Haute Gitanerie

EmΔ arpeggio for gypsy jazz

The EmΔ arpeggio is built from the notes E (R), G (♭3), B (5), E♭ (7). On Haute Gitanerie you can see it across the whole guitar neck — contained position boxes, long diagonal forms, and its parent scale (E melodic minor) — with note names in English (C D E) or solfège (Do Ré Mi).

How to practise the EmΔ arpeggio

Start with a contained position box near the low strings, then move it up the neck fret by fret, or follow a diagonal form for a two-octave sweep in the manouche style. Every note is labelled with its interval (R, ♭3, 5, 7), so you always know where the root, third, fifth and seventh sit.

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