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This lesson is about what I like to call "The Sultans of Swing
Thing". The idea comes from part of the solo in the Dire Straits
song "Sultan's of Swing". But this sound can be heard in many
other songs and solos.
You are going to be playing arpeggios,
which are the notes of a chord played individually. The name of
this lesson is "The Sultan's Triads". A triad is a basic 3 note
chord. Major and minor chords are triads and only have 3 different
notes in them. To understand more about triads, go to the lesson
on basic
chord construction in the theory section.
In these particular arpeggios, you are going to play a very specific
shape. You are going to play 2 notes on the 1st string, and 1
note on the 2nd string. Having 2 notes on the 1st string will
allow you to do hammer-on and pull-off combinations that will
allow you to play fast, with minimal effort.
Major
Shapes
Let take a look at the major arpeggio shapes. The numbers indicate
the fingering, and the red dot shows where the root of the chord
is. The root location is going to be your guide, so memorize where
it is. Of course for these to be of any use, you will need to
have a basic knowledge of what the names
of the notes are on the neck of the guitar.
If you played the 3 notes of a major chord using the string combination
mention above (2 notes on the 1st string and 1 on the 2nd string)
this will give you 3 different sets of these 3 notes. The only
problem is that one of the sets is not a very comfortable combination,
so we are not going to use it. We are looking for some comfortable
and useful shapes to learn. Just because it exist, doesn't mean
you need to play it.

awkward stretch
Page 2, Minor shapes, and lone
2nd and 3rd string shape 
The Sultans Triads - guitar triads for soloing
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