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Chapter 3 - Song Writing

guitar lesson 3
SONG WRITING (Part 3)

Another possibility for expanding the twelve bar progression, is to add arpeggios. One way to add an arpeggio, is to play an arpeggio that matches the chord.

This is the basic twelve bar progression in "E" major with arpeggio fillers.

 

Notice that some arpeggios are shorter than others. This is because of the timing that it takes, to play each arpeggio. Notice that in the first measure, the "E" major arpeggio contains 16 notes. That is equal to four sets of four notes. This works fine after playing the "E" chord four times. The same format applies to the "A" chord. The arpeggio after the "A" chord contains eight notes or two sets of four note. This works fine, with the playing of two "A" chords. The same format applies for the rest of the progression. Try to keep everything counted evenly.

Here are the arpeggios, that are used, in the diagram above.

This is the entire "E" major scale.

 

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