Minor arpeggios get their tones from minor chords. To turn a G-Major chord into a G-minor chord, all you have to do is lower the third note from B to B. The same holds true for arpeggios: To transform the major arpeggios to minor arpeggios, you lower B to B. Doing so changes the shapes completely, but that's okay—only one note changes, so they don't look that different. For the sixth string, you get only one fingering shape; this one starts with the first finger. See FIGURE 9-9.

For the fifth string, there are two fingerings, and like major arpeggios they start with the first and fourth fingers, and both contain the exact same notes. Choose the shape that feels more comfortable to play. See FIGURES 9-10 and 9-11.

You can also do a long arching lick (as shown in FIGURE 9-8) in minor, by simply changing the Bs to Bs. FIGURE 9-12 shows the long arpeggio fingering for minor.