Here are some fun (read:
unusual)
arpeggios I've always liked to
integrate into my soloing. I won't bother covering the
theory behind them, as that has already been adequately described in the
scales' respective
writeups.
(A note on the whole and whole/half tone scales:
These scales are very very cyclic, meaning you only have to learn them in a few positions for them to work for
everything.)
Diminished Arpeggio in F
--------------------------7--10---
---------------------6--9---------
----------------4--7--------------
-----------3--6-------------------
------2--5------------------------
-1--4-----------------------------
Augmented Arpeggio in F
-------------------5--9--------
-------------2--6--------------
-----------2-------------------
---------3---------------------
-------4-----------------------
-1--5--------------------------
Whole-Tone-Half-Tone Scale starting on F#
--------------------------------1-2-4----
--------------------------1-3-4----------
--------------------1-2-4----------------
--------------1-3-4----------------------
--------2-3-5----------------------------
--2-4-5----------------------------------
Whole Tone Scale based on F
--------------------------------7-9-11---
-------------------------6-8-10----------
-------------------4-6-8-----------------
-------------3-5-7-----------------------
-------2-4-6-----------------------------
-1-3-5-----------------------------------
or
-------------------------1-3-5--
---------------------2-4--------
-----------------2-4------------
-----------1-3-5----------------
-------2-4----------------------
-1-3-5--------------------------
This, my
colleagues,
is what fun is all about.