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A Augmented Arpeggio Pattern

Lesson 7/63 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Jazz Bass
A Augmented Arpeggio Pattern

A Augmented Arpeggio Pattern

* This pattern requires a bigger stretch (5 frets) between the 1st and 4th fingers.

The augmented arpeggio consists entirely of consecutive major 3rds piled on top of one another.

A - C# = maj 3rd
C# - F = maj 3rd
F - A = maj 3rd

All inversions have the same pattern.

The augmented chord shape actually has three different names. To understand why this is so, examine the formula for an augmented chord, 1 3 #5. By applying this formula to the respective scales of each note in the scale, it may be seen that A+, C#+ and F+ all contain the same notes, so the same arpeggio can be used for all three chords.

Example 55 uses the notes of the A, C# and F augmented arpeggio pattern. The symbol X means a bigger stretch (5 frets) between 1st and 4th fingers.


The following table illustrates that the notes of the A+, C#+ and F+ chord are the same.

Because each arpeggio represents three different chords the complete range of augmented chords is covered by using the shape over four frets. This example refers to the 4th string.

At the first fret the augmented chord is F+, A+ or Db/C#+
At the second fret the augmented chord is F#/Gb+, Bb/A#+ or D
At the third fret the augmented chord is G+, B+ or D#/Eb+
At the fourth fret the augmented chord is Ab/G#+, C+ or E+

The easiest way to remember the three different augmented names involved in each shape is simply to read off the notes contained when that shape is held, i.e., if the augmented shape is played at the third fret and the individual notes are named (G B Eb G) this gives the three names of the augmented chord (G+, B+ and Eb+).

Conversely, if you wish to play a given augmented chord (C+) all you need to do is find a C note on any of the four strings, and then play the augmented arpeggio around it (the arpeggio you play will also produce an Ab+ or E+).

Example 56 uses augmented arpeggio pattern without the octave moving up the neck. The first note is C, therefore the chord is C+, E+ or G#+.

Example 57 uses augmented arpeggio pattern as illustrated, moving up the neck. The first note is Ab, therefore the chord is Ab+, C+ or E+.

Suspended Chord

The suspended chord (sometimes called a suspended 4th chord) is constructed from the major scale using the first (1), fourth (4) and fifth (5) notes of the scale. The symbol for a suspended chord is the abbreviation "sus" (or "sus4"), placed after the letter name of the chord. The suspended chord is a major chord with the fourth substituted for the third.

The F suspended (Fsus) chord for example, is based upon the notes of the F major scale.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Chord Symbols 3- Scales And Key Signatures 4- The Cycle of Fifths 5- Music Theory 6- Notes on the Bass Fretboard 7- Major Pentatonic Scale 8- The Cycle of Fifths 9- Notation 10- Interval Chart 11- Minor Pentatonic Scale 12- Principle Chords and Scale Tone Chords 13- Interval Chart 14- Interval Fretboard Diagrams Of The C Major Scale 15- Turnarounds 16- G Major Scale 17- Music Notation 18- Music Notation 19- Notes 20- Chords and Arpeggios 21- G Diminished Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 22- Tablature 23- Jazz Blues Progression 24- Note and Rest Values 25- A Major Scale 26- C Major Scale 27- Time Signature 28- Major Arpeggio Patterns 29- A Augmented Arpeggio Pattern 30- Major Arpeggio Patterns Using Open Strings 31- F Major Scale 32- F Suspended Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 33- Chord Inversions 34- A Major Scale 35- G Major Scale 36- A Minor Sixth Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 37- G Major Sixth Arpeggio Pattern 38- C Major Sixth Arpeggio Pattern 39- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Major Scale 40- A Major Scale 41- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Minor Seven Flat Five Arpeggio Pattern and Inversions 42- A Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 43- Turnarounds 44- Chord Extensions 45- D Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 46- Chord Extension Arpeggio Patterns 47- Major Seventh Four Bar Chord Progressions 48- Major Seventh Arpeggio Pattern Using Open Strings 49- Chord Extensions Arpeggio Patterns 50- Bass Pedal and Additional Chord Variations 51- Major Seventh Inversions 52- B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Major Scale (<span class="symbolA">b</span>7) 53- B<span class="symbolA">b</span> Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 54- E<span class="symbolA">b</span> Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 55- Dominant Seventh Four Bar Chord Progressions 56- Dominant Seventh Arpeggio Pattern Using Open Strings 57- Dominant Seventh Inversions 58- C Major Scale 59- C Minor Arpeggio Pattern 60- B Major Scale 61- B Minor Seventh Arpeggio Pattern 62- Minor Seventh Inversions 63- Summary of The Intervals and Arpeggio Patterns

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