An arpeggio means playing the notes of a chord one by one. Major 7 arpeggios are built with root (1), major third (3), perfect fifth (5) and major seventh (7). They are basically used to play over Major 7 chords. Major 7 Arpeggio 1 3 5 7
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Guitar Arpeggio Shapes
One-octave Shapes
The first four shapes show how
to play a Maj7 arpeggio within the space of one octave. Each shape has the lowest root on a different string.
The next two shapes show how
to play a maj7 arpeggio within the space of two octaves. The notes are spread out over the six strings. Two-octave Shapes It is very important to trans- pose these shapes in all twelve keys. You just have to move the root to the desired note keeping the same intervals.
Related Chord Shapes
Here are three maj7 chord
shapes. The idea is to connect them with the previous arpeggios.