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Arpeggios?

#4
Huh, I've never seen arpeggios like that...
are any of those full, straight-forward arpeggios? Beacuse I recognize a lot of them as a particular arpeggio with a fourth instead of a seventh or something along those lines.
 
#9
the very first arpeggio laid out in the tab above, if tuned to standard contains a sharp third (F) rather than the stardard third (E), and since the 5th is the lowest note (G), it's the 2nd inversion of the C chord. It would be spelled G-C-F-C. The 2nd arpeggio is a C-major chord (C-E-G-C), but the 3rd is A-D-G-C.

I didn't go on. I wouldn't use that tab as my arpeggio builder.

As stated, an arpeggio is a chord spelled one note at a time. This is common in bass, so you should get to know the root-3-5, R-3-5-b7, R-b3-5-b7, R-b3-5-7, R-3-5-7 at the least. Then you can start using passing tones dependant on the type of music you play. In blues, for instance, you may use some passing 2's and 6's to enhance your bass lines.

For soloing, you should learn the scales, because you may use something like the major 7-tone scale, minor pentatonic, melodic minor, or blues just to name a few. If you're just starting out, you're doing the right thing by learning arpeggios first. It's like any other learning experience, it should be taken one step at a time.
 
#11
bonscottvocals said:
the very first arpeggio laid out in the tab above, if tuned to standard contains a sharp third (F) rather than the stardard third (E), and since the 5th is the lowest note (G), it's the 2nd inversion of the C chord. It would be spelled G-C-F-C. The 2nd arpeggio is a C-major chord (C-E-G-C), but the 3rd is A-D-G-C.

I didn't go on. I wouldn't use that tab as my arpeggio builder.

As stated, an arpeggio is a chord spelled one note at a time. This is common in bass, so you should get to know the root-3-5, R-3-5-b7, R-b3-5-b7, R-b3-5-7, R-3-5-7 at the least. Then you can start using passing tones dependant on the type of music you play. In blues, for instance, you may use some passing 2's and 6's to enhance your bass lines.

For soloing, you should learn the scales, because you may use something like the major 7-tone scale, minor pentatonic, melodic minor, or blues just to name a few. If you're just starting out, you're doing the right thing by learning arpeggios first. It's like any other learning experience, it should be taken one step at a time.
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You're probably right.

It's not a very good example for beginners.

But it does show you what can be done with Arpeggios. And when you start using tapping techniques, that's when the fun begins.
 
#12
but do you want triads or seventh chords or something like that?
in that case[note: also sorry about using tab]

Triads:
¯¯AMaj¯¯¯¯BMaj¯¯¯¯CMaj¯¯¯¯DMaj¯¯¯¯EMaj¯¯¯¯FMaj¯¯¯¯GMaj
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|---1-4-|---2-5-|---4-7-|
D|-------|---1-4-|---2-5-|---4-7-|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|
A|---4-7-|-2-----|-3-----|-5-----|-------|-------|-------|
E|-5-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

7th Chords:
¯¯AMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯BMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯CMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯DMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯EMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯FMaj¯¯¯¯¯¯¯GMaj
G|---------|-------3-|-------4-|-------6-|-------8-|--------9-|---------11-|
D|-------6-|---1-4---|---2-5---|---4-7---|---6-9---|---7-10---|----9-12----|
A|---4-7---|-2-------|-3-------|-5-------|-7-------|-8--------|-10---------|
E|-5-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|------------|
 
#13
Hopefully, I've fixed most of my mistakes.

Still in tab - quick and easy I guess.

So here's my updated version. I'm using: Tonic, Maj 3rd, Sub-dominant, and Dominant intervals.

I'm still not sure if I have the cadance right though.


(C,E) = double stop
Code: 
Key - C Major
Time - 4/4

 G,C,F,C      C,E,G,F     G,C,G,C     C,F,C,F
G]-------5---|-------10--|-------5---|----------||
D]-----3-----|---2-5-----|-----5-----|-----10---||
A]---3-------|-3---------|---3-------|---8------||
E]-3---------|-----------|-3---------|-8------13||

 G,C,E(G,C)   C,E,G,C     C,C,E,C     G,C,C,F
G]-------0---|-5---------|------9----|-----17---||
D]-----2-----|---5-------|---10------|---3------||
A]---3---3---|-----7-----|-----------|-3------15||
E]-5---------|--------8--|-8-------8-|----------||

 C,F,G,F     C,G,G,C     (C,E)C,G,C   G,G,C,C        
G]-----------|---------17|-21-----5--|----------||
D]-10------3-|------17---|-22---5----|---5---10-||
A]----8------|---10------|----3------|----------||
E]------3----|-8---------|-----------|-3---8----||

 F,C,G,C     (E,G)G,C(G,C) G,C,E,C     E,C,F,C    
G]-------5---|-0---5-0----|-12--------|-----10-15||
D]-----5-----|-2-5--------|---10------|---10-----||
A]---3-------|-------3----|-----7-----|-7--------||
E]-1---------|------------|-------8---|----------||

 C,E,C,G     E,F,C,G     E,G,C,F      C,G,C,C
G]-----5-----|-----5-----|-----5--10-|----------||
D]---2---5---|---3---5---|---5-------|------10--||
A]-3---------|-7---------|-7---------|---10-----||
E]-----------|-----------|-----------|-8-------8||

 (G,C)(G,C)
 (C,E)(C,F)   C,G,C,F     F,C,G,C     G,C,G(E,C)
G]---5-------|---------10|10---------|--------5-||
D]---5-2--10-|------10---|---10------|----------||
A]-3---3--10-|---10------|------10---|-----3-7--||
E]-3---------|-8---------|---------8-|-3-8------||
 

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