Dominant Seventh Arpeggios

Lesson 4/39 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Blues Lead Guitar

Dominant Seventh 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 1st (1), 3rd (3), 5th (5) and flattened 7th ( b7) notes of the major scale, so the chord formula for the seventh chord is:

The flattened 7th 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 7th 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.

E Form (Pattern One)

D Form (Pattern Two)

C Form (Pattern Three)

A Form (Pattern Four)

G Form (Pattern Five)

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1- Arpeggios 2- New Techniques - The Trill 3- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 4- The Blues Scale 5- INTRODUCTION 6- Sixteenth Note Rhythms 7- Understanding Rhythms 8- The Major Pentatonic Scale 9- More on Eighth Note Rhythms 10- The Triplet 11- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale 12- Syncopation 13- Minor Arpeggios 14- Enharmonic Notes 15- Swing Rhythms 16- Combining Scales 17- Set Rhythms 18- Common Sixteenth Note Figures 19- Identifying Scale Patterns 20- Tremolo 21- Fretboard Diagrams 22- The Shuffle Rhythm 23- Dominant Seventh Arpeggios 24- The Rake 25- Using Ties 26- Scale Degrees 27- Left-Hand Fingers 28- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets 29- Combining Scales and Arpeggios 30- Analyzing What You Play 31- Tablature 32- Staccato 33- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures 34- Twelve Eight Time 35- Tablature Symbols 36- Thirty Second Notes 37- Playing With Pick and Fingers 38- Jam Along Progressions 39- Listening

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Dominant Seventh Arpeggios