The key to learning sweep arpeggios is repetition. If you're having problems with a chord, keep repeating it before moving onto the next one.
Eight note sweeping arpeggios ascending in A minor:
E--------------------------5h8----------------------------------------------------------------------8h12--------------------------------10h13---------------------------------12h15---
B----------------------5--------------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------------------------------10---------------------------------------12--------------
G------------------5-----------------------------------------10h13-----------------------9------------------------------------10--------------------------------------12--------------------
D---------------7------------------------------------9h12---------------------------10-----------------------------------12--------------------------------------14-------------------------
A-----------7-------------------------------8h11-------------------------------10-----------------------------------12--------------------------------------14------------------------------
E--5h8--------------------------7h10--------------------------------8h12-----------------------------10h13--------------------------------12h15-----------------------------------
E----------------------------------13h17----------------------------------------------17----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------13----------------------------------------------15h18------17-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------14----------------------------------------13h16-----------------------17p14------------------------------
D------------------15----------------------------------12h15----------------------------------------------14------------------------
A-------------15----------------------------11h14--------------------------------------------------------------15-------------------
E--13h17--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17--------------
Eight note ascending then descending sweeping arpeggios:
E-----------5--8p5-----------------5--8p5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--12p8--------------8--12p8------
B--------5-----------5-----------5------------5---------------9--12p9--------------------9--12p9-----------------8------------8----------8------------8----
G-----5-----------------5-----5-----------------5--------10------------10-------------10-----------10-----------9-----------------8-----9---------------------
D--7-----------------------7------------------------9h12-------------------12--9h12-------------------12--10----------------------10-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------10--13p10-------------------10--13p10-------------------12--15p12--------------------13--17p13----------------------13--17p13-------------
B----------10----------------10-----------10---------------10------------12---------------12-------------13----------------13--------------13----------------13---------
G------10-----------------------10----10----------------------10----12-----------------------12-----14-------------------------14-----14-------------------------14----
D--12-------------------------------12------------------------------14--------------------------------15----------------------------------15--------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Chromatic exercises and warmups
Chromatic scale:
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-/2--3--4--5--4--3--2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5----------------------------------6--5--4--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5------------------------------------------------------------------6--5--4--3----------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------3--4--5--6---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--6--5--4-----------------------------------------------
A-------------------4--5--6--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--7--6--5-------------------------------
E--5--6--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--8--7--6-\5-----------
Chromatic exercise #1
Once you get to the top; continue with the same pattern descending.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4----4---------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4------------
B--0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4--------------------------------------------------------
G-----3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercice #2
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4--------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0--1--2--1--2--3-----3--------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-------4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3--2--3--4--5------------
B--------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #3
Repeat from the start once you get to the end. Don't miss a beat!
E--9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4------------------------------------------------------------------5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10---
B---------------------------------9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4--5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #4
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6--5------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #5
This is an excellent exercise for improving the dexterity of your fingers.
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7--5------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-/2--3--4--5--4--3--2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5----------------------------------6--5--4--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------2--3--4--5------------------------------------------------------------------6--5--4--3----------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------3--4--5--6---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7--6--5--4-----------------------------------------------
A-------------------4--5--6--7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--7--6--5-------------------------------
E--5--6--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--8--7--6-\5-----------
Chromatic exercise #1
Once you get to the top; continue with the same pattern descending.
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4----4---------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4------------
B--0-----0--1--0--1--2--1--2--3--2--3--4--3--4-----4--------------------------------------------------------
G-----3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercice #2
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4--------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0--1--2--1--2--3-----3--------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-------4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------0-----0--1--2--1--2--3--4--3--4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--1--0--1--2--3--2--3--4-----4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--3--2--3--4--5------------
B--------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #3
Repeat from the start once you get to the end. Don't miss a beat!
E--9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4------------------------------------------------------------------5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10---
B---------------------------------9--8--7--6--7--6--5--4--5--6--7--8--7--8--9--10------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #4
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6--5------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--6--5--6--7--6--5--6------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--7--6--7--8--7--6--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chromatic Exercise #5
This is an excellent exercise for improving the dexterity of your fingers.
