Summary: Play a G major chord arpeggio with seventh chords on the electric bass guitar; learn how in this free music instruction video from our rock and roll and jazz guitar expert. Practice chord arpeggios to increase your skills!
Casey Cormier has been playing both the guitar and bass for ten years, performing in rock and roll clubs along the New Jersey Coast as well as in New York City. He studied jazz at the...read more
"Okay, now let's apply our seventh scale degree arpeggios to G major. So of course, we'll be playing the G major seven arpeggio. It's the movable shape here, G, B, D just like the triad, now, seventh, throw the octave in there. A we'll do minor seventh, for B, minor seventh again, two frets up, same shape. Now for C major, the major seventh. Now the dominant D, remember that flat seventh. Now I can go to E minor here, let's play it on the A string, seventh fret, in the movable form. Minor seven. Now I can do F sharp, diminished, half diminished seventh. And then end with an octave higher than we started, G major seventh. Making sure these fingers are alternating over here still, let's try playing through it. You don't have to play it that fast the first time, but try to work your way up to that speed and then you'll know you're really comfortable with the shapes."
eHow Article: G Major with Seventh Chords: Bass Arpeggios