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The most important devices you can learn to outline chords in your solos are arpeggios.

Because they contain only notes from the chords you’re soloing over, they’re the most direct way to hit the chord tones in your soloing lines.

You can also use arpeggios to inject the jazz language into your solos when applied to the improvisational side of your routine.

Arpeggios will also build dexterity and your overall technique when applied to the technical side of your studies.

Arpeggios are an important part of any balanced practice routine.

So making time for arpeggios will help you learn more about the fretboard, and expand your soloing chops at the same time.

Arpeggio Exercises

The following exercises are designed to bring a focus to your arpeggio studies when applying them to your jazz guitar practice routine.

Though you know they’re essential, sometimes it’s hard to know how to practice arpeggios besides memorizing shapes on the fretboard.

To ensure that you internalize these shapes and that you’re fully prepared to apply them to any jam or gig situation, you can:

Ø Apply vocabulary to arpeggios.

Ø Run arpeggios through progressions and full tunes Ø Compos arpeggio-based solos.

Ø Sing arpeggios

Approach Notes Through Arpeggios

The first exercise involves adding vocabulary to your arpeggio practice routine.

The example that you’ll use is approach notes, which are applied to any arpeggio shape once you’ve memorized that shape in your studies.

Once you’ve picked a shape to work on, you apply the approach notes to that one or two-octave arpeggio starting with the root note.

From there, repeat the approach notes over the other arpeggio notes for the shape that you’re working on.

Here’s an example of approach notes through a C7 arpeggio.

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You can use approach notes over any arpeggio that you’re studying with both a metronome and backing tracks.

Once you’re comfortable with approach notes over a few arpeggios, jam with those shapes over a chord progression or full tune in your studies.

This’ll ensure that you work arpeggio vocabulary from both a technical and improvisational standpoint in your practice routine.

Arpeggios Through ii V I’s

Working arpeggios through ii V I’s is an important exercise that’ll prepare you to solo over full tunes in a jam situation.

When working arpeggios over ii V I’s, makes sure that you work both one and two-octave arpeggio shapes.

As well, work on both major and minor ii V I’s in all keys, to ensure that you cover all the bases with this exercise in your routine.

Here are examples of ways to apply arpeggios to your ii V I routine.

Ø Practice ascending arpeggios.

Ø Practice descending arpeggios.

Ø Alternate one up and one down.

Ø Alternate one down and one up.

Ø Work in one position; repeat in other positions on the guitar.

Ø Apply vocabulary such as enclosures to your shapes.

Ø Solo over a backing track with these arpeggios in your lines.

Make time to solo with these arpeggios over ii V I’s to ensure that sure you work them from both a technical and improvisational standpoint.

Arpeggios Through Tunes

As well as practicing arpeggio over individual chords and chord progressions, you can work arpeggios through tunes.

Here are a number of ways that you can work on arpeggios over tunes in your studies.

Ø All ascending over the changes.

Ø All descending over the changes.

Ø First arpeggio up and second arpeggio down.

Ø First arpeggio down and second arpeggio up.

Ø Play the arpeggios with various rhythms.

Ø Solo over the changes using these arpeggio shapes.

Make sure that you improvise with these arpeggios as well to take them into the improvisational side of your practice routine over tunes.

The Perfect Arpeggio Chorus

Writing out solos and memorizing them will help organize your thoughts when it comes to improvising.

In this exercise, pick a tune, and then write out one chorus of what you consider to be a “perfect” improvisation using arpeggios over that tune.

Take your time and don’t be shy to edit it or changes things once you play it and have heard the solo with a backing track.

Aim for perfection if you can with this exercise.

Once you’ve written the solo, memorize it so that you internalize the chorus, as well as learning how to play it on the guitar.

Jazz has been referred to as “spontaneous composition,” which is a good description of what advanced players are doing in their solos.

Working on composing your solos can be a helpful way to get to a point where you can compose advanced solos in the moment.

Writing out solos, memorizing them, and playing them with backing tracks is an effective way to work on this skill in the woodshed.

Singing With Arpeggios

As you’ve seen before in this eBook, singing is a big part of any well-balanced practice routine, and working on arpeggios is no exception.

In this exercise, you’ll sing along with any arpeggio exercise that you’re working on in your practice routine.

To push yourself, sing the arpeggio first, and then check the notes on the guitar after to ensure that you’re singing them correctly.

Work this exercise until you can sing the arpeggios correctly before you play them.

This’ll mean that you can hear any arpeggio in your inner ear, as well as play them on the fretboard.