is there an accepted fingering for practicing minor seventh arpeggios and minor seven flat five arpeggios? looking through my stuff, i find ... absolutely nothing on the subject.  

the straigthforward approach seems awkward in some cases. for example,  i have found that f minor seven flat five is awkward if i play (starting on f) 12341234..., but much smoother if i play 1212341234..., because the wide gap from b to e flat is easier to play with 1 and 2, than with 3 and 4.

also, i found that i can play e flat minor seventh arpeggios better by fingering them 212341234.. than by playing them 12341234.

any comments would be appreciated - even if it turns out to be: everybody does his/her own thing, or sometimes i do it one way, sometimes another!  

thanks,
ed
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thanks.  i have mastered that lesson in all but the difficult keys (i.e., all but db, d, eb, e, f, gb, g, ab, a, bb, and b.) i'll take them one at a time.

oh, and i just did upsy upsy, not upsy upsy upsy. when an upsy is two octaves, that's a lot of upsy.

i'm guessing your arpeggios over dominant chords are really interesting, and i'm looking forward to the next installment.

thanks again.

ed
when i said "upsy, upsy, upsy, etc" i didn't mean that you should keep going higher and higher (although that's cool too).

i just meant begin each set at the same starting point every time and repeat until it becomes second nature.
thanks, i misinterpreted.

ed
thanks a mil for that 7 it is a great help. would also be so kind as to do the dominants as well.....thanks
hey you guys, you can use both hands you know!


try leaving out the root, and argpeggiate them like this:

3 5 b7 9 3' 5' b7' 9'

you can use different kinds of 5s in there too.

* * * * * * *

there are so many possibilities, it boggles the mind. use your imagination ...

somebody else here will certainly have some suggestions as well.
7, thanks again for sharing and for taking the time to explain.  

i don't know how much you make answering people's questions out here, but i'd say you deserve a raise.  others too.

i'm just learning about alt chords, and i was thinking that someone might have also some cool things to practice over them, since there are a couple of triads that kinda fit in there on top, both jazzy sounding.

ed
the majority of alt chords are simply variations of rootless tritone substitutes.

consequently, if you know your dominants inside out, you already know your alt chords.

as regards my salary here, (by your reccommendation) scot has agreed to double my current salary and factor in quarterly cost of living increases.

he was happy to do this for me as the math works into his budget quite nicely - two times zero is still zero lol.
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