Guitar Arpeggios Triads
CAGED Shapes
The following guitar arpeggios are triads. Triad arpeggios are made up of three notes and include the notes of the most common chords in western music such as major and minor triads.
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Guitar Arpeggios Triads
Three Octave Shapes
Do we need to learn triad arpeggios on the guitar?
Alongside seventh arpeggios, triads are essential learning for any guitarist who wants to improvise or compose well.
See my article “Which Arpeggios Should Guitarists Learn?” for a brief discussion on which arpeggios, triads and sevenths, guitarists should learn.
Note: Not all of these arpeggio triad shapes are convenient to perform on the guitar, because of awkward fingerings. However, every permutation is shown here for completeness.
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