G Major & Minor Arpeggio Shapes is a free guitar lesson by Jody Worrell that will teach how to play a G Major and a G Minor arpeggio. An arpeggio is when you the play the notes of a chord in succession. This provides an alternate set of notes to use for soloing instead of playing scales. To get better at playing arpeggios, check out Jody's Major and Minor Arpeggio Exercises premium lesson.
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Major and Minor Arpeggio Exercises by Jody Worrell is a downloadable Quicktime video lesson that will teach you some exercises using arpeggio patterns. These drills will help you play arpeggios better as well as improve your overall left and right hand technique. These exercises make a great addition to any guitarist's practice routine. The download includes a .pdf with the tab for each of these exercises.

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