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# Guitar Arpeggio and Diad Etudes
- URL: https://vividguitar.co/guitar-arpeggio-and-diad-etudes/
- Published: 2025-03-14T16:05:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-14T16:05:48.000Z
- Description: The newsletter for guitar players.
- Author: Vivid Guitar
- Tags: Guitar Lessons

Let's look at a different way to play some common arpeggios. Here, we're (mostly) just skipping strings, which results in a cool-sounding little riff.

We of course don't want to overuse this type of thing, but it's a technique/pattern you can work into your playing once in a while as an alternative to just playing scales.

Arpeggio Practice in G Major

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![](https://cdn.getmidnight.com/f655f096d6a1f6fbcbed5d050759ab54/2024/11/Arpeggio-Practice-in-G-Major.png)

Another thing we can do is play these pairs of notes together. 2 notes played at a time is sometimes referred to as a *diad* (or dyad). 

Diads in G Major

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![](https://cdn.getmidnight.com/f655f096d6a1f6fbcbed5d050759ab54/2024/11/Dyads-in-G-Major.png)

The point here isn't to memorize these specific lines, but to open you (and your fingers) up to a couple new ideas to work into your playing.

Experiment with using these technique on other chords, and start by taking it slow.

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