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7--5------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4--7--6--7--5--7--6--7------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--5--8--7--8--6--8--7--8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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C minor arpeggios and exercises
Use alternate picking throughout.
C natural minor in triads:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------7---------------8--------------8-------7--10-------7--10-----
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------8-----------10------------10--------8-----------8-------------10------------10-------8-------------8---------------
A------------10------------10-------8--11-------8--11--------10------------10-----8--11-------8--11--------10---------10-----------11------------11---------------------------------------------
E--8--11--------8--11--------10-----------10-----------11------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------8------------10------------10------8--11------8--11--------10--13--------10--13----
B-------------8-------------8-------------9-------------9-------8--11-------8--11--------9-------------9------8--11--------8--11--------9------------9------------11--------------11----------------
G--------8-------------8-------7--10-------7--10-------8-------------8-------------10----------10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--10-----------10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------11--15-------11--15--------11--15--13--11--10--8------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--13-------------13--------------13------------------------------------9------------9--------11--8-----11--8------9-------------9-------------8-------------8--------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----------10-----------8-----------8-------10--7-------10--7-------8-------------8---------10--7-------10--7--------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----------10-------------8-------------8---
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--8--------------8--------------7---------7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------10------------10------------8---------8-------10------------10------------8-------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------11------------11--------10--------10--------11--8--------11--8------10-----------10--------11--8--------11--8-------10------------10------------8------------8-------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11------------11------------10------------10-------11--8--------11--8------10--6------10--7--8-----
Here is an interesting Bach-esque exercise:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-------7---------7-------7------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------8--------8--------8------10--------10------10--------10-------------8------------------8----------
A------10--------10------10--------10--------11--8--11---------11--8--11------------10----------------10------8--------11--------8--------11--------10----------------10-------------------
E--8--------11--------8--------11--------10-------------------10------------------11----------------11-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------8---------8---------8---------8-------10--7--10-------10--7--10-------10--7--10-------10--7--10--------12--8--12---------12--8--12-------10--7--10-------10--7--10---
D-------------10------------------10-------8-------------------8-------------------9-------------------9-------------------10------------------10-------------------8-------------------8--------------------
A--11------------------11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------8---------8---------8--------8---------7-------7---------7-------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------10-----------------10------------------8------------------8-----------10--------10------10--------10--------8--------8--------8--------8--------------------------------------------------
A--11------------------11-----------------10----------------10----------------8--------11--------8--------11------------------10----------------10------------11--8--11--------11--8--11------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11----------------11----------------10------------------10----------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------10--------10------10--------10------8--------8------8--------8------8--------8------8--------8----------------
E--8--------11--------8--------11--------6------10------6------10------7------10------7------10------8------------
Here is a challenging pattern. Remember to start slow and increase the speed gradually:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------------------------8--------8--10--8--------8--------
A------------------------8-------------------------8--------8--10--8--------8------10--8--10--11--10--8--10--8--11--10--11------11--10--11--10------11----------------11------------
E--8--11--10--11-----11--10--11--10------11----------------11-----11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----------------------8---------8---9---8---------8---------
G------------------------7----------------------7--------7--8--7---------7---------8---7---8---10---8---7---8---7---10---8--10------10--8--10--8-------10-----------------10--------------
D--------10--8--10------10--8--10--8------10---------------10-------10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------8---------------------8------8--10--8------8--------10--8--10--11--10--8--10--8--11--10--11--13--11--10--11--8-----------
B--------9--8--9--11--9--8--9--8--11--9--11-----11--9--11--9-----11--------------11-----11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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C natural minor in triads:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------7---------------8--------------8-------7--10-------7--10-----
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------8-----------10------------10--------8-----------8-------------10------------10-------8-------------8---------------
A------------10------------10-------8--11-------8--11--------10------------10-----8--11-------8--11--------10---------10-----------11------------11---------------------------------------------
E--8--11--------8--11--------10-----------10-----------11------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------8------------10------------10------8--11------8--11--------10--13--------10--13----
B-------------8-------------8-------------9-------------9-------8--11-------8--11--------9-------------9------8--11--------8--11--------9------------9------------11--------------11----------------
