Australian Guitar

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN

In this issue, I want to cover sweep picking of minor 7 arpeggios, and how sweep picking can be used with the minor pentatonic scale.

The majority of metal and rock music is in a minor tonality. The minor pentatonic scale, Dorian mode, Phrygian mode, natural minor and melodic minor scales are all used extensively in genres of guitar-based music. The minor 7 arpeggio

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