We’ve done a lot of work with arpeggios and the bebop scale. It’s now time to combine the two devices for a musical, articulate sound. To do this we’re going to start by ascending arpeggios from each chord tone and then descending the bebop scale. This is a common sound and you can use it to write your own lines and licks. Once again we start our structured approach by ascending the E minor 7 arpeggio from the root to b7. We then descend 4 notes down the bebop scale to land on ‘G’ the b7 of A7. We ascend the Bb diminished arpeggio to the octave of the b7 (G) and we then descend the bebop scale to land on the major 7th of the D Major Chord (C#), finally jumping down to the A for a real bebop flavor.

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This is shown in figure and audio example 9a. Next we begin on the b3 of the E minor (G) and ascend the arpeggio to the 5th (B) and descend the bebop scale again until we hit the b7 of A7. We descend the Bb diminished arpeggio to the b9 of A7 and continue scalically down the bebop scale with a little bounce off to the 3rd of D Major. Study figure and audio example 9b.

Figure and audio example 9c is another example from the 3rd of E minor that hits the 3rd of A7 and a chromatic approach note pattern into the 3rd of the D Major: Figure and audio example 9d ascends from the 5th of E minor 7, ascend the arpeggio from the 5th to the 3rd, play the A on the top string and descend the bebop scale to the 5th of A7 (E) Here we play a chromatic approach note into the 3rd and descend via the b9 and bebop scale with a cool little chromatic jump to the 3rd of the D Major 7. Figure and audio example 9e is an example from the b7 of the E minor: Ascend the arpeggio from b7 to b3, descend the bebop scale.

Chromatically approach the 5th of the A7 chord (E) Ascend the Bb diminished arpeggio to the 5th again and descend to the 5th of the D major 7 chord. I’ve given you one or two examples for each arpeggio tone but I expect you’re anxious to create your own lines and make your own playing unique and fluid. How To Install Xliveless Gta 4. How can you be creative with this important concept?

It is an important stage to learn and play the lines above with confidence as they’re a great place to start. There is a reason I have written out the theory behind the construction of the lines; it’s so you understand what’s happening technically to help develop your own voice. Have patience and determination to learn and understand these lines before embarking on your own voyage of discovery. When I was writing these ideas I sat with my guitar and said to myself; ‘ok what happens when I ascend 4 notes up an arpeggio and descend a bebop scale?’ Then I spent some time figuring out some lines.