Everything You Need To Know About Major Triad Arpeggios

Hey all!

I hope the world is being kind to you. Today I wanted to do a quick write up on major triad arpeggios and how to systematically learn them across the neck!

The long and short of it is that a major triad consists of the Root, the major third (a note 2 whole steps above the root), and the perfect fifth (a note a half step and a whole step above the major third). In the key of G major that would give us the notes G, B and D. As with any scale or arpeggio, there will be 5 positions we can play the arpeggio in across the neck, you can find those positions on the photo attached to this post.

As with all of my diagrams, each position contains one hollow note. This is the note that you start and end on. It also happens to be the root! This way no matter what position you are playing in, you will always hear the notes in their proper context. Furthermore, you can move the shapes around to different keys by orienting the shapes around a different starting/ending point!

 

I have recorded a youtube video walking you through the process so feel free to take a look at that here

 

Happy practicing,

Matt

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