Table of Contents
Improvising with Mini-Arpeggios ............................................................................................3
Basic Theory ...........................................................................................................................5
Triad Arpeggios..................................................................................................................5
Seventh Chord Arpeggios...................................................................................................8
Utilizing Mini-Arpeggios..................................................................................................... 13
Note Order........................................................................................................................13
Approach Tones..................................................................................................................... 19
Approach Tones From Below............................................................................................19
Approach Tones From Above Chromatic ......................................................................22
Approach Tones From Above - Diatonic..........................................................................23
Combining Chromatic and Diatonic................................................................................26
Improvising Over ii V I Progressions.................................................................................. 35
Combining Mini-Arpeggios With Scales............................................................................ 43
Dominant Seventh: Mixolydian and Blues.......................................................................43
Minor Modes: Dorian, Aeolian and Phrygian.................................................................45
Major Modes: Ionian and Lydian.....................................................................................48
Locrian Mode...................................................................................................................50
Phrygian Mode as an Altered Scale.................................................................................51
Ultimate Mini-Arpeggio Challenge.........................................................................................59