Chops

The following exercises are destined to improve your technique as a soloing guitar player.

The examples are divided in five chapters and they come in two shapes: as Sibelius Scorch - .sib web page where you can also listen in MIDI to the exercise (besides seeing or printing it) and in jpeg - .gif format for those who don't want to download the Scorch software.

1.    In the Chromatic Scale

Chromatic 1 .sib .gif

Chromatic 2 .sib .gif

Chromatic 3 .sib .gif

Chromatic 4 .sib .gif

The Flight of the Bumblebee .sib .gif

2.    In Diatonic Scales

Scales 1 .sib .gif

Scales 2 .sib .gif

Scales 3 .sib .gif

Scales 4 .sib .gif

Scales 5 .sib .gif

Scales 6 .sib .gif

Scales 7 .sib .gif

3.    Simple Arpeggios

Arpeggio 1 .sib .gif

Arpeggio 2 .sib .gif

Arpeggio 3 .sib .gif

Arpeggio 4 .sib .gif

Arpeggio 5 .sib .gif

Arpeggio 6 .sib .gif

                Arpeggio 7 .sib .gif                

                                                Capriccio nr. 5 .sib .gif 

4.    Tapped Arpeggios

Tapped Arpeggio 1 .sib .gif

Tapped Arpeggio 2 .sib .gif

Tapped Arpeggio 3 .sib .gif

Tapped Arpeggio 4 .sib .gif

Tapped Arpeggio 5 .sib .gif

Tapped Arpeggio 6 .sib .gif

5.       Extended Arpeggios

Extended Arpeggio 1 .sib .gif

Extended Arpeggio 2 .sib .gif

Extended Arpeggio 3 .sib .gif

Extended Arpeggio 4 .sib .gif

Extended Arpeggio 5 .sib .gif

                               Capriccio nr. 24 .sib .gif

Practice the exercises in a slow tempo at first and increase the speed gradually until you master them.

T stands for left-hand tapping, the circled numbers show the left-hand fingering: 

1 - index; 2 - middle; 3 - ring; 4 - small.