Arpeggio fingering question

[jaskah]

hello

am basically pretty new here. i'm working through the jazzguitar.be exercises, specifically "guitar arpeggios for beginners." i'm a bit confused by what fingerings i should be using for some of these patterns. is there a general rule or approach or is this just a matter of each person finding what personally works best for them?

for example, with the am7 arpeggio i could imagine rolling from the same finger to the next note or reaching over with another finger, but i'm not sure what would be the "correct way" (if there is such a thing). i was wondering why the fingerings weren't listed here, nor actually anywhere else i've looked around for this.

many thanks for any help.

[Mick-7]

I'm not sure what you're asking, could you give an example of an arpeggio with the fret position at which you're playing it?

Try a web search for this book: Complete Arpeggio Study Method by Frank Vignola

[jaskah]

I'm not sure what you're asking, could you give an example of an arpeggio with the fret position at which you're playing it?

i'm specifically asking about Am7 Arpeggio Exercise #1 at this link:
Jazz Guitar Arpeggios - The Best Beginner's Guide

thanks for your help.

[jaskah]

Try a web search for this book: Complete Arpeggio Study Method by Frank Vignola

this book also has no indication which finger patterns to use to play the arpeggios. this was my actual question: what is the fingering used to play different arpeggios.

thanks.

[Mick-7]

Same way you'd finger the Am/C major scale....

Low E string: 1st-4th > A string: 3rd > D string: 1st-3rd > G string: 1st > B string: 1st-4th > E string: 1st-4th-1st - same descending.

[jaskah]

thanks. so, then generally speaking, the fingering for different arpeggioss is related to the fingering for their corresponding scales? am just wondering how to approach this moving on to other patterns. scale fingering is more or less clear to me.

[Mick-7]

this book also has no indication which finger patterns to use to play the arpeggios. this was my actual question: what is the fingering used to play different arpeggios.

Ah, you are correct! Downloaded it and never used it. A major - and minor - oversight.

I imagine that Jimmy Bruno or someone has a YouTube video in which he goes over scale fingerings in all positions, arpeggio fingerings are derived from the scale fingerings.

[jaskah]

thanks!

[paulkogut]

I don't think there's one 'right' way to do anything on the guitar, but as you get more experience you can find approaches that are right for you

If you give either of those fingering options a try, you might find one that feels better for you initially. After working with it a while, you might find uses for the other option as well

I don't know why this particular lesson omitted the fingerings, the quality of free online material can be hit or miss. Who are some of your favorite jazz guitarists? Most likely you can check out some YouTube footage of them playing to get a feel of how they do it. Best wishes for your music!

PK

[Mick-7]

thanks. so, then generally speaking, the fingering for different arpeggioss is related to the fingering for their corresponding scales? am just wondering how to approach this moving on to other patterns. scale fingering is more or less clear to me.

Usually, but it can get more complicated when you shift from one position to another, I'd have to notate an example of that.

P.S. - The "Howard Roberts Guitar Book" has fingerings in it: Howard Roberts Guitar Book | PDF

Howard's "Super Chops" book also covers fingerings:
20 weeks to a higher level of proficiency: Howard Roberts Super Chops one more time.

[James W]

My advice would be to explore as many ways of fingering arpeggios that you can think of. You end up doing this anyway if you practice diatonic seventh chord arpeggios from scales in all positions, which you should.

[jaskah]

thanks for your help.

[jaskah]

if you practice diatonic seventh chord arpeggios from scales in all positions, which you should.

thanks for your reply.

so, when you mean all positions, what exactly are you referring to? i've just been practicing arpeggios in all keys, if this is what is meant by "positions."

[James W]

thanks for your reply.

so, when you mean all positions, what exactly are you referring to? i've just been practicing arpeggios in all keys, if this is what is meant by "positions."

No, a position refers to a place on the fretboard, which is not the same thing as a key.

[jaskah]

thanks.

[James W]

thanks.

FWIW this is the book that I got a lot of my rudimentary stuff about theory and guitar from. It also teaches you to read staff notation.

https://amzn.eu/d/05AOCrUB

[AllanAllen]

I try to copy how I grab the chord. So my shapes stay familiar.

So yeah, I’d roll my finger for the Am7.

[jaskah]

thanks everyone gor your replies. i have a lot of work ahead of me!

[AllanAllen]

thanks everyone gor your replies. i have a lot of work ahead of me!

Don’t forget to enjoy it!

[wolflen]

Usually, but it can get more complicated when you shift from one position to another, I'd have to notate an example of that.

P.S. - The "Howard Roberts Guitar Book" has fingerings in it: Howard Roberts Guitar Book | PDF

Howard's "Super Chops" book also covers fingerings:
20 weeks to a higher level of proficiency: Howard Roberts Super Chops one more time.

Mick..the OP is new to guitar...While HR stuff is great for experienced players..I think it is a bit like putting
a first time driver in a super charged corvette..

but then again maybe not..

[jaskah]

thanks for your reply. i'm not exactly new to guitar, but am basically self-taught, and therefore some of the terminology here might be new to me. have worked a bit through diatonic chord progressions and the corresponding modes. trying now to put this together for actually working through some standards. arpeggios are new to me and therefore the questions about fingering. i'm familiar with howard roberts as a guitarist but don't know his books.

[rpjazzguitar]

There isn't one best fingering.

For arps it depends on your hands, the size of the neck, the scale length of the guitar and, importantly, your picking technique.

Chuck Wayne's approach to arps is optimized for sweep picking, for example. An alternate picker might choose a different fingering.

If you can find a video by Jimmy Bruno, I agree with an earlier post that that's a good idea.

My point is that it might be worth checking out more than one approach to see which feels best to you.

[jaskah]

thanks, will look up jimmy bruno's videos.

[AllanAllen]

thanks, will look up jimmy bruno's videos.

[Mick-7]

It gets complicated when you attempt to make music out of arpeggios ( ), especially when you have altered chords.

An arpeggio study I wrote (started on), some of the phrases could be fingered differently. It all depends on where you've been on the fingerboard and where you're going, how you want to phrase your lines - with slurs, slides, etc.