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Chapter 6 - Minor Chords and Arpeggios

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DIMINISHED ARPEGGIO

The DIMINISHED triad belongs to the MINOR arpeggio group (in some cases it belongs to the dominant group). The formula consists of a first, a FLAT third, and a FLAT fifth degree (1, b3, b5). The diagram below contains all notes of the diminished arpeggio, across the entire major scale. All three degrees are of importance here. The 7th, degree mode, relates to this arpeggio.

This is the entire fretboard pattern, for the diminished arpeggio (1, b3, b5).

A diminished is only obtainable by using all three degrees (1, b3, b5).

There are many ways to play a diminished arpeggio. The diagram below contains five examples. These arpeggios are in order, in accordance to root position, up and down the neck of the guitar.

These are five possible examples of a diminished arpeggio.

Remember that the first degree in these arpeggio patterns, indicates the name of the arpeggio. If the first degree is on an "F" note, then the arpeggio is an "F" arpeggio. In this case, it is an "F" diminished arpeggio (Fdim).

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