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    1) Guitarist Larry Carlton developed the "super arpeggio" concept for soloing, which involves combining and re-combining major and minor triads in new ways. 2) The super arpeggio starts with a root chord and moves through every possible major and minor triad combination. The farther you move from the root chord, the more colorful and jazzy the sound becomes. 3) By super-imposing different triads over a chord progression using the super arpeggio concept, guitarists can create new and creative soloing ideas.

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    1) Guitarist Larry Carlton developed the "super arpeggio" concept for soloing, which involves combining and re-combining major and minor triads in new ways. 2) The super arpeggio starts with a root chord and moves through every possible major and minor triad combination. The farther you move from the root chord, the more colorful and jazzy the sound becomes. 3) By super-imposing different triads over a chord progression using the super arpeggio concept, guitarists can create new and creative soloing ideas.

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    1) Guitarist Larry Carlton developed the "super arpeggio" concept for soloing, which involves combining and re-combining major and minor triads in new ways. 2) The super arpeggio starts with a root chord and moves through every possible major and minor triad combination. The farther you move from the root chord, the more colorful and jazzy the sound becomes. 3) By super-imposing different triads over a chord progression using the super arpeggio concept, guitarists can create new and creative soloing ideas.

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    1) Guitarist Larry Carlton developed the "super arpeggio" concept for soloing, which involves combining and re-combining major and minor triads in new ways. 2) The super arpeggio starts with a root chord and moves through every possible major and minor triad combination. The farther you move from the root chord, the more colorful and jazzy the sound becomes. 3) By super-imposing different triads over a chord progression using the super arpeggio concept, guitarists can create new and creative soloing ideas.

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    The passage discusses Larry Carlton's 'Super Arpeggio' soloing concept which involves relating different triads to a single chord or multiple chords together to create new harmonic sounds.

    Larry Carlton's 'Super Arpeggio' concept involves relating different major and minor triads that can be substituted for one another over a chord, creating increasingly complex harmony.

    Over a Gm chord, triads like Gm, Bb major, Dm, and even F major can be played, with sounds becoming more 'colorful' and 'jazzy' the farther away from the Gm chord.

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    Larry Carlton’s Super Arpeggio
    Four-time Grammy winner, Larry Carlton, was one of LA’s top studio guitarists during the 70s-
    80s. Much of the music we associate with that time period was the work of Larry Carlton. Larry
    is still as active as ever playing and touring all over the world.

    Larry Carlton is known for his lyrical soloing. He has described his approach to soloing in a
    concept called the “Super Arpeggio.”

    If you’re tired of playing old licks and pentatonic patterns when you solo, then check out this
    super arpeggio concept for a fresh way to get some exciting new sounds when you solo.

    How the Super Arpeggio Works


    Larry describes it this way… “Triads are simple building blocks to be combined and re-combined
    to produce … an endless combinations of sounds.... I can relate a particular group of triads to
    any single chord or to several different chords appearing together.” In other words, by looking
    at one chord you can relate many different triads to it.

    To get us started, it’s important to realize a few key things…

    1) Chords are built with specific intervals. For example, a minor chord is a minor 3rd
    interval with a major 3rd interval stacked on top of it. In a Gm triad, the distance from the G to
    the Bb is a minor 3rd, and the distance from the Bb to the D is a major 3rd.

    2) Alternating minor and major 3rds create alternating minor and major triads.

    3) These interlocking triads can be substituted for one another creating increasingly
    complex harmony.

    4) The closer you are to the actual chord, the “safer” the tones are. The farther away
    you get from the original chord the more “jazzy” or “outside” your sound will become.

    The Super Arpeggio


    Here is the super arpeggio starting on a Gm chord. The super arpeggio can be extended in either
    direction going through every possible combination of major and minor chords.

    www.LearnandMaster.com 1 Style Lessons: Larry Carlton’s Super Arpeggio


    Gibson’s Skills House Lessons with Steve Krenz

    Soloing Using the Super Arpeggio


    For example, over a Gm chord, you could play a Gm triad, or a Bb major triad, or a Dm triad, or
    even an F major triad. Remember, the farther away you go from Gm, the more colorful and
    jazzy your sounds will become. But, be aware, you can only go 3 or 4 levels from the original
    chord before you start getting too far outside of the tonality and your notes start to sound
    incorrect.

    Experiment with super-imposing chords over other chords using the super arpeggio concept and
    see what creative sounds you are able to make.

    For great sounding practice tracks check out http://www.coffeebreakgrooves.com/. These are 15
    minute long practice tracks over a defined chord progression. This gives you plenty of time to
    work out soloing ideas over a great sounding track.

    For step-by-step quality guitar instruction check out the award-winning Gibson’s Learn & Master
    Guitar course at www.LearnAndMaster.com and the lessons section at www.gibson.com for all
    the help you need to become the player you want to be!

    Steve Krenz
    As an educator, Steve is best known for the top-selling guitar instruction
    course, Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar that received the 2011 Acoustic
    Guitar Magazine Player’s Choice Award for Best Instructional Material. As a
    professional guitarist in Nashville, Steve's broad playing experience includes
    playing guitar with a symphony orchestra, to jazz big bands, to performing with
    numerous Grammy-winning artists like Donna Summer, Michael W. Smith,
    Bryan White, The Fifth Dimension, Israel Houghton, Tommy Sims and American
    Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle.

    www.LearnandMaster.com 2 Style Lessons: Larry Carlton’s Super Arpeggio

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