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Harmonic Minor and Diminisheds, Week Two 

This lesson is part of the course Weekly Guitar Workout with Scott Nygaard.
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This series of exercises will help guitarists learn the fingerboard and expand their knowledge of chord and scale theory, with handy tips on picking and fretting techniques that will improve their sound. Includes 100 workouts.
 
 
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FOUR-NOTE ARPEGGIOS 
 
This series of workouts consists of four-note arpeggios based on the harmonized major scale. You'll move through a series of arpeggios starting on each note of the major scale, in this case all in the key of G. So, for example, the first arpeggio starts on G, moves up a third to B, up another third to D, and up another third to F#, creating a Gmaj7 arpeggio in the process. The second arpeggio starts on A, moves up a third to C, up another third to E, and up another third to G, for an Am7 arpeggio. Notice that all the notes are in the key of G, so you'll get the four-note arpeggios that correspond to the harmonized major scale: Gmaj7, Am7, Bm7, Cmaj7, D7, Em7, and F#m7b5. Once you get to the top string, you'll move downward in thirds once again, but this time the arpeggios start on the seventh of the chord formed by the arpeggio. So, for example, the arpeggio starting on G moves down a third to E, down another third to C, and down another third to A, giving you an Am7 arpeggio that begins on the seventh (G) and moves downward to the root (A).
 
 
 
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HARMONIC MINOR SCALES AND DIMINISHED CHORDS   
 
HARMONIC MINOR SCALES AND DIMINISHED CHORDS   
 
Harmonic Minor and Diminisheds, Week Two 
Harmonic Minor and Diminisheds, Week Two 
 
Example 1 in this week’s workout is a thirds pattern on the harmonic minor scale. Staying with the A harmonic minor scale in the fifth/fourth fret position, you’ll play a simple rising-thirds pattern followed by a descending-thirds pattern. It’s a simple pattern that may be familiar from one of the earliest Weekly Guitar Workout lessons, but it will help you get familiar with the harmonic minor scale. Examples 2 and 3 are based on a simple pattern of a descending third followed by two ascending scale steps. Example 2 starts on the second note of the scale (the fifth of the E7 chord) and is repeated on the seventh, fifth, and third notes of the scale. This creates a pattern that fits well over an E7 chord in the first and third measures, and an Am chord in the second and fourth measures. Example 3 is a slight alteration of Example 2 that fits well over an E7 chord for three measures.

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