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Will Landrum has a decent downloadable video course on arpeggios (two parts). It may not be the only source you should ever use but it is a very good place to start. Don't mind the 'sell, sell, sell' look of the website. He actually does a decent job of teaching.

 

"Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar" and "Metal Lead Guitar - Volume Two" by Troy Stetina have sections on sweeping arpeggios.

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The one I got in the 70's was Artful Arpeggio's. Also Ted Greene Chord Chemistry will teach to the art of the chord and so many combinations of the same chord all over the fretboard that arpeggiating becomes second natural.

 

You might want to clarify though...

 

are you really talking about arpeggio's or more like sweep picking?

 

Remember arpeggio's is a musical term and sweep picking is a technique.

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Remember arpeggio's is a musical term and sweep picking is a technique.

 

So true. :) You can even sweep pick scales or just 'pick' arpeggios (e.g.: D'yer Mak'er).

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I highly recommend a book called "Chords, Scales, and Arpeggios for the Guitarist" by Al Politano. It covers the whole nine yards in terms of different patterns. I find it to be a very essential book for jazz guitarists, and its under 10 bucks.

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Mimi Fox : Guitar Arpeggio Studies over Jazz Standards


I think that's the name, but I forget.

 

 

This is what I was going to recommend. I've been working through it lately. So far its been pretty insightful. Instead a big book of patterns/recipes, it breaks it down into excersises. I've been noticing little things like landing on the 5th will make things want to stick around for another measure, or the 3rd wants to change. Its a neat book! I'm not to the first standard yet though. Still drilling the inversions of the 7th, minor 7th, and Maj 7th into my head before I move on.

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The problem with alot of these books is that it shows you fingerings for arpeggios, but very limited applications.. The Mimi Fox book is best of all these guitar books, in that regard....

 

However, if you want to learn to apply these arpeggios in a musical way that is more sophisticated, you may want to buy one of these books....

 

The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine

HowTo Improvise by Hal Crook

A Chromatic Approach to Jazz Harmony & Melody by David Liebman

 

These are three amazing books that will open your mind to MANY varied concepts... arpeggios being only one of them!!

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Playing phrases through the use of arpeggios brings out the tonality of the underlying chord progression (we're not talking "sweep arpeggios" here).

 

The Mark Galbo book presents a very useful approach to using arpeggios. He reviews a particular arp pattern (Am for example) and allows one to practice with a jam track. Then he presents its corresponding mode (Dorian) with jam track, then he presents its corresponding blues scale pattern with jam track which helps a student learn not only the fingering, but also how to flow from arpeggio to modal to blues patterns, opening up doors to more creative phrasing and improv skills, up and down the neck. Highly recommended for any student of the guitar. It certainly has improved my playing by leaps and bounds.

 

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Chord Chemistry FTW.

 

 

Also recieved. Thanks also!

 

 

Gotta love impulse buys. My library continues to grow. I don't want to stray from my current Mimi Fox book, Guitar Arpeggios on Jazz Standards, so I'm continuing on with that. Although I took both new books to work and read through them a couple times and I can't wait to dig in. I have pulled some concepts out of the chord chemistry book though. It's set up to digest small chunks at a time any way.

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