Basic Arpeggio PDFs

thrip

I've just finished a new section of my website which lists the basic arpeggios used in gypsy jazz guitar playing.

There are pdf's in notation and tab giving a chord followed by the arpeggio across all six strings and in all positions on the neck and in at least four different keys.

Arpeggios are
Major
Minor
Dominant 7
Major 6
Minor 6
Major 7
Minor 7
Minor 7b5
Diminished 7

They can be found here:

http://timrobinsonguitar.com/lessons/ba ... basic.html

Hope it's of use to some of you!

Tim

Bones

Thanks so much Tim for doing that!

Very helpful!

thrip

Thanks Bones!

jlander9

Hi Tim,
I am new to GJ and have to say your site is a great resource for a beginner. Enjoyed your videos with Adrian Holovaty. How many years did it take you reach that level of playing?

wim

good stuff
can you add a link to download all the files in one zip , the web viewer is hard to read in (not fitting the page properly)

thrip

jlander9 wrote:

Hi Tim,
I am new to GJ and have to say your site is a great resource for a beginner. Enjoyed your videos with Adrian Holovaty. How many years did it take you reach that level of playing?

Thanks very much! I've been playing for many years, more than 25, although I have not been a diligent practiser for all of them. It's the practising that makes the difference! I have had periods when I've done a lot of practise though.

Yes Adrian is a fantastic player and it was a pleasure to jam with him!

Tim

thrip

wim wrote:

good stuff
can you add a link to download all the files in one zip , the web viewer is hard to read in (not fitting the page properly)

Hi Wim
Yes that's a good idea to do a zip of all the files.

I'd also be interested to know what web viewer an OS you're using.

Tim

jlander9

It's the practising that makes the difference! I have had periods when I've done a lot of practise though.

You're right, practice, practice, practice. Your PDF's have been helpfull during my practices. I've been using them regularly trying to get the arrpeggios down. Do you have any suggestions on what I should focus on first? rythym, lead, technique, theory? Thanks for the reply btw.

thrip

Well the accepted wisdom is that you need to learn rhythm before anything else. Probably true. Learn all chords and substitutions in all keys. Then diligently learn all arpeggios the same way. With a metronome. Learn theory and how to read music. This isn't the way I've done it.

Personally my practise regime has always been pretty haphazard (it shows!). I've always practised what actually interests me at the time.

However I do think that arpeggios are the key to the style and would advocate getting heavily involved in trying to know them well, but the best way to practise them is to learn actual tunes. Learn the melody first and try to play it simply and well. Know the chord progression by heart so you don't have to refer to a chart.

As far as soloing I've mainly taken tunes or solos or players I like and tried to copy them from ear. Django mainly, but also other jazz guitarist like Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. I went through a Bill Frisell phase (you can hear his influence on me here: http://soundcloud.com/timguitar/run-mar ... nt-it-rain ) Anything that makes me want to pick up the guitar and play is fine. I love that feeling of being motivated to learn something! It doesn't really matter how related to GJ it is, it can only make you a better player.

You should probably ignore my advice!

Tim

jlander9

I think that's great advise. It never occurred to me to start learning tunes and the basic melodies. I started breaking one of Django's solos (Minor Swing, of course!). I can play it through choppy and slow but its coming along. Of course now I want to know how he does it. I guess I have to walk before I run. back to the arpeggios and chords. Thanks Tim I appreciate your advise. By the way, your website is what got me on this path so I would say your playing is pretty damn good. Best

wim

thrip wrote:

wim wrote:

good stuff
can you add a link to download all the files in one zip , the web viewer is hard to read in (not fitting the page properly)

Hi Wim
Yes that's a good idea to do a zip of all the files.

I'd also be interested to know what web viewer an OS you're using.

Tim

I'm using whatever viewer is built into google chrome, on Ubuntu OS. When I click the links they open up looking like this (see attachment)