Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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In this tutorial you’ll learn 6 ways to improvise over 7 chords. In this guitar lesson we look at the scales and arpeggios to use over the maj7 chord such as the major scale, pentatonic scale, superimpose a pentatonic scale over a maj7 chord, the maj7 arpeggio, superimpose a min7 arpeggio over a maj7 chord and superimpose a major 7 arpeggio of the 5th degree.

0:00 Introduction
01:17 Five important 7 chords
3:02 The Major 7 chord
4:12 The Major scale
5:39 Pentatonic scales
7:48 The Minor scale of the 3rd degree
9:45 Maj7 arpeggio over the Maj7 chord
11:24 Min7 arpeggio of the 3rd degree
12:40 Maj7 arpeggio of the 5th degree
13:48 Conclusion

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Artwork: (c) 2021) Rob van Hal

Used:
Strandberg Boden Metal 8 NX (www.strandbergguitars.com)
Ibanez JEM 7vb (www.Ibanez.com)
Ibanez RT
Ibanez SD GR Bass (www.Ibanez.com)
Schecter Banshee GT FR (schecterguitars.com/)
Takamine GD930 (www.takamine.com)
Castilla Classical Guitars
Samson Concert 99 Wireless system
Rode Microphone
Axe FX II (www.fractalaudio.com)
BIAS FX (www.positivegrid.com)

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(c)2021 Rob van Hal, Netherlands

Subjects in this video:


Improvising,
7-chords,
7 chords,
Minor 7 chord,
Major 7 chord,
Diminished 7 chord,
Augmented 7 chord,
Dominant 7 chord,
Soloing over maj7 chord,
Scales for maj7 chord,
Maj7 arpeggio,
Min7 arpeggio,
Lydian mode,
Lydian scale,
Maj7#11 chord,
Music theory lesson guitar,
Music theory,
Guitar tutorial,
Guitar lesson,
Rob van Hal,
QJamTracks,
Q Jem tracks,
Q jam tracks