Minor Arpeggios In The CAGED System
How To Practice These Arpeggios
To practice and memorize these shapes, play the arpeggio in sequence, beginning at the lowest root note, up to the highest note in the shape, down to the lowest in the shape and back up to the lowest root note. The following are tabs of this exercise for the 5 minor arpeggio shapes.
e:---------1-5-1-----------------|
B:-------3-------3---------------|
G:-----2-----------2-------------|
D:---3---------------3-----------|
A:-5-------------------5-------5-|
E:-----------------------5-1-5---|
B:-------3-------3---------------|
G:-----2-----------2-------------|
D:---3---------------3-----------|
A:-5-------------------5-------5-|
E:-----------------------5-1-5---|
e:-----------5---------------|
B:---------6---6-------------|
G:-------7-------7-----------|
D:-----7-----------7---------|
A:-5-8---------------8-5---5-|
E:-----------------------5---|
B:---------6---6-------------|
G:-------7-------7-----------|
D:-----7-----------7---------|
A:-5-8---------------8-5---5-|
E:-----------------------5---|
e:----------------10----------------|
B:-------------10----10-------------|
G:--------7-10----------10-7--------|
D:------7--------------------7------|
A:----8------------------------9----|
E:-10----------------------------10-|
B:-------------10----10-------------|
G:--------7-10----------10-7--------|
D:------7--------------------7------|
A:----8------------------------9----|
E:-10----------------------------10-|
e:------------------10-------------------|
B:---------------10----10----------------|
G:------------10----------10-------------|
D:---------12----------------12----------|
A:-------12---------------------12-------|
E:-10-13---------------------------13-10-|
B:---------------10----10----------------|
G:------------10----------10-------------|
D:---------12----------------12----------|
A:-------12---------------------12-------|
E:-10-13---------------------------13-10-|
e:-------------13-------------------------|
B:----------15----15----------------------|
G:-------14----------14-------------------|
D:-12-15----------------15-12----------12-|
A:----------------------------12----12----|
E:-------------------------------13-------|
B:----------15----15----------------------|
G:-------14----------14-------------------|
D:-12-15----------------15-12----------12-|
A:----------------------------12----12----|
E:-------------------------------13-------|
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.
Overview - A chart of these minor CAGED arpeggios