Bars 17-19 The solo kicks off with some Marty Friedman-style string bends, before a descending diatonic arpeggio based around ...

But I’ll also use notes from the A minor pentatonic scale (A, C, D ... Notice that there’s no D root note included here and that the four notes may also be thought of as an F#m7b5 arpeggio (F# ...

Major and minor arpeggios are easy to memorise by ear and it’s really worth the effort. Play G-B-D to outline a G chord; C-E-G spells out a C chord; A-C#-E gives you an A; A-C-E is Am; and E-G-B is Em ...

This E minor arpeggio includes the 9th interval (an F# note) that’s a particular favourite of players like Gary Moore and Paul Gilbert. Part of the challenge here is the middle part of the arpeggio as ...

Bars 19-21 We come to the end of the solo with more stylistic string bending phrases, which concluding with a descending G# Minor arpeggio. Example 6. The Oriental Scale - Key of D (D-E Flat-F#-G ...