Holdsworth / Miller style A7Alt with Bbm Maj9 arpeggio in multiple positions


This lick is a Bbm Maj9 arpeggio Bb Db F A C over an A7Alt chord. Alt chords have +9, b9, #4 #5.
The Bbm maj9 gives you the b9 3rd #5 root and #9 over the A7. I often hear people showing melodic minor scales or straight arpeggios.


Of course you can use this over Bbm, Eb7, C7b9 too!


This arpeggio is played with switchbacks and inversions and with legato and hybrid picking techniques over multiple positions and sounds much better than running a melodic minor scale or straight arpeggio over the A7 Alt chord.


It's a cool pattern that you can alter with a few note changes to make it Min9, Maj9, etc., etc.


And it's an excellent technique study. You can play it with alternate picking or economy picking too.





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