G Power 5 Guitar Arpeggio

G5 No third · 2 notes ·Symbol : 5

Arpeggio Notes

G R
D 5

Solfège : Sol – Ré

Arpeggio Structure

G 7½T D

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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