Chords are usually made up of combinations of major and minor third intervals. As mentioned previously, the simplest chords are made up of three notes. These are called triads. There are four basic types of triads: major, minor, augmented and diminished. Examples of and formulas for each of these triads are shown in the following diagrams.
For every type of chord there is a corresponding arpeggio. The following example is a C minor arpeggio which consists of the notes C, Eb and G. These notes are the root, flattened third and fifth of a C minor chord.
This is a G minor arpeggio which consists of the notes G, Bb and D. These are the root, third and fifth of a G minor chord.
Here are all the minor arpeggios between C minor and B minor played chromatically ascending. Try playing them chromatically descending as well. Once again, there is no tablature here, but you already know all the notes needed to play these arpeggios.