How to Play Arpeggios on Guitar - Page 3 of 4

Reading Guitar Arpeggio Charts
(Vertical Perspective)

(Video Guitar Lesson 3 of 4)

Another way that you will often see arpeggio charts written is from a vertical perspective. This is the same way that you read guitar chord charts…or if you were looking at the neck of your guitar when sitting in a guitar stand.

D Major Guitar Arpeggio - 2nd Position - Vertical

This is played the same way as the arpeggio chart written from the horizontal perspective. Get used to reading arpeggio charts both way. You may prefer one way over the other, but you will see both equally.