Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Try this super versatile 4-note Arpeggio for Modes and the II V I. Create a fusion sound over a minor ii-V-i progression to sound awesome and sophisticated. Try this little gem of a shape to discover its immense versatility and how you can use this one shape for a lot of beautiful extended and colorful chord arpeggios. This shape will be you friend forever once you discovered the power of this Jack of all trades arpeggio!
Use the same shape for half diminished arpeggios, minor arpeggios, maj7 arpeggios and altered dominant arpeggios to creates modes like Phrygian, Dorian, Lydian and Locrian.
*Subjects in this video:*
- 4-note arpeggio shape.
- Arpeggio shape repeated in the octave.
- The min7b5(sus4) arpeggio shape.
- The Maj7b5 or Maj7#11 arpeggio shape.
- The MinSus4b9 or minor b9 arpeggio shape.
- The min6/9 arpeggio shape
- The Altered dominant arpeggio shape
- The ii V I in a minor key
- The ii V I vi progression
- The II V I Turnaround
- Improvise over the II V I in a minor key
*CHAPTERS:*
0:00 Introduction
0:23 The Arpeggio Shape
1:27 Every note can be the root
1:48 Sus4(b9) arpeggio
2:52 Maj7#11 of Maj7b5 arpeggio
4:19 Min7b5(sus4) arpeggio
5:23 Min6/9 and Altered dominant arpeggios
7:48 Overview / Summary
8:18 The Dark ii-V-I turnaround
12:14 The final Result (examples)
*Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:*
qjamtracks.shopify.com
*Tabs and tracks at PATREON:*
patreon.com/Qjamtracks
*Social Media/contact: *
https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks
https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks
https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2023 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
Try this super versatile 4-note Arpeggio for Modes and the II V I. Create a fusion sound over a minor ii-V-i progression to sound awesome and sophisticated. Try this little gem of a shape to discover its immense versatility and how you can use this one shape for a lot of beautiful extended and colorful chord arpeggios. This shape will be you friend forever once you discovered the power of this Jack of all trades arpeggio!
Use the same shape for half diminished arpeggios, minor arpeggios, maj7 arpeggios and altered dominant arpeggios to creates modes like Phrygian, Dorian, Lydian and Locrian.
*Subjects in this video:*
- 4-note arpeggio shape.
- Arpeggio shape repeated in the octave.
- The min7b5(sus4) arpeggio shape.
- The Maj7b5 or Maj7#11 arpeggio shape.
- The MinSus4b9 or minor b9 arpeggio shape.
- The min6/9 arpeggio shape
- The Altered dominant arpeggio shape
- The ii V I in a minor key
- The ii V I vi progression
- The II V I Turnaround
- Improvise over the II V I in a minor key
*CHAPTERS:*
0:00 Introduction
0:23 The Arpeggio Shape
1:27 Every note can be the root
1:48 Sus4(b9) arpeggio
2:52 Maj7#11 of Maj7b5 arpeggio
4:19 Min7b5(sus4) arpeggio
5:23 Min6/9 and Altered dominant arpeggios
7:48 Overview / Summary
8:18 The Dark ii-V-I turnaround
12:14 The final Result (examples)
*Crystal Clear E-BOOKS with audio files:*
qjamtracks.shopify.com
*Tabs and tracks at PATREON:*
patreon.com/Qjamtracks
*Social Media/contact: *
https:// facebook.com/QJamTracks
https:// instagram.com/QJamTracks
https:// youtube.com/QJamTracks
(c)2023 Rob van Hal, Netherlands
![Guitar backing Track: Energetic Power Rock (Am, Dm and A Dorian)
Sound like the power rock heroes from the 80s with this guitar backing track in Am, Dm and A Dorian with tips/lesson about modes scales, arpeggios, licks and chords. Excellent guitar jam track for improvising and plain shredding.
This Q JAM TRACKS *LEARN & PLAY* backing track provides a visual representation of the chords and scales in diagrams as they appear in the music. Extra theoretical information is shown in the video. It is a backing track and tutorial (or lesson) at the same time.
0:15 Jump Start: The pentatonic scale
0:31 Modulating to D minor – Dm pentatonic scale
0:52 A Dorian scale
1:05 Dorian pentatonic concept
1:26 Adding the blue note
1:47 The blue note in the key of D minor
2:10 pentatonic solution for the Dorian Mode
2:41 The A natural minor scale
3:02 D natural minor scale patterns (w/ 3 note per string)
3:25 The A Dorian scale patterns (CAGED)
3:58 A minor pentatonic and diatonic
4:21 A minor pentatonic and diatonic
4:38 Basic Tapping
5:54 The harmonic minor scale over the dominant chord
Its also a play along video for learning exiting chords.
Photo:
Haileymayhem [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Social Media:
www.facebook.com/qjamtracks
www.instagram.com/qjamtracks
www.youtube.com/qjamtracks
Recording equipement:
Fractal AXE FX II mark II (www.fractalaudio.com)
SONAR Platinum (https://www.cakewalk.com/products/SONAR/)
Adobe audition
Ibanez JEM 7V BK (www.ibanez.com) Guitar backing Track: Energetic Power Rock (Am, Dm and A Dorian)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9ecwAAoIMho/mqdefault.jpg)









