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In this video, we're going to focus on arpeggios--
how to create arpeggios, what types of arpeggios you're going to be playing,
and how they work, and why they work, and why you need them,
and how much fun music you can play with them.
So the first thing we're going to talk about is the idea of an interval.
An interval is the distance between two notes.
The smallest interval in Western music is a half step.
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Next, we have a whole step.
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Another name for a half step is a minor second.
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And another name for a whole step is a major second.
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With triads, we're going to be dealing with thirds.
A minor third, which is three half steps, [PLAYS GUITAR]
and a major third, which is four half steps or two whole steps.
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You're probably thinking that's kind of a big stretch, and it is.
So we're going to be playing these thirds on adjacent strings.
If you're playing on the E and A strings, the A and D strings, or the D
and G strings, or the B and E strings, a minor third is going to look like this.
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I'm skipping the G and B strings because they're tuned differently,
so it's going to look different.
So a minor third on the G and B strings is going to look like this.
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Quick review.
Minors third, [PLAYS GUITAR] minor third, [PLAYS GUITAR] minor third,
[PLAYS GUITAR] minor third, [PLAYS GUITAR] minor third.
You'll notice that I was talking about two strings at the same time.
And we can call those strings sets.
So this is one string set, [PLAYS GUITAR] another string set,
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set, another string set [PLAYS GUITAR].
Those were all minor thirds on different string sets.
You'll notice that most of them look the same except for the string
set that involved the G and B strings.
Because of the way the guitar is tuned, they're going to look different.
So now we're going to switch to major thirds.
This is a minor third.
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Or [PLAYS GUITAR] this is a major third.
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Next string set, [PLAYS GUITAR] next string set [PLAYS GUITAR]..
Next string set looks different because it's G to B. [PLAYS GUITAR]
And then the final one.
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We'll be playing arpeggios that use major and minor thirds.
There's four types of arpeggios we'll be playing--
major, minor, augmented, and diminished.
When we play these arpeggios, we're going to use three strings at a time.
So the first string set is going to be the sixth, fifth,
and fourth strings, these three.
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The next string set will be the fifth, fourth, and third strings.
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The next string set will be the fourth, third, and second.
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And the final string set will be the third, second, and first strings.
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The difference between a cord and an arpeggio is with an arpeggio,
you play one note at a time.
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And with a chord, you play all the notes together.
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But we'll be focusing on arpeggios.
Arpeggios are really important.
You find them in recordings.
You use them for improvising.
You use them as a solo guitarist backing up a singer-songwriter.
Or if there's multiple guitar players in a band, one of you
might be playing arpeggios while somebody else is playing chords.
It adds a nice texture to any song, and it
helps you learn how to get around the fretboard.