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[seacowrider]

I want to learn new arpeggios [targeting jazz styles]. There must be millions online for free! Can anybody give me some juicy URL's? Thanks.

[TPC168]

I'm sure there is a wealth of information on the internet about arpeggios for the guitar--just try a google search.

But... this book called Intermediate Jazz Guitar has a section on diatonic arpeggios that is priceless in my opinion. I guess this one from Amazon comes with a CD, but when I bought mine at the store I didn't receive one.

http://www.amazon.com/Intermediate-Jazz-Guitar-Complete-Method/dp/0739021559

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[seacowrider]

Thanks for the tip...

[casemiester]

Check out "Artful Arpeggios" by Don Mock

[ixsaves13]

Books are a great tool to learn what to practice, but if you're looking for ways to learn target notes (R, 3, 5, 7) I'd begin with your major 7th's, min7, half dim, dom 7ths. Play them in one pattern at a time in constant 8th notes and you'll begin to see what changes are made between each one. Once you're familiar with them go ahead and go through a diatonic key in one position and do that for all 5 (caged system). After this you can practice the II V I's (both long and short) then your popular turn arounds III, VI, II V, I and your non-resolving II V's. I think it's key to know these well before you try to use chord substitutions or more of the altered scales / aprs.

Hope this helps

[countandduke]

Sheets of Sound by our very own Jack Zucker.

Chris

[matte]

wanna get you your arpeggiation together (along with the opportunity to experience the master of compound melody, modulation and linear development)?

snag a copy of js bach's solo violin partitas and start learning.

[GovernorSilver]

snag a copy of js bach's solo violin partitas and start learning.

I need to get me some of that. I find my music study/practice sessions to be more satisfying when the thing that is being practiced is in the context of a piece of music instead of an overly abstracted drill (though the latter I've found to be useful for "bitter medicine" at times).

[matte]

I need to get me some of that. I find my music study/practice sessions to be more satisfying when the thing that is being practiced is in the context of a piece of music instead of an overly abstracted drill (though the latter I've found to be useful for "bitter medicine" at times).that's exactly the idea. developing an attention span while appreciating the beauty of an incredible composer's work.:BEER

[jazzandmetal?]

Jimmy Bruno or Frank Gambale are good for learning jazz based arps.

[tacorivers]

wanna get you your arpeggiation together (along with the opportunity to experience the master of compound melody, modulation and linear development)?

snag a copy of js bach's solo violin partitas and start learning.

YEP! Mike Stern has said the same thing.

[GovernorSilver]

Bach is an easy sell with me. I ought to try adapting the Cello Suite #1 Prelude arrangement from my Suzuki viola book as well.

[High Voltage]

"Arpeggios for Guitar" by Don Letarski. Very good book. Really simple but very effective. Goes through about 40 chord types.

[violetlove]

that's exactly the idea. developing an attention span while appreciating the beauty of an incredible composer's work.:BEER

Is this the same MAtte who has raged against using transcriptions in the past , or am I hallucinating ?
This is why I love transcriptions, appreciating the work of a fine cmposer, while leaning stuff.

[matte]

Is this the same MAtte who has raged against using transcriptions in the past , or am I hallucinating ?
This is why I love transcriptions, appreciating the work of a fine cmposer, while leaning stuff.wrong guy. not a fan of tab. western standard notation works just fine for me.

[violetlove]

wrong guy. not a fan of tab. western standard notation works just fine for me.

OK, wasn't sure.

[dkaplowitz]

I love the violin etudes suggestion. If the reading on the Bach or the Paganini is too daunting at first, check out Wohlfahrt's violin studies to start with. I've only read through a few, and they're nothing of the caliber of Bach, but they're decent for starters, easy to memorize, and have a good mix of scalar to arpeggio ratio.

[GovernorSilver]

BTW, any particular print/edition of the Bach partitas to get? I see on Amazon there is a Mel Bay book published in 2006.

[dkaplowitz]

Of the ones in print, the music in that Mel Bay one looks a lot like the one I have. I have the 6 Partitas edition, though. I think it was a Schirmer joint (same type of cover), but I got it a long, long time ago. See if you can find that one, it's probably a better deal if you can find a used copy out there.

[kludge]

Sheets of Sound by our very own Jack Zucker.

Chris

Thanks for the pointer on this one! I just ordered a copy this weekend.

[GovernorSilver]

Of the ones in print, the music in that Mel Bay one looks a lot like the one I have. I have the 6 Partitas edition, though. I think it was a Schirmer joint (same type of cover), but I got it a long, long time ago. See if you can find that one, it's probably a better deal if you can find a used copy out there.

Thanks. I'll probably just get the Mel Bay - at $11.66 tops its more than reasonable. $70+ for a used print from 1970!

[dkaplowitz]

I agree, anything more than $20.'s a stretch. There's a used copy of this one (http://www.amazon.com/Sonatas-Partitas-Violin-HN9356-Scores/dp/B00198PRGY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210627154&sr=1-3) too, and I haven't looked for ones on ebay or bookfinder. But that Mel Bay ed. will keep you busy for a long time too.

Good luck!