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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.

Jazz 7th Guitar Chord

This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant seventh chord shape. It is often used by jazz guitarists, but it is not so well known among rock and acoustic guitarists. Practice using this chord with the example chord progression provided.

Jazz 7th Guitar Chord Shape

Best Blues Guitar Albums

Before there was R&B and Rock and Roll, there was the Blues. From seeds planted by the hymns and work songs of field workers, the American South’s Mississippi Delta gave birth to the first truly American musical form. In this article, Guitar Command attempts to list the best blues guitar albums ever made. Read on to find which albums we chose …

Sixth Chord Guitar Diagram — Sixth Chord Movable Shape

This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a sixth chord (also called 6, added sixth, add6 or major 6).

This is a pleasant-sounding chord that is often used as a substitution for a major chord.

Read on to find out how the 6 chord is constructed and how to play it. Then, try it out in an example chord progression…

Dominant 9th Guitar Chord Diagram Root On 5th String

This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant 9th shape with the root note on the fifth string. Find out how to play this chord, then use it in a sample progression.

This is one of, if not the most common ways of playing a dominant 9th, or ‘9’ guitar chord. It can take a bit of getting used to at first, but in actual fact it is quite a simple chord to play. This 9th shape is very popular with jazz guitarists.

In the eighth and final part of Guitar Command’s ‘Learn Guitar In Two Months‘ series of lessons, we look at two techniques that you can use to create your own easy guitar riffs.

Power chords and arpeggios are both widely-used techniques that can be used to create guitar parts for songs.

In this lesson we’ve provide a basic introduction to each technique. This will allow you to experiment with power chords and arpeggios in your own music.

Guitar bar chords (also called ‘barre chords’) allow you to play chords all over the guitar neck. This means that you are not limited to playing solely in open position. Lesson 7 in Guitar Command’s ‘Learn To Play Guitar In Two Months‘ series introduces easy barre chords that can be played at different positions on the guitar neck.

Blues & Beyond Quartet Echec Et Malt review

Echec Et Malt is the second album by France’s Blues And Beyond Quartet. Formed in 2010, the quartet comprises guitarist Yannick Robert, harmonica player Sébastien Charlier, drummer Yohann Schmidt and bassist Dominique Di Piazza. All four are well-respected in their fields and as you would expect the standard of musicianship on display is high.

Guitar Gifts

Find the perfect stocking filler for the guitarist in your life (or for yourself) with our list of 10 of the best guitar gifts. From retro guitar straps to hi-tech loop pedals, we have a gift idea for every budget.

Having a pick slip out of your hand during a performance is highly embarrassing. Even if you manage to keep hold of it you usually have to stop playing to readjust your grip.

It’s something that seems to happen during the most important gigs or towards the end of an otherwise perfect take in the studio.

The Pick Bag is a simple invention to prevent this from happening. In this review, we test its effectiveness…