G--------8-------------8-------7--10-------7--10-------8-------------8-------------10----------10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--10-----------10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------11--15-------11--15--------11--15--13--11--10--8------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--13-------------13--------------13------------------------------------9------------9--------11--8-----11--8------9-------------9-------------8-------------8--------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----------10-----------8-----------8-------10--7-------10--7-------8-------------8---------10--7-------10--7--------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-----------10-------------8-------------8---
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--8--------------8--------------7---------7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------10------------10------------8---------8-------10------------10------------8-------------8----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------11------------11--------10--------10--------11--8--------11--8------10-----------10--------11--8--------11--8-------10------------10------------8------------8-------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11------------11------------10------------10-------11--8--------11--8------10--6------10--7--8-----
Here is an interesting Bach-esque exercise:
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-------7---------7-------7------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------8--------8--------8------10--------10------10--------10-------------8------------------8----------
A------10--------10------10--------10--------11--8--11---------11--8--11------------10----------------10------8--------11--------8--------11--------10----------------10-------------------
E--8--------11--------8--------11--------10-------------------10------------------11----------------11-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------8---------8---------8---------8-------10--7--10-------10--7--10-------10--7--10-------10--7--10--------12--8--12---------12--8--12-------10--7--10-------10--7--10---
D-------------10------------------10-------8-------------------8-------------------9-------------------9-------------------10------------------10-------------------8-------------------8--------------------
A--11------------------11----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------8---------8---------8--------8---------7-------7---------7-------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------10-----------------10------------------8------------------8-----------10--------10------10--------10--------8--------8--------8--------8--------------------------------------------------
A--11------------------11-----------------10----------------10----------------8--------11--------8--------11------------------10----------------10------------11--8--11--------11--8--11------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11----------------11----------------10------------------10----------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------10--------10------10--------10------8--------8------8--------8------8--------8------8--------8----------------
E--8--------11--------8--------11--------6------10------6------10------7------10------7------10------8------------
Here is a challenging pattern. Remember to start slow and increase the speed gradually:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------------------------8--------8--10--8--------8--------
A------------------------8-------------------------8--------8--10--8--------8------10--8--10--11--10--8--10--8--11--10--11------11--10--11--10------11----------------11------------
E--8--11--10--11-----11--10--11--10------11----------------11-----11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8-----------------------8---------8---9---8---------8---------
G------------------------7----------------------7--------7--8--7---------7---------8---7---8---10---8---7---8---7---10---8--10------10--8--10--8-------10-----------------10--------------
D--------10--8--10------10--8--10--8------10---------------10-------10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------8---------------------8------8--10--8------8--------10--8--10--11--10--8--10--8--11--10--11--13--11--10--11--8-----------
B--------9--8--9--11--9--8--9--8--11--9--11-----11--9--11--9-----11--------------11-----11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Guitar Exercises in B Major
Guitar Practise
B Major scale ascending then descending by thirds:
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------7---6---9---7---------6-------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7---5---9---7---------9--------------------------9---------7---9---5---7--------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------6---------8---6---9---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8---9---6---8------------
D -------------------------------------6--------8---6---9---8---------9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9------
A --------6-------7---6---9---7--------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7--------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------8---9---6---8--------6----------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------9--------7---9---6---7--------6------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------9--------7---9---6---7------------
B Major Scale ascending then descending by threes:
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------6---7----------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7------7---9---7---9---------9----------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------6---8---6---8---9---8---9--------9-----------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------6--------6---8---6---8---9---8---9---------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------6--------6---7---6---7---9---7---9--------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9--------9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ---6---7---9---7---6---------6-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------9---------9---7---9---7---------7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------------9---------9---8---9---8---6---8---6---------6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---------9---8---9---8---6---8---6--------6--------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------9---7---9---7---6---7---6---------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9----------
e -----------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
A ---6------------------------------------------
E --------9---7---9---7---6---7------------
B Major Scale ascending then descending by fours:
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--------------6---8---------6---8---9---6---8---9------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------6-------------6---8--------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8---9--------------9------------------------------------------------
A -------------6---7--------6---7---9---6---7---9--------7---9-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------6--------------6---7---------6---7---9---7---6--------------6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------7---9---------7---9---------7---9--------------9-----------------------------9---7---------9---7---------9---7----------------------------------------------------------
