Two Handed Arpeggios: A Piano Tutorial

Watch a simple example on how you can use both hands to play an arpeggio in this piano tutorial. In this lesson we will use a simple chord progression - Am, F, G, C - to illustrate how, by «keeping the notes rolling», you can create uninterrupted arpeggios which give the listener a very animated feeling. The particular arpeggios chosen also have interesting voicings, using tension and passing notes to create a modern sound and give the progression a sophisticated feel. «An arpeggio is a group of notes which are played one after the other, added either going up or going down. Executing an arpeggio requires the player to play the sounds of a chord individually to differentiate the notes. The notes all belong to one chord. The chord may, for example, be a simple chord with the 1st, (major or minor) 3rd, and 5th notes of the scale in it (this is called a «tonic triad»). An arpeggio in the key of C major going up two octaves would be the notes (C, E, G, C, E, G, C) «An arpeggio is a type of broken chord. Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously. Arpeggios can rise or fall for more than one octave. Students of musical instruments learn how to play scales and arpeggios. They are often a requirement for music examinations. «An «arpeggiated chord» means a chord which is «spread», i. e., the notes are not played exactly at the same time, but are spread out. Arpeggiated chords are often used in...