effective in lead guitar lines as they break up scale-based passages and add interest and variety to solos. This lesson will focus on minor arpeggios.

Arpeggios can be used in lead guitar solos in any kind of music. Rock and metal guitarists use arpeggios all the time, as do jazz guitarists. Even a blues guitar solo can be spiced up with some arpeggio licks. Example arpeggio-based blues licks are provided further down the page.

We'll also demonstrate how sweep picking can be used to play arpeggios in lead guitar lines.

Using 3 note per string scales rather than standard scale shapes can help improve your speed and fluency. By learning scales with 3 notes per string you can also improve your fretboard knowledge and bring new sounds to your lead playing.

Major Guitar Arpeggios Shape — Major Guitar Arpeggio Shape

If your lead guitar playing is based solely around scales, then you might be missing out on some great sounds that will add interest and originality to your solos. By incorporating guitar arpeggios into your improvisation you will have a means of creating melodic lines that are guaranteed to fit over the chord sequence that you are following.

How to play Happy Birthday on guitar is a common request. It's a good song to have in your repertoire, and you never know when you'll be asked to play it!

Luckily, it's also a very easy song to play, as it features basic chords and a melody that can be played in open position.

Below you'll find Happy Birthday chords and tab. All you need is a guitar!

At the bottom of this page you can download a printable copy of Happy Birthday in F and in G.

A selection of free guitar backing tracks from our backing tracks album range. Use these tracks to practice your lead guitar improvisation. Scale suggestions have been provided, but feel free to experiment with other scales. We are continually adding new tracks to this page, so be sure to bookmark this page and visit again soon. …

Bebop Licks

Bebop licks for guitar, presented in notation and TAB. These licks are based on the dominant form of the bebop scale. The dominant bebop scale is basically a mixolydian scale with an extra passing note inserted between the root and the b7. For example, a G dominant bebop scale contains the notes: G, A, B, …

How To Play Jazz Guitar

Thinking of learning how to play jazz guitar? Get off to the right start with this concise guide that features all of the key concepts in jazz guitar playing. We tell you how playing jazz differs from playing rock and blues. We’ll also share information on jazz guitar playing techniques, jazz standards, comping, substitutions, ii …

Beginning Guitar Part 5 : Guitar Amplifiers & Guitar Effects

The electric guitar is a very versatile instrument; by using the guitar’s own controls, the controls on the amplifier and separate electronic effects, the player can create a large variety of sounds. [ad name=”Google Adsense Lge Rec”] Electric Guitar Sound Electric guitars, when plugged straight into an amplifier without any effects, produce a sound that …

Beginning Guitar Part 4 : Guitar Music Notation

Part 4 of our Beginning Guitar series looks at guitar notation and the differences between the different systems. Guitar Music Notation Many great guitarists do not read music of any type, relying on their ears and improvisation skills to produce their music. However, it’s a very useful ability to have, and most guitarists can follow …