Getting Started With...Arpeggios

Take your chord playing to the next level with this creative playing technique. TG shows you how…

“What is an arpeggio? It sounds like some kind of esoteric specialist technique…”

Despite the technical name arpeggios are a really simple concept, provided you know a handful of chords. The idea is that instead of strumming a chord you play it one note at a time. The technique is used in all styles of guitar music, from classical and folk to rock and metal. So it doesn’t matter what you’re into – arpeggios are essential learning.

“It sounds simple enough. Can you recommend some songs that use arpeggios so I can hear how they sound?”