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Stacking Triad Shapes to Span More Ground
By s TEPhEn Ross
oCTAvE ARPEGGIos
From Arpeggios for the Modern Guitarist
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Octave arpeggios are shapes that span three octaves, each having the exact same form. To create octave arpeggios, we stack three two-string
octave shapes on string sets 6–5, 4–3, and 2–1. Because of the repetition found in octave shapes, playing a three-octave arpeggio is not much different than playing a one octave arpeggio. These arpeggios are linear in nature and can help you break out of “position playing” during your solos.
All of the arpeggios in this lesson are based on a G root note and should be played in all keys.
Major
3
Major
root position
3
3
3
33
Major
root position 1st inversion 2nd inversion
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
37
5
59
7
8
12
10
Triad Arpeggios
3
8
12
10
3 1st inversion
3
3
7
10
10
9
12
12
12
15
15
root position
3
37
5
59
7
8
12
10
1st inversion
3
3
7
10
10
9
12
12
12
15
15
3
2nd inversion
3
3
10
15
14
12
17
16
15
20
19
7
10
10
9
12
12
12
15
15
3
2nd inversion
3
3
10
15
14
12
17
16
15
20
19
7
37
5
Minor
Minor
3
59
10
15
14
12
17
16
15
20
19
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Minor
3 root position
3
3
root position
36
5
58
7
3 1st inversion
3
2nd inversion
3
8
11
10
3
8
11
10
3 1st inversion
3
3
6
10
10
8
12
12
11
15
15
1st inversion
3
3
6
10
10
8
12
12
11
15
15
3
2nd inversion
3
3
10
15
13
12
17
15
15
20
18
root position
3
36
5
58
7
8
11
10
2nd inversion
3
3
10
15
13
12
17
15
15
20
18
7
36
5
58
Diminished
Diminished
3
6
10
10
8
12
12
11
15
15
3
10
15
13
12
17
15
15
20
18
3
3
3
3
3
3
Diminished
3 root position
3
3
3
root position
36
4
58
6
8
11
9
3 1st inversion
3
2nd inversion
3
root position
3
3
36
4
58
6
8
11
9
Augmented
3
36
4
58
6
8
11
9
Augmented
root position
3
3
Augmented
root position
3
3
3
37
6
59
8
3 1st inversion
3
3
69
10
8
11
12
11
14
15
1st inversion
3
3
69
10
8
11
12
11
14
15
3
3
2nd inversion
3
3
9
15
13
11
17
15
14
20
18
69
10
8
11
12
11
14
15
3 1st inversion
3
3
2nd inversion
3
3
9
15
13
11
17
15
14
20
18
3
9
15
13
11
17
15
14
20
18
3
2nd inversion
3
3
3
8
12
11
3
8
12
11
3 1st inversion
3
3
7
11
10
9
13
12
12
16
15
3
2nd inversion
3
3
11
15
14
13
17
16
16
20
19
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root position 1st inversion 2nd inversion
33
3
3
3
37
6
59
8
8
12
11
7
11
10
9
13
12
12
16
15
11
15
14
13
17
16
16
20
19
3
7
6
59
8
7
11
10
9
13
12
12
16
15
11
15
14
13
17
16
16
20
19
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