Fingerstyle Guitar Arpeggio

Advance Acoustic Guitar Arpeggio

Hey guys, today I will show you how to play this challenging fingerstyle guitar arpeggio on guitar. This is a lesson from my free ebook Fingerstyle Engine, available here at BlitzGuitar.com. 

Many students have been asking me to post more intermediate/advanced guitar lessons, so I hope you will like this one.

This lesson is called “Arpeggio from Hell,” It’s a combination of the left-hand arpeggio, fingerstyle arpeggio, and fast fingerstyle plucking.

Enjoy this fingerstyle guitar arpeggio, guys!

Let’s get started.

Fingerstyle Arpeggio Video Lesson

This is the full fingerstyle video tutorial. Watch the video several times to familiarize yourself with the exercise.

It is indeed a pretty challenging exercise that requires speed, control, and left-hand fingers stretch.

Tab Here

The Left Hand Arpeggio

The left hand will perform a bunch of horizontal arpeggios on the 4th string, followed by a scale pattern. This guitar part is pretty jumpy, and it will challenge your left-hand control over slide and stretch.

Practice one arpeggio at a time before moving on to the next one.

What is a Left Hand Guitar Arpeggio?

A left-hand guitar arpeggio is a chord played one note at a time.

A chord is a combination of three or more notes combined. You can decide to play these three notes simultaneously by strumming or plucking the strings. This is probably the easiest way to start.

But you can also play the three notes of a chord individually and call that a left-hand guitar arpeggio.

This is an example of the E minor chord played simultaneously. The three-note that builds the E minor chord is E – G – B. 

Chord Played Horizontally

Chord Played Vertically (Arpeggio)

Once you break the chord down and start playing the notes individually on one string, you will come up with a guitar arpeggio that looks like it.

Same note E G B, but this time played horizontally up and down the guitar fretboard.

This is the type of fingerstyle guitar arpeggio we are going to learn today!

The Chord Progression

We will be applying the concept of fingerstyle guitar arpeggio over these two chords.

E minor and D# diminished chord. Both will be played on the 4th string horizontally.

The E minor Arpeggio

The first arpeggio you are going to play is the E minor on the 4th string. The red square helps you visualize the arpeggio notes, while the yellow square represents the accompaniment.

Each chord is repeated twice.

The D# Diminished Arpeggio

The D# diminished arpeggio notes are D# – F# – A – C, and it will be played on the 4th string horizontally. 

Here is the D# fingerstyle arpeggio.

Scale Pattern on One String

After the two arpeggios, we will be focusing on a scale pattern played on the 4th string. This is one of the things I love to play the most. Scale patterns are the best way to develop your technique, control, and strength.

I highly recommend you practice this part slowly. It will take a little bit of time before you can fluently play it, so be consistent and patient.

The scale pattern will be played with the thumb while the fingers will focus on the first string’s accompaniment.

The Last Arpeggio

You can then finish the exercise with the E minor arpeggio played in position one. This arpeggio is much easier than the first one as it is played vertically in one position.

Check it out down below.