How to Play Arpeggios Guitar - Beginners Guide - Guitar Lesson [AR-101]

In this lesson I'll give you beginners guide to arpeggios - what they are, how they are made, why you you should learn them and when to use them!

Lots more info on the web site - this was originally just going to be a text lesson...
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[georgeanthony]

"An Arpeggio is a liquid chord", A poet as well as a musician

[rbarrell]

When I was learning maths, the teachers always said there would come a moment when a light shone and everything became clear. Well that never happened with maths, but more or less every time Justin explains a concept. Brilliant stuff and well worth contributing a few $ to the upkeep of these excellent lessons. Pity he doesn't teach maths...

[afifthofthemyth]

It makes perfect sense. finally, someone getting to the heart of things- how to be musical-how to get out of playing a one-scale boring solo, and how to go to the next level. you're the best teacher in the YouTube universe. great job as always!

[stevenbyrne]

Love this guy..i was in a homeless shelter for vets and would learn guitar watching him. Everything was shit but i had justin guitar

[lifeisacoustics]

I have been stuck with how to improvise using my scales but you opened my eyes now I have realized it is not about the scale it is about the chord playing

[berttougas]

I have to tell you Justin, I enjoy all of your song lessons but I'm just realizing what a gifted "music" teacher you are. I've been immersing myself in the arpeggio world for the last month but no one has explained this amazing facet of guitar as well as you have. You are gifted. Can't wait to wake up tomorrow and try your method.
Thanks, Bert  66yr. old lover of guitar

[multiworse_]

this is one of the best explanations ever .. he's very sorted with his lessons.

[erents]

This may be a beginner lesson but I have to admit I have been "playing" guitar for nearly 40 years and this lesson is exactly what I needed to pull it all together, Justin you have a gift for teaching thanks sooo much. Very valuable lesson and after only ten minutes of playing these arpeggios over the blues I (finally) get it! Thanks Again!

[MichaelNGreen-mkvp]

I have been playing guitar for more years than Justin has been alive and he has Just provided me with the missing link to my guitar playing. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

[jlkbbk]

Hey Bud, I am a 45 year old male played drums and guitar since teens, from the 80's land of guitar tapping and shred of Los Angeles and play every single day - I am not that good mind you :-) on guitar nonetheless, in life I am a medical guy and a full-time college professor of health science, so just setting it up that I am a little experienced in playing and teaching so I HAVE to tell you I am greatly impressed and you explain things very well and u have a knack and talent for teaching!. KUDOS

[NewMetallica]

What he really excells in is the fact that he doesn't just explain what arpeggio's are, Justin never leaves any detail unspoken. He also explains why they are so usefull and when to use them. First I thought always that arpeggio's were just fun but I didn't see the importance, I always used scales. Now I gotta start practicing ! :) Thanks Justin

[stephenkunkowski]

hey Justin ive been playing for 6 years practicing for every day without much interaction with other musicians but 5 months ago my pastor asked me to join th praise team and this interaction and lots of prayer have helped me start thinking outside the scale and i wanted to encourage you to continue building resources for begginner musicians and people like me whopractice for years before having a musical breakthrough

[CaptainAmerica]

I think its important to note that although arpeggios are very effective in solos, they are not as melodic as scales and playing "chord scales" is really helpful as well, like a B mixolydian scale over the B7 chord. My trumpet instructor also advocates designing a scale to play over a difficult couple of chords, creating your own fluid scale that hits upon key notes from the set of chords you're playing over.

[AyYoSteve]

Never though I could watch someone talk so much in a guitar lesson and still get so much out of it. Amazing job man you have propelled my inspiration to take my playing to the next step! You're the man

[kjv]

Justin, you're the best Tasmanian devil on YouTube. Yours videos are best out there. I find myself coming back to them over and over, and I always pick up a different point each time.

[SUBLIMEDUDESTP]

I bought an american tele a few weeks ago and just realized I believe it was your video lessons that sealed the deal for the choice. thanks man. much respect

[MrGodforPresident]

thanks Justin, your one of the best teachers here

[nicedog]

Good lesson. Learning arpeggios is hard work but well worth the effort. My playing sounds ten times better when using them. I have to say that I have to plan an arpeggio still. I haven't quite got to the point where I can just rip them out without thinking yet.

[francinekhoo]

Thanks. This was a perfect lesson for beginner to the guitar trying to figure out where to start learning the arpeggios. There are so many places and so many ways you could play this on a guitar and i was totally stumped! Been trying to work on it for months now, with various random videos but none clicked till this one. I see how you start by learning just 1 shape and hanging that off the 6th string. And after you get that shape, to next learn the shape hanging off the 5th string. Im using the circle of fifths to go around all the keys and pratice my scales and arpeggios that way. I imagine there will ge chord shapes in there that i'll eventually uncover as well. Or i'll just look for another video of yours on chords that will explain things as they always do. Its been anjourney of one year and youre really the best guitar teacher out there, despite not teaching me in person ive learnt an amazing amount from your videos.

[dougsmith]

Great Lesson as always Justin! I’ve looked at this one several times over the years, but it’s been a while… Your Lessons always stand the test of time, so fundamentally sound!