Arpeggio example

If the notes of a chord are broken up and played from low to high or high to low, the chord becomes an arpeggio. Think of notes as pieces of candy. If you eat a handful of candies all at the same time, this would be like playing a chord. If you eat the candies one at a time, this would be like playing an arpeggio.

1. How do you identify an arpeggio?
2. What is an arpeggio in music?
3. What are arpeggio patterns?
4. What are arpeggio exercises?

How do you identify an arpeggio?

An arpeggio is a group of notes played one after the other, up or down in pitch. The player plays the notes of a particular chord individually rather than together. The chord may, for example, be a simple chord with the 1st, (major or minor) 3rd, and 5th scale degrees (this is called a "tonic triad").

What is an arpeggio in music?

An arpeggio is a broken chord, or a chord in which individual notes are struck one by one, rather than all together at once. The word “arpeggio” comes from the Italian word “arpeggiare,” which means "to play on a harp." (“Arpa” is the Italian word for “harp.”)

What are arpeggio patterns?

An arpeggio is a chord whose notes are played one at a time instead of simultaneously. It's sort of the exploded view of a chord. Playing major arpeggios on guitar prepares you for music with major chords — and, of course, for music that employs major arpeggios.

What are arpeggio exercises?

A simple way to look at building arpeggios is by stacking third intervals or simply skipping notes within a scale. For example, from the A minor scale (A B C D E F G), you would make an A minor arpeggio (A C E). You skip the B and D notes to make the arpeggio.