Blues Guitar Playing Dominant7 Arpeggios

The first arpeggio I want to talk about has it's root on the 6th string of the guitar. For practice purposes you should play the note on the 6th string first and work your way up the arpeggio to the note on the 1st string, then work your way back down to the root note on the 6th string.

The next one I'll show you is a shape that has it's root on the 5th string of the guitar. Again, start with the note on the 5th string and work your way all the way up to the last note on the 1st string then back down to the root note on the 5th string.

If you'd like a video demonstration of how to play these arpeggios check out my simpleguitarchannel at youtube.

Ok, so you've learned the two shapes I just showed you. Now what? What you want to do is start noodling around and playing the notes in no particular order to create little licks or melodies.

When you are using arpeggios to build your solos or improvisational lines, you want to follow each chord change and play the appropriate arpeggio. This is why when you use arpeggios your playing sounds so hip! This type of approach can really jazz up your blues playing. Don't take my word for it though, try it yourself.