A consumable electrode type arc welding control method including a pulse welding period in which an arc is generated between a base material and a welding wire by feeding the welding wire toward the base material at predetermined feed speed and causing a peak current and a base current to alternately flow through the welding wire, wherein the pulse welding period alternately includes a first peak period in which a first peak current whose peak current value is a first current value is caused to flow through the welding wire and a base period in which a base current having a second current value is caused to flow through the welding wire, during the base period, a second peak current is superimposed on the base current at a second pulse frequency that is higher than a first pulse frequency of the first peak current such that the peak current value is a sum of the second current value and a third current value, the sum of the second current value and the third current value is smaller than the first current value, a second peak period in which the second peak current is caused to flow through the welding wire once is shorter than the first peak period (Tp 1), and a droplet is transferred from the welding wire toward the base material during the first peak period or immediately after the first peak period, the sum of the second current value and the third current value is equal to or smaller than 1/2 of the first current value, and the second current value is more than zero and lower than a setting current, which is a moving average value of a welding current during the pulse welding period, and also is a value necessary for maintaining the arc, wherein when a period in which the base current is caused to flow through the welding wire is provided as a second base period following the second peak period or immediately before the second peak period, the second base period is longer than the second peak period, and the second pulse frequency of the second peak current is an inverse of a sum of the second peak period and the second base period. the pulse welding period alternately includes a first peak period in which a first peak current whose peak current value is a first current value is caused to flow through the welding wire and a base period in which a base current having a second current value is caused to flow through the welding wire, a first peak period in which a first peak current whose peak current value is a first current value is caused to flow through the welding wire and a base period in which a base current having a second current value is caused to flow through the welding wire, during the base period, a second peak current is superimposed on the base current at a second pulse frequency that is higher than a first pulse frequency of the first peak current such that the peak current value is a sum of the second current value and a third current value, the sum of the second current value and the third current value is smaller than the first current value, a second peak period in which the second peak current is caused to flow through the welding wire once is shorter than the first peak period (Tp 1), and a droplet is transferred from the welding wire toward the base material during the first peak period or immediately after the first peak period, the sum of the second current value and the third current value is equal to or smaller than 1/2 of the first current value, and the second current value is more than zero and lower than a setting current, which is a moving average value of a welding current during the pulse welding period, and also is a value necessary for maintaining the arc, wherein when a period in which the base current is caused to flow through the welding wire is provided as a second base period following the second peak period or immediately before the second peak period, the second base period is longer than the second peak period, and the second pulse frequency of the second peak current is an inverse of a sum of the second peak period and the second base period.