Shreddabilly
Arpeggios
By
T. D. Clark
Whats up
all my shreddaholic friends out there in webland? This is T. D.
Clark and I am back with my first guitar lesson here at Shredacademy.
Today’s lesson is based off the main arpeggio idea that makes
the intro/chorus melody for the song, aptly titled Shreddabilly,
from my new CD Next Big Adventure.
The first part is in the key of A Major. It is based around an
A Major arpeggio and the A Major pentatonic and A Ionian ( Major)
scales. There is a bit of string skipping as well. I sweep pick
the majority of the lick, even the pivot idea’s A E D A E C# A
and A E D B A F# C#.
The second part is based around an F# minor arpeggio and the F#
minor and Harmonic minor scales as well. It ends in an E major
arpeggio that starts on the root note but ends on the 3rd, creating
a 2nd inversion feel to the arp. ( The 3rd in the E major arp
is the note G# which is the leading tone ( 7th note of the A Ionian
(Major scale) that transitions the lick nicely back to its root
in the A Major arpeggio.
Practice slowly at first and build up your speed. You can hear
the tune at www.myspace.com/tdclark
If you have any questions or comments e-mail me at tdclark@comcast.net
T.
D. Clark
