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  2. Classical guitar technique - Wikipedia

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    In both schools—one being all free-stroke (Giuliani arpeggio practice) and the other rest-stroke (Segovia scale practice) -- the basis for learning the technique is hours of repetition. In 1983, Richard Provost outlined principles of scale and arpeggio technique based on his study of anatomy to make the 'inherent kinesthetic tendencies' ("our ...

  3. Sweep picking - Wikipedia

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    Sweep picking is not limited to a few note patterns. Guitarists can construct as many patterns as there are chords, and apply sweep picking to any idea—arpeggio or otherwise. These are separate yet related techniques that produce obvious differences in legato versus struck notes, as well as shift in the timing of the entire arpeggio.

  4. Music theory - Wikipedia

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    A pattern of whole and half steps in the Ionian mode or major scale on C. Notes can be arranged in a variety of scales and modes. Western music theory generally divides the octave into a series of twelve pitches, called a chromatic scale, within which the interval between adjacent tones is called a semitone, or half step. Selecting tones from ...

  5. Arpeggio - Wikipedia

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    A series of arpeggios in J. S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "The Star-Spangled Banner" opens with an arpeggio. [1] Arpeggios open Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and continue as accompaniment An arpeggio ( Italian: [arˈpeddʒo] ) is a type of broken chord in which the notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive ...

  6. Classical guitar - Wikipedia

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    Using p to indicate the thumb, i the index finger, m the middle finger and a the ring finger, common alternation patterns include: i-m-i-m : Basic melody line on the treble strings. Has the appearance of "walking along the strings". This is often used for playing Scale (music) passages. p-i-m-a-i-m-a : Arpeggio pattern example. However, there ...

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    arpeggio, arpeggiato played like a harp (i.e. the notes of the chords are to be played quickly one after another instead of simultaneously); in music for piano, this is sometimes a solution in playing a wide-ranging chord whose notes cannot be played otherwise; arpeggios are frequently used as an accompaniment; see also broken chord articulato

  8. Rhythm guitar - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm guitarists who use arpeggios often favor semi-acoustic guitars and twelve string guitars to get a bright, undistorted "jangly" sound. The Soukous band TPOK Jazz additionally featured the unique role of mi-solo , (meaning "half solo") guitarist, playing arpeggio patterns and filling a role "between" the lead and rhythm guitars.

  9. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    A guitarist performing a C chord with G bass. In Western music theory, a chord is a group [a] of notes played together for their harmonic consonance or dissonance.The most basic type of chord is a triad, so called because it consists of three distinct notes: the root note along with intervals of a third and a fifth above the root note. [1]