Guitar Lessons - Soloing With Arpeggios - Essential Guide

Next, we take a look at extending the harmony and implying the tonality of other chords by applying arpeggio substitution.

Now we’re going to look at some exciting 2-note-per-string arpeggios, covering 3 octaves. The first shape we’re going to learn is the major 7. Bobby also shows us some lick variations enabling us to spice up this concept when appying it to our solos.

Continuing with our 2-note-per-string, 3 octave arpeggios, we learn the minor 7 shape and look at some great intervallic runs and harmony ideas.

Continuing with our 2-note-per-string, 3 octave arpeggios, we now learn the dominant 7 and minor 7 flat 5 shapes. We then link these arpeggios together diatonically. We’re using the parent key of C for the examples in this video, but since we are working with movable shapes, they can of course be played in all 12 keys.

In this video, we learn some great, intervallic string skipping arpeggios. Bobby shows us the major 7, minor 7, dominant 7 and minor 7 flat 5 shapes and demonstrates them covering the entire fretboard using the parent key of C. Once again, these are movable shapes, so, providing you’re familiar with your root notes, it’s possible to play them diatonically in all 12 keys.

Continuing with our string-skipping approach, we’re now going to learn a cool triplet run, enabling us to get even more milage from our arpeggios.

In this lesson, we look at some very tasteful, mini sweep arpeggios. Players such as David Gilmour use similar licks to great effect.

Before we learn our solo, it’s important that we take a slight diversion from arpeggios and learn the funky rhythm guitar part from our backing track. Bobby breaks this down in depth, demonstrating some valuable rhythm guitar tips along the way.

Don't forget to download our backing track. We named it "Lenny", because it reminded us of a track from Lenny Kravitz's 5th album!

Before we learn our solo, it’s important that we take a slight diversion from arpeggios and learn the funky rhythm guitar part from our backing track. Bobby breaks this down in depth, demonstrating some valuable rhythm guitar tips along the way.

Before we learn our solo, it’s important that we take a slight diversion from arpeggios and learn the funky rhythm guitar part from our backing track. Bobby breaks this down in depth, demonstrating some valuable rhythm guitar tips along the way.

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

Don't forget to download our backing track. We named it "Lenny", because it reminded us of a track from Lenny Kravitz's 5th album!

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

Now it’s time to learn the solo Bobby played on our introduction video. As well as breaking things down note-for-note, Bobby goes into great depth here, explaining the theory behind the solo and demonstrating how to imply and locate chord tones when soloing. You’ll recognise some familiar shapes here, as well as learning some new and exciting licks.

We conclude this comprehensive series of lessons by learning the last part of the solo Bobby played on our introduction video, followed by a summary of everything we’ve covered so far and some practice tips. Have fun experimenting with arpeggios!