ARPEGGIOS AND HARMONIZATION

Major scale: C D E F G A B

Harmonization: C Dmin Emin F G Amin Bminb5

The half-diminished chord (B-b5) has a structure based like the minor arpeggio but
with the 5th lowered one semitone.

Exercise 9

Play the arpeggios according to the harmonization of the C scale while maintaining the
same form.

FORM OF C

C Dmin Emin F

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

FORM OF A

C Dmin Emin F

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

FORM OF G

Amin Bmin(b5) C Dmin

Emin F G Amin
FORM OF E

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

Dmin Emin F G

FORM OF D

Emin F G Amin

Bmin(b5) C Dmin Emin

Exercise 10

Play the arpeggios relative to the harmonization of C indicated in between the parentheses.
The purpose of this exercise is to recognize each form in every place on the fretboard.

Progression n. 1

(A) (C) (D) (D)

C Dmin Emin F

(E) (G) (A) (A)

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

Progression n. 2

(G) (A) (C) (C)

C Dmin Emin F

(D) (E) (G) (G)

 G Amin Bmin(b5) C

Progression n. 3

(E) (G) (A) (A)

C Dmin Emin F

(C) (D) (E) (E)

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

Progression n. 4

(D) (E) (G) (G)

C Dmin Emin F

(A) (C) (D) (D)

G Amin Bmin(b5) C

Progression n. 5

(C) (D) (E) (E)

C Dmin Emin F

(G) (A) (A) (C)

G Amin Bmin(b5) C