Scales & Arpeggios

Up from the root and back down

From the root to the top, then again

From the top down to the root, then again

Down from the top and back up

Skip up a note, step back: 1 3, 2 4, 3 5

Three notes, then start one higher: 1 2 3, 2 3 4

Four notes, then start one higher: 1 2 3 4, 2 3 4 5

Three up and back to where you began, one higher each time

Leap up a sixth and come back: 1 6, 2 7, 3 8

A chord on each note of the scale: 1 3 5, 2 4 6

A four-note chord on each note: 1 3 5 7, 2 4 6 8

Up and down the arpeggio, starting on its 3rd

Up and down the arpeggio, starting on its 5th

Up and down the arpeggio, starting on its 7th

Root, 5th, 3rd, octave, then on up the chord

One note per beat

Two even notes per beat

Three even notes per beat

Four even notes per beat

Two per beat, long then short, with a shuffle feel

Dotted: a long note, then a short one

Dotted: a short note, then a long one

From the root up to the next root

From the root up through two octaves

Every note your hand reaches in this fingering, above and below the root