Major Arpeggios In The CAGED System
How To Practice Arpeggios
A good exercise to practice and memorize these shapes is to play the arpeggio from the lowest root note, then up to the highest note in that shape, back down to the lowest note in that shape, and then back up to the lowest root again. The following are tab files demonstrating these exercises across all 5 of the previous shapes.
e:---------2-5-2-----------------|
B:-------3-------3---------------|
G:-----2-----------2-------------|
D:---4---------------4-----------|
A:-5-------------------5-------5-|
E:-----------------------5-2-5---|
B:-------3-------3---------------|
G:-----2-----------2-------------|
D:---4---------------4-----------|
A:-5-------------------5-------5-|
E:-----------------------5-2-5---|
e:-----------5---------------|
B:---------7---7-------------|
G:-------7-------7-----------|
D:---4-7-----------7-4-------|
A:-5-------------------5---5-|
E:-----------------------5---|
B:---------7---7-------------|
G:-------7-------7-----------|
D:---4-7-----------7-4-------|
A:-5-------------------5---5-|
E:-----------------------5---|
e:---------------10---------------|
B:----------7-10----10-7----------|
G:--------7--------------7--------|
D:------7------------------7------|
A:----9----------------------9----|
E:-10--------------------------10-|
B:----------7-10----10-7----------|
G:--------7--------------7--------|
D:------7------------------7------|
A:----9----------------------9----|
E:-10--------------------------10-|
e:------------------10------------------|
B:---------------10----10---------------|
G:------------11----------11------------|
D:---------12----------------12---------|
A:----9-12----------------------12-9----|
E:-10--------------------------------10-|
B:---------------10----10---------------|
G:------------11----------11------------|
D:---------12----------------12---------|
A:----9-12----------------------12-9----|
E:-10--------------------------------10-|
e:-------------14-------------------------|
B:----------15----15----------------------|
G:-------14----------14-------------------|
D:-12-16----------------16-12----------12-|
A:----------------------------12----12----|
E:-------------------------------14-------|
B:----------15----15----------------------|
G:-------14----------14-------------------|
D:-12-16----------------16-12----------12-|
A:----------------------------12----12----|
E:-------------------------------14-------|
These 5 arpeggio shapes were all derived from the CAGED system. For more information on the CAGED system including these arpeggio's related chord shapes and scale shapes, please visit our lesson on that topic here.
Overivew - A chart of the major CAGED arpeggios