Arpeggios for lead guitar - What are we referring to and why are they important? Find out here!
Arpeggios for lead guitar - What are we referring to and why are they important?
A great way to think about arpeggios is that they are the 3rd core foundation of being able to play awesome guitar solos; the 1st being pentatonic scales, the 2nd being major and minor scales and the 3rd core foundation being arpeggios. Everything else can be considered to be added spice that takes these things to another level.
A classic example is the twin lead part of the solo of Hotel California; super epic, super memorable and composed purely of the kind of lead guitar arpeggios we're looking at here.
The intro of Sweet Child O Mine is basically a D7sus4 arpeggio with the first note changing depending on the chord. This is a concept often referred to as ‘following the chord’ because lead players often play the notes of the chord they are playing over (which of course changes every time there is a chord change).
