Arpeggios

Arpeggios are the notes of a chord played one note at a time. You can use arpeggios for your improvisation technique.
Another advantage of learning arpeggios is that you understand better how a chord is built up.
For example if you use the chord A minor in a song you use the notes A C E because the formula is the 1st 3rd(lowered 1/2 a step) and 5th tone.
An arpeggio of Am will be like this on the 5th position:

TAB

|——————————-5——–5——————————————————-
|————————–5—————-5—————————————————-
|———————-5———————–5———————————————–
|——————7——————————7——————————————–
|————7—————————————7—————————————–
|——5—8———————————————8—5———————————

Steve Vai is a master in handling arpeggios. In the film Crossroads Steve Vai and Ry Cooder are doing some wonderful shredding licks known as Eugene´s trick bag. You can check the tab to practise for yourself. Use a metronome to built up speed gradually because it´s a hard piece of work. Try to find out the Chords Steve Vai and Ry Cooder are using.
Have fun!

TAB

trick1
trick2
trick3
trick4
trick5
trick6

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