How to Write Sweeping Arpeggios • Music Theory from Daft Punk "Motherboard"

Ray Harmony · Nov 17, 2023 · 1m

How to Write

Sweeping Arpeggios.

Free PDF Tutorial

includes multitrack MIDI file

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Intro.

Do your arpeggios all sound rather similar? It’s a common problem for producers.

Arpeggios are when you play a chord one note at a time, and it’s one of the best techniques for making your progressions more interesting. And while it’s definitely more rare to hear arpeggios than “block” chords in popular music genres, most of the arpeggios you do hear are rather boring. Merely playing…