Cascading Arpeggio 12 Bar Blues (a two part exercise)

Following on from yesterday’s exploration of arpeggios, here is a fun practice that sounds cool too. Part one starts with a (sort of) 12 bar blues chord progression formed around the A Minor Pentatonic Scale. The exercise is in triple time so make sure to count, tap or say – 1,2,3 | 1,2,3 –  whilst [...]

Arpeggios – Ascending and Descending Triads In G

Today I present to you a classic exercise that I give to my grade 4 guitar students. It is a simple exercise that explores the D, A and Low E strings from the second fret right up to the seventeenth fret. It helps with your technique, engages your musical ear and can lead to some [...]