B Power 5 Guitar Arpeggio

B5 No third · 2 notes ·Symbol : 5

Arpeggio Notes

B R
Gb 5

Solfège : Si – Solb

Arpeggio Structure

B 7½T Gb

About this arpeggio

The Power 5 arpeggio (root + fifth) is harmonically neutral, neither major nor minor. On electric guitar with distortion, it is the backbone of rock and metal. Easy to memorize (two notes a fifth apart), it allows fast runs across the entire neck.

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