Arpeggios

this is what it looks like

I'm in college and taking private flute lessons. My professor seems to forget that I am not a music major or minor, and she expects me to write and play arpeggios in B flat major, G minor, and F major.

I have been looking all over the internet to find these and I am having no luck. I have one in C major from her and it starts with a whole note cord of the below the staff C, low E natural, and low G. The next seven measures are eighth notes starting on the below the staff C rising to the high C and then back down to the below the staff C.

Essentially she has it written c, e, g, a, e, g, a, e, and so on. I know that this should seem easy for me to write and do, but I have never been required to do anything like this and I don't know what I am doing or where to even begin.

I was wondering if there was any way that you could help me.

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Hi.

An arpeggio consists of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 1st steps of the scale. So if you know the scales, you can figure out the arpeggios.

In the B-flat scale, the notes are...

B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, G, A, B-flat

So the arpeggio is...

B-flat, D, F, B-flat

The G minor scale is...

G, A, B-flat, C, D, E-flat, F, G

So the arpeggio is...

G, B-flat, D, G

The F major scale is...

F, G, A, B-flat, C, D, E, F

So the arpeggio is...

F, A, C, F

The note vales you should play depend upon what your teacher has asked you to do. You can play them in all 8th notes, or start with a whole note, play 8th notes, and end on a whole note, etc.

The example you show is one way to play arpeggios. There are many, many ways!

Here is a free listing of the scales for your reference.

I hope that helps you.