Dominant 7th Arpeggios

Lesson 4/69 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Blues Guitar

Dominant 7th Arpeggios

One of the most common types of chord used in Blues is the seventh chord, (often called the dominant seventh chord). Seventh chords consist of four notes taken from the major scale of the same letter name. These notes are the first (1), third (3), fifth (5) and flattened seventh (b7) notes of the major scale, so the chord formula for the seventh chord is:

The flattened seventh note in this arpeggio is the same b7 note that is found in the Blues scale. Notice that the seventh chord is simply a major chord with a flattened seventh note added. Shown below is a C7 arpeggio.

Here is a lick which is based on the above C7 arpeggio which is played within the A form. Like scales, there are five basic forms of each arpeggio type which cover the whole fretboard when linked together. The five forms of the C7 arpeggio are shown on the following page.

Shown below are the five forms of a C7 arpeggio. Learn each one from memory and sing the degrees as you play the notes.

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1- Scale Degrees 2- The Slide 3- Left Hand Technique 4- Bending Notes 5- The Pentatonic Scale 6- The Release Bend 7- Vibrato 8- Moveable Chord Shapes - a System 9- Turnarounds 10- Moveable Shuffle Patterns 11- The Trail Off 12- 7th Bar Chords 13- Moving to Different Keys 14- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale 15- The Triplet 16- INTRODUCTION 17- The Trill 18- Arpeggios 19- The 12 Bar Blues Progression 20- Bar Chords 21- Twelve Eight Time <span class="symbolA">+</span> 22- The Shuffle 23- The Blues Scale 24- Moving Between Forms 25- The Whip 26- Enharmonic Notes 27- Ldentifying Scale Patterns 28- Open Position Blues Scale 29- Vibrato With Bent Notes 30- Chord Diagrams 31- Analyzing What You Play 32- Minor Arpeggios 33- Slight Bends 34- The Rake 35- The Ascending Slide 36- D Form (Pattern 2) 37- The Hammer-on 38- Chords I IV and V in all Keys 39- Rhythm Notation 40- Two Note Chords 41- Left Hand Technique 42- Minor Bar Chords 43- Moveable 7th Chord Forms 44- Sixteenth Notes 45- Voicings 46- Thirty Second Notes 47- Fretboard Diagrams 48- Dominant 7th Arpeggios 49- Root Six Bar Chords 50- Pentatonic Blues Solo 51- C Form (Pattern 3) 52- The Pull-off 53- The Descending Slide 54- Right Hand Damping 55- Swing Rhythms 56- A Final Solo 57- Tablature 58- Combining Scales and Arpeggios 59- The Valued Slide 60- A Form (Pattern 4) 61- Notes on the Sixth String 62- Super-imposing Chord Forms 63- G Form (Pattern 5) 64- Tablature Symbols 65- Percussive Strumming 66- Technique 67- Root 5 Bar Chords 68- Notes on the Fifth String 69- Changing Between Shapes

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Dominant 7th Arpeggios