Arpeggios are the easiest way to sound melodic. That is because arpeggios are highlighting the notes of a given chord. In this lesson, we'll study a piece written in the key of A Major that will use some arpeggio type ideas.
I tried in the following examples to create 4 note arpeggios using the Root, 3rd, 5th and 7th. I sometimes decided to add the 2nd for extra flavor. It's very important when playing with arpeggios to be comfortable with the different intervals of a given scale. These intervals will tell you what type of chord to build your arpeggio over.
Here is the constitution of a Major scale:
Root-Maj2nd-Maj3rd-4th-5th-Maj6th-Maj7th
From these intervals, we can determine the following chords built on each degree of an A Major scale:
A Maj7th
B min7
C# min7
D Maj7
E 7
F# min7
G# min7b5
Study seriously and have fun!
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