Arpeggio Chord Progression | F Major

You may already know that an arpeggio is a broken chord.  But did you know you can play some very satisfying chord progressionsby using them in any song?  If you’re not familiar with arpeggios, here's a beginner level article that explains them.

What I want to share with you in this article is a great sounding chord progression in the key of F Major with several arpeggios that sound great.  

Arpeggios can consist of any type of notes (half notes, quarter notes, etc.)  This chord progression has several arpeggios that are made up of eighth notes.  As you may know, a quarter note get one beat and an eighth note gets a half beat.

Since a quarter note is one beat, you can count a quarter note by saying “one and”.An eighth note is a half a beat.  Two eighth notes is equal to one quarter note so count them the same way.Now we know how to count eighth notes, on to our arpeggio chord progression in F Major.  

We’ll be using Keyshots in conjunction with Noteshots to illustrate our arpeggios.

The Keyshot will indicate our chord.The Noteshot will indicate the rhythm of the arpeggio.So here is our arpeggio chord progression in F Major:  You can also download the arpeggio chord progression as a pdf if you wish to view it on your device or print it out.Download this arpeggio chord progression instructional PDF here.

As a variation to this arpeggio rhythm, you can easily turn it into four beats per measure simply by holding the last note of the chord for an extra whole beat instead of half a beat.

In addition to this variation, you can arpeggiate the chord in your right hand back down to equal a total of four beats.

Come up with your own variations of the arpeggios I’ve given you here.  You can also create your own and take it to other keys of music and add fragments of it into your favorite songs.  

Until next time, Go Play.