Arpeggios Overview

Arpeggios Overview

This lessons will cover what arpeggios are and why they are useful.

We have learned that a chord is made of several notes played at the same time.

The most common chords are called Triads because they contain three different notes.


Arpeggios Overview

This lessons will cover what arpeggios are and why they are useful.

We have learned that a chord is made of several notes played at the same time.

The most common chords are called Triads because they contain three different notes.

An Arpeggio is a chord in which the notes are played one at a time instead of all at once.

Any pattern in which the notes of a chord are played one at a time is considered an arpeggio.

There is no real limit to the number of patterns that can be formed.

Arpeggios take an otherwise static chord progression and make it interesting.