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Chapter 2 - The Guitar Modes

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MAJOR ARPEGGIO (IONIAN MODE)

An arpeggio is a set of three or more degrees, played on the guitar one note at a time (like a scale). The most popular arpeggio is the triad arpeggio. It consists of the first, third and fifth degrees of a mode.

There are many ways to play a triad arpeggio on the guitar. The diagram below, contains the arpeggio that best fits the already discussed, Ionian mode. This arpeggio is MAJOR.

This is a major triad arpeggio, for the Ionian mode.

A major arpeggio consists of a 1, 3, and 5.

The tablature contains an "E" major arpeggio in the key of "E" major.

Play the arpeggio just like a scale, one note at a time.

This is the entire major scale in the key of "E" major.

The "E" major arpeggio in the key of "E" major consists of an E, G#, and B.

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