Blues in A (12 bars) — arpeggios

Level 3 blues

The A7, D7, E7 progression played as arpeggios: each chord is picked note by note instead of strummed, to build picking-hand precision.

Tips

Slow down until every note rings clearly before increasing the tempo.

The same E7-A7-B7 grid played in arpeggios: each chord is spread out note by note rather than strummed as a block. A picking-hand accuracy exercise.

Let it ring: place the whole chord at once and keep the fingers down while you pick through the strings.
An arpeggio going up then back down doesn't play its highest note (or its lowest) twice in a row.
Change chord only on the last note of the current arpeggio, not before.

Transpose to:

Bar 1 A7 I

Bar 2 A7 I

Bar 3 A7 I

Bar 4 A7 I

Bar 5 D7 IV

Bar 6 D7 IV

Bar 7 A7 I

Bar 8 A7 I

Bar 9 E7 V

Bar 10 D7 IV

Bar 11 A7 I

Bar 12 E7 V