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4-note Arpeggios
These arpeggios have 4 notes per octave: ROOT, 3rd, 5th, 7th. They sound more
colourful (due to the 7th) than the basic 3 note arpeggios.

Knowing these arpeggios will allow you to locate the root, 3, 5 and 7 of any chord you
may be playing. This can be used for lead in a concept called "Chord Tone Targeting", in
order to start or finish lines from strong tones.

These basic arpeggio shapes may also be used in lead to play an ascending or descending
sequence. Because there are now 4 notes per octave, it is almost like a pentatonic scale.
You will be able to add lots of colour to your solos with these arpeggios.

Another very cool concept is playing arpeggios modally. You can play every arpeggio in
any related modal key. For example I can play a C Major 7 arpeggio obviously over C
Ionian, but ALSO over D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, G Mixolydian, A Aeolian or B
Locrian. Over each one of these scales, the C Major 7 arpeggio will produce a different
set of extensions. Experiment, and remember you can play any arpeggio you learned over
the related modal keys.

Here is a C Major 7 arpeggio. It works over C Major chords. It has the ROOT, major 3rd,
5th and major 7th steps in every octave. The roots are the red notes.

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And Here is the C Major 7th Arpeggio overlaid on top of the C Major scale. This will tie in
the arpeggio with the scale - so that you know where to continue playing, after you
played something from the arpeggio. The grey notes show the remaining notes in the C
Major scale (2nd, 4th, 6th). These remaining notes are not very strong sounding
compared to the arpeggio tones, but can still be used for targeting, based on the
situation. You have to experiment with it and let your ears be the judge.

Here is a C Minor 7 arpeggio. It works over a C Minor chords. It has the ROOT, minor
3rd, 5th and minor 7th steps in every octave. The roots are the red notes.

You will most likely be using this arpeggio over a minor progression in improvisation
together with C Dorian or Aeolian mode. Here it is overlayed on top of the C Dorian
mode.

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Here is a C Dominant 7th arpeggio. It works over C dominant 7th chords. It has the
ROOT, major 3rd, 5th and minor 7th steps in every octave. The roots are the red notes. FORUM
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You will most likely be using this arpeggio on top of 7th chords in improvisation
together with C Mixolydian or C altered scales. Here it is overlayed on top of the C
Mixolydian mode.

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Here is a C Minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio. It works over C minor 7 flat 5 chord. It has the
ROOT, minor 3rd, flat 5th and minor 7th steps in every octave. The roots are the red
notes.

You will most likely be using this arpeggio on top of Minor 7 flat 5 chords in
improvisation together with C Locrian mode. Here it is overlayed on top of C Locrian.

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Here is a C Minor/Major 7 arpeggio. It works over a C Minor/Maj 7 chord. It has the

ROOT, minor 3rd, 5th and major 7th steps in every octave. The roots are the red notes.

You will most likely be using this arpeggio on top of Minor/Major 7 chords in
improvisation together with C melodic minor scale. Here it is overlayed on top of C
melodic minor.

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