Minor Arpeggio Shape for Bass and Guitar | How to Build and Play Minor Chords One Note at a Time

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If you know your major chord arpeggio but are feeling a little like a one-trick pony, that’s okay! It’s because you only know one kind of chord. In this lesson we are going to bust into the minor chord arpeggio shape for bass and guitar, and all the important highlights that come with it.

🎧LESSON INDEX
0:00 Lesson Intro
0:38 Minor Arpeggio Shape
1:21 Minor Arpeggio: An Origin Story
3:53 Location, Location, Location!
6:24 Using Your New Pattern

💡 LESSON TOPICS
♪ The minor chord is built from the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes from the minor scale
♪ Learn the fingerings first, but then learn what scale degrees you are playing
♪ Even though it's the 3rd note in a minor scale, we still call it a "flat 3," since we always compare our numbers to the major scale
♪ Reminder: this pattern doesn't work when crossing from the G-string to the B-string
♪ Chord tones are just notes in the chord - play chord tones to blend with the music

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🔴 Using and Understanding Scale Degrees for Bass and Guitar | Taking the Mystery Out of Music Theory (0:56)


🔴 4 Easy Scale Patterns on Guitar | Major and Minor Scales with Simple Variations (2:08)


🔴 Building and Understanding Major Chords and Arpeggios for Bass and Guitar (2:48)


📝DOCUMENTS

🔵 Major and Minor Scales - Scale Degrees


🔵 Minor Arpeggio Shape - Fingerings and Degrees


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