Minor 7 Arpeggios On The Guitar – CAGED Positions and Theory

The minor 7 arpeggio contains the following:

1 – b3 – 5 – b7

It can be thought of as a minor arpeggio, with an added b7. It is a very important tool for any guitarist because it can be used very effectively with a range of minor scales, such as the dorian scale, aeolian scale and minor pentatonic scale.

As with any arpeggio or scale, we want to master 5 movable shapes. Let’s look at the 5 movable minor 7 arpeggio shapes, using Cmin7 as the example arpeggio:

Minor 7 Arpeggio Frets Position 1
Minor 7 Arpeggio Notes Position 1
Minor 7 Arpeggio Frets Position 2
Minor 7 Arpeggio Notes Position 2
Minor 7 Arpeggio Frets Position 3
Minor 7 Arpeggio Notes Position 3
Minor 7 Arpeggio Frets Position 4
Minor 7 Arpeggio Notes Position 4
Minor 7 Arpeggio Frets Position 5
Minor 7 Arpeggio Notes Position 5

Links to individual keys will be posted here soon. For now, have a go at memorizing the shapes and changing keys.

Further Reading:

Why are arpeggios important?

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