Jack here, jbf music and guitar lessons, back with some more quick guitar tricks for you-
these really handy two note per string minor 7th arpeggios
In this quick guitar tricks we’re looking at how to play those arpeggios on just 2 strings;
very similar to how you can play major 7th arpeggios over 2 strings- more on that with
the little i. The tabs are up on my Patreon.com/jbfmusic,
feel free to skip to which ever part is most relevant to yourself with the chapters below.
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So! By the end of this you should have 4 new shapes and some ideas of how you might want to
try using them. All these examples are in E minor, links to appropriate jam tracks with
the I up there. As a quick side note, the initial shape will work over the E to A,
A to D, D to G, and B to E strings, we’ll need to adjust the shape when going between G
to B- bumping the latter string up by a semitone- but we’ll tackle that in due course!
Ok, to get the theory out of the way, just so we’re all on the same page,
a minor 7th chord has a Root, flat 3rd, 5th and flat 7th; you can find more on intervals with
the I card up there. For E minor- the key I’m gonna base these in, the chord consist of: E,
G, B & D- So basically we want to play these notes over two strings and in a consecutive order.
To keep this more straight forward I’m just gonna move up the E and A strings,
so you can see how these shapes interlock. First up this shape
We’ve got E, G, B, D- what if often called ‘root position’- the root note, E,
being the starting point of the arpeggio. Another way, which I tend to think is more useful, is to
look at the intervals- a fancy pants way of saying the space between the notes. Minor 3rd, 3rd,
minor 3rd. Another way of looking at it is a5th interval here and also here . Where I find this
most useful is for part writing, improvising and jamming- say you’re playing over an E minor chord
And need to build a groove which compliments it, you could do something like this:
Next we’ve got shape 2 : G, B, D, E- so the correct notes but starting on
the 2nd note of the chord; what you’d call ‘first inversion.’ Aptly named,
because it the first inversion of the arpeggio. Again you could look at the intervals- not as
neat as the previous shape; from the G we’ve got- 3rd, 5th, 6th. From the B- b3rd, 4th,
and a 2nd from the D. This one sort of ties in to shape 4, but we’ll touch on that in a minute.
Shape 3 here; B, D, E, G you’d call this second in version,
being the 2nd inversion of the arpeggio. This is a symmetrically shape,
the obvious intervals here are 4ths and b3rds; but there’s also a b6th
and 2nd. A quick idea of why I like this type of interval mapping;
you could decide to ascend using 5ths or 4ths across the strings depending on what’s available:
Cool, and shape 4
As you may have guess this is the 3rd inversion; D, E, G,
B. You’ll also notice the interaval aren’t as need as shape 1 or 3- but!
If you look at shape 2, essentially it’s been flipped round. If we take shape 4,
take it off the fretboard and rotate it 180 degrees we get shape 2. Hmm, this is
where animation skill would have come in handy, eh? Haha, hopefully you can sort of
“see” it for yourself though! If you like the idea of blazing through these sorts of shape,
you might want to check out that Mateus Asto 2 note per string pentatonic runs video up there.
Ok final stretch, good going if you’re still here and a shout out to the lick squad elite-
you guys rock! Things get a wee bit haiyr when playing
the G and B string as I mention at the start, so here’s the shape for those:
Shape 1 becomes so you’ll
find you might use these in different ways, because of being a bit more of a stretch- on that
note for some wider 3 note per string pentatonic ideas, check out the tutorial with the little i.
Shape 2, we started on a G so, let’s start on this G on the 12th fret and we’ve got
If unlike me you really like using you’re little finger,
I’d bet there are a good whack of cool ideas to be had here!
Shape 3 , starting on a B, so picking this B on the G string we get
Probably the most finger friendly shaper variation yet! And shape 4 , which began on a D,
so using this D on the G string and remember, you can use slides, legato, bends, whatever!
Even just running up the shape can sound quite cool:
And the licks form the intro:
as a side note this is the sort of lick where I’d use often an out note; from a semi tone below;
a trick I stole from Mr Marty Friedman- more on that with the little i. So on the last
note, hammering the 8th fret instead of the 9th and bending it to pitch lick2 and lick 3
If you want more 2 note per string arpeggios, check out that video. This has been quick guitar
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