Everything You Need To Know About Minor Triad Arpeggios

Hey all!

I hope the world is being kind to you. Today I wanted to do a quick write up on minor triad arpeggios (a perfect companion to last weeks major triads) and how to systematically learn them across the neck!

The long and short of it is that a minor triad consists of the Root, the minor third (a note a whole step and a half step above the root), and the perfect fifth (a note two whole steps above the minor third). In the key of G minor that would give us the notes G, Bb 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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