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The Sultan's Triads - Guitar triads for soloing

How to use "The Sultan's Triads"

The most common use of these arpeggios, is for improvising over a particular chord. The first thing that we are going to take a look at is some common hammer-on and pulloff combinations. The result is some fast, easy licks. For the purpose of demonstration, I am going to write all of these licks using the basic major arpeggio shape below. You will be able to apply all of the finger movements and picking to all of the shapes you have learned on the previous pages.

major arpeggio

 

Guitar Licks

All of the following licks are for an E (major) chord. Therefore the note on the 2nd string is an E. Be sure to follow the recommended picking. The symbol means to pick down and the symbol means to pick up. These licks use hammer-ons and pull-offs.

lick #1

lick #1 tablature

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lick #2

lick #2 tablature

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lick #3

lick #3 tablature

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Page 2, Minor arpeggio guitar shapes, and lone 2nd and 3rd string shape

Page 4, Solo examples

 

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