G ---8---9--------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------------9---8---9---8---6---------8---6----------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------------9---8------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------9---8---6---9---8---6--------8---6-------------6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7---6--------7---6-------------6--------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---7------------
B Major scale in another pattern of four:
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--------------6---8---------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------6-------------6---8--------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8---9--------------9-----------------------------------------------
A -------------6-------------6---7--------6---7---9---6---7---9--------7---9-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9--------7---9-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------6--------------6---7---------6---7---9---6---7---6---------7---6--------------6----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------7---9---5---7---9---------7---9--------------9----------------------------------9--------------9---7---------9---7---5---9---7--------------7-----------------------------------------------
G ---9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---8---------9---8---6---9---8---6---------8------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-----------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6--------------6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------9---8---------9---8---6---9---8---6--------8---6-------------6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7---6--------7---6-------------6-------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7------------
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B Major scale ascending then descending by thirds:
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------7---6---9---7---------6-------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7---5---9---7---------9--------------------------9---------7---9---5---7--------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------6---------8---6---9---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8---9---6---8------------
D -------------------------------------6--------8---6---9---8---------9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9------
A --------6-------7---6---9---7--------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7--------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------8---9---6---8--------6----------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------9--------7---9---6---7--------6------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------9--------7---9---6---7------------
B Major Scale ascending then descending by threes:
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------6---7----------
B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7------7---9---7---9---------9----------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6---------6---8---6---8---9---8---9--------9-----------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------6--------6---8---6---8---9---8---9---------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------6--------6---7---6---7---9---7---9--------9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9--------9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ---6---7---9---7---6---------6-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------9---------9---7---9---7---------7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------------9---------9---8---9---8---6---8---6---------6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---------9---8---9---8---6---8---6--------6--------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------9---7---9---7---6---7---6---------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9----------
e -----------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------
A ---6------------------------------------------
E --------9---7---9---7---6---7------------
B Major Scale ascending then descending by fours:
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--------------6---8---------6---8---9---6---8---9------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------6-------------6---8--------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8---9--------------9------------------------------------------------
A -------------6---7--------6---7---9---6---7---9--------7---9-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9-------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------------6--------------6---7---------6---7---9---7---6--------------6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------7---9---------7---9---------7---9--------------9-----------------------------9---7---------9---7---------9---7----------------------------------------------------------
G ---8---9--------------9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------------9---8---9---8---6---------8---6----------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9--------------9---8------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------9---8---6---9---8---6--------8---6-------------6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7---6--------7---6-------------6--------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---7------------
B Major scale in another pattern of four:
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-----------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6--------------6---8---------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------6-------------6---8--------6---8---9---6---8---9---------8---9--------------9-----------------------------------------------
A -------------6-------------6---7--------6---7---9---6---7---9--------7---9-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---7---9--------7---9-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e -----------------------------------6--------------6---7---------6---7---9---6---7---6---------7---6--------------6----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------7---9---5---7---9---------7---9--------------9----------------------------------9--------------9---7---------9---7---5---9---7--------------7-----------------------------------------------
G ---9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9---8---------9---8---6---9---8---6---------8------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-----------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ---6--------------6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------9---8---------9---8---6---9---8---6--------8---6-------------6-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7---6--------7---6-------------6-------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-------------9---7--------9---7---6---9---7------------
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