Arpeggios are broken apart Chords, the Notes are Picked one by one rather the strumming them as you would playing a regular Chord.
They are the Colorful parts of the Chord.
An example of an Arpeggio is, picture this:
G maj Chord - Which is G B and D - With Octaves added
the beginnings of the Arpeggio would be the G B and D Notes.
Example
-------3------G-------
-------0------B-------
-------0------G-------
-------0------D-------
-------2------B-------
-------3------G-------
So then the Arpeggio would be:
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-----------------5-----
-----3-----7----------
G B D
Now, Let's Get Started
C Major
--------------------------------------------------------15--
----------------------------------------------13---17------
----------------------------------12------------------------
-----------------------10---15-----------------------------
------------10----------------------------------------------
---8---12--------------------------------------------------
D Minor
---------------------------------------------------------17--
----------------------------------------------15---18-------
----------------------------------14------------------------
-----------------------12---15-----------------------------
--------------12--------------------------------------------
---10---13-------------------------------------------------
E Minor
--------------------------------------------------------19--
---------------------------------------------17---20-------
----------------------------------16------------------------
-----------------------14---17-----------------------------
--------------14--------------------------------------------
---12---15-------------------------------------------------
F Major
--------------------------------------------------------8---
---------------------------------------------6----10-------
----------------------------------5-------------------------
-----------------------3----7------------------------------
--------------3--------------------------------------------
---1----5--------------------------------------------------
G Major
-------------------------------------------------------10---
---------------------------------------------8----12-------
----------------------------------7-------------------------
-----------------------5----9------------------------------
--------------5--------------------------------------------
---3----7--------------------------------------------------
A Minor
-------------------------------------------------------12---
--------------------------------------------10----13-------
----------------------------------9-------------------------
-----------------------7----10-----------------------------
--------------7--------------------------------------------
---5----8--------------------------------------------------
B Diminished
-------------------------------------------------------13--
--------------------------------------------12----15------
----------------------------------10-----------------------
-----------------------9----12-----------------------------
--------------8--------------------------------------------
---7----10------------------------------------------------
Arpeggios in the Key of G - On one String
G Major
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-----0-----4-----7-----
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A Minor
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-----2-----5-----9-----
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B Minor
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-----4-----7-----11----
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C Major
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-----5-----9-----12----
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D Major
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----7-----10-----14---
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E Minor
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----9-----12-----16---
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F# Diminished
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---10-----14-----17---
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Examples of other Apreggios
Example #1:
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--------------------9---------------------2----------2----
--------------10---------------------3---------------2----
---8----12----------------1----5--------------------0----
Example #2:
------------------------------------------------2----------
-------------------------------------------3---------------
----------------------------------4------------------------
-----------------------4----5------------------------------
----------2----5-------------------------------------------
-----3-----------------------------------------------------
----3----2------------------------------------------------
---------------3------------------------------------------
------------------------4---------------------------------
-----------------------------5----4-----------------------
-------------------------------------------5----2---------
-----------------------------------------------------------
Example #3:
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---------------------------5-----
-------------------9-------------
------------7--------------------
-----5---------------------------
Building Arpeggios are fun and easy
Just use the Chord Formula located in the Building Chords section.
Example #1:
Major Chord = 1 3 5
C D E F G A B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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-----------------5---
-----3-----7---------
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C E G
Example #2:
*You can add other Notes to it as well*
- Try adding a 7th
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------------------4--
-------------5-------
---3----7------------
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Or an Octave
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------------------5--
-------------5-------
---3----7------------
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Experiment Often!!!
-More to Come-
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