Prashant Aswani

Prashant Aswani

Prashant is a Guitar instructor at JamPlay.com

Few musicians can say they've had such a diverse background in music, ranging from Indian classical to rock fusion, and many genres in between. Even fewer can say they recorded their first solo album while still attending Berklee College of Music. Prashant Aswani, however, can attest to these, and even more, jaw-dropping experiences. Prashant began his inspiring musical career at a very young age. He began playing tabla guitar at the age of eight, and took weekly lessons f... (more)

Prashant currently offers 148 guitar lessons at JamPlay, with 25 beginner lessons, 121 intermediate lessons and 2 song lessons.

Prashant Aswani's contribution to JamPlay

Use the tabs below to learn more or subscribe for unlimited access to all artists and courses.

Beginner Arpeggio Practice Plan

Have you ever watched or listened to another guitar player or musician and wondered how they could play melodic lines that fit so well with the chords being played by the rhythm section? Most of the time in these cases, they are using arpeggios to emphasize the changes. Learning how to play and apply these arpeggios is a key factor for advancing your playing. In this course, Prashant teaches us the most commonly used arpeggios and how to practice them.

1

Course Introduction

Find out what Prashant will cover in this course

2:49 Runtime

0.0 Difficulty

2

Major Triads - Adjacent Strings, 1/2 Pattern

Prashant teaches the basic interval that makes up a major triad and shows us how to play G, C, and D major triads in three octaves

8:15 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

3

Major Triads - Adjacent Strings, 1/2 Pattern - Practice

Now that we know how to play this major arpeggio pattern, it's time to practice along with a track

3:35 Runtime

0.0 Difficulty

4

Major Triads - Adjacent Strings, 2/1 Pattern

For this lesson, we will learn a new pattern for the G, C, and D Major triads in three octaves

2:48 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

5

Major Triads - Adjacent Strings, 2/1 Pattern - Practice

We will practice the major arpeggios using the 2/1 pattern along with a track in this lesson

3:49 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

6

Major Triads Using Three Strings

In our next lesson we will explore the major triads using three strings and learn the intervals using one note per string

3:35 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

View this Lesson
7

Major Triads Using Three Strings - Practice

Up next, we will play the major triad arpeggios using three strings along with a track

3:23 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

8

Minor Triads - Adjacent Strings, 1/2 Pattern

Prashant will show us the interval that makes a minor triad using arpeggios in E, A, and B minor

3:54 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

9

Minor Triads - Adjacent Strings, 1/2 Pattern - Practice

In this lesson, we will practice playing our E, A, and B minor arpeggios over the provided track

5:27 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

10

Minor Triads - Adjacent Strings, 2/1 Pattern

We will learn a new way of playing the E, A, and B minor arpeggios using a pattern similar to what we learned in a previous lesson

2:40 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

11

Minor Triads - Adjacent Strings, 2/1 Pattern - Practice

It's time for us to practice this new minor arpeggio pattern with the track

5:39 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

12

Minor Triads Using Three Strings

For the next lesson, we will learn how to implement our minor triads using three strings

3:37 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

13

Minor Triads Using Three Strings - Practice

We will practice the E, A, and B minor arpeggios using three strings along with the backing track

3:50 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

14

Major 7 Arpeggio 5th String 1 Octave

Now that we are comfortable playing arpeggio patterns with root notes on the 6th string, we will learn a Major 7 arpeggio pattern using a root note on the fifth string

5:06 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

15

Major 7 Arpeggio 5th String 1 Octave - Practice

In this lesson, we will play the G and C Major 7 arpeggios along with our track

5:23 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

16

Major 7 Arpeggio 5th String Upper Octave Combo

Prashant will teach us how to add another octave on top of our new Major 7 arpeggio pattern

5:13 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

17

Major 7 Arpeggio 5th String Upper Octave Combo - Practice

Up next, we practice playing the two octave Major 7 arpeggio patterns with the provided track

5:06 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

18

Minor 7 5th String - Low Octave

For our next lesson, we will learn a pattern for the minor 7 arpeggios in E, A, and B

4:52 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

19

Minor 7 5th String - Low Octave - Practice

It's time to play the one octave minor 7 arpeggio pattern along with a track

4:23 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

20

Minor 7 Arpeggio 5th String Upper Octave Combo

We will extend the minor 7 arpeggio one more octave in this next lesson

5:27 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

21

Minor 7 Arpeggio 5th String Upper Octave Combo - Practice

Now we can practice the two octave minor 7 arpeggio with the provided track

7:13 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

22

Dominant 7 Arpeggio

Prashant will teach us about dominant chords and how to play a dominant 7 arpeggio in this lesson

4:54 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

23

Dominant 7 Arpeggio - Practice

We'll be practicing this new arpeggio over the backing track in this lesson

5:16 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

24

Minor 7b5 Arpeggio

For our final arpeggio, we will learn about the minor 7b5 chord and how to play the arpeggio using a root on the fifth string

6:13 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

25

Minor 7b5 Arpeggio - Practice

In this last lesson, we will play the minor 7b5 arpeggio pattern along with the provided track

5:41 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

Unlock All Courses

Get Started

Get access to all guitar lessons from Prashant Aswani along with our full roster of guitar teachers.