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[phykell]

Originally Posted by Mondo

whats arpeggios ?

It's like a cross between a scale and a chord. You take the components of a chord and play them as a scale. For example, you'd play a C Major arpeggio (ascending) from middle C as C, E, G, C (one octave above middle C) and then descending, G, E, C (back to middle C).

For anyone, beginner to advanced, I'd strongly recommend a good book of scales and arpeggios. I think the ABRSM does a set of books which are graded as well but there's one that covers all of them IIRC - mine's years old but I'm sure they must still do it.

Getting the best results quickly requires a tremendous amount of discipline and though it might sound a bit tedious, practice of scales/arpeggios will soon yield results and you'll be able to play the more ambitious stuff all the quicker. It's all about how rewarding it is to work your way through something, starting to recognise the theme as you get better; and eventually mastering the piece and adding your own interpretation. There's no better feeling IMO