Seriously – if you’re playing along with another guitar player – this lesson will help you find something different to play. Puh-lease don’t play exactly the same thing – unless you’re specifically trying to play in unison!
Triads are cool because once you get the hang of them, you can easily throw them in anywhere to spice up your playing. Additionally, they are in a higher register than the open chords, so they’ll cut through the noise of the band without turning up your volume.
In this particular video the triads I showed are based on the open D and open Dm chord patterns. For example:
6-5-4-3-2-1 (String number)
X-X-0-2-3-2 (D)
And
X-X-0-2-3-1 (Dm)
Where X means you don’t play that string, and numbers indicate the fret position. As I move these chords up the fretboard, I simply stop playing the 4th string as well.
Watch Major Triads on Youtube
This is why I won`t Buy OnLine Lessons………. The things Stop
and they Won`t Start Up again……!!!
Wal of the `RAPIDS`–`CEDAR` that is…………..
LATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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really good lesson in blues could you show us where to improvise on the neck with regards to each chord change
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Hi Carl,
You can stay in the same scale throughout all the chord changes if you want – say the pentatonic minor is great for that. If you’re getting bored of doing that, yes, you can move around a lot more, but its not really necessary.
Here’s the link to all the lessons I’ve done so far on improvising. I think you’ll find them useful:
http://www.guitartipsweekly.com/category/improvising/
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Great lesson Jonathan. Another light bulb just lit up for me
Thanks,
Jim
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Thanks, Johnathon. Another link to connecting the dots. This has been helpful in learning these triads and how to use them.
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Jonathan,
I must say, you are the best teacher I’ve found on the web.
You really keep things simple, yet show so much about playing.
I’ve learned more from watching your videos than I ever did from any
other sources.
I’m finally beginning to get an understanding of “how things work”.
Thanks so much fer doin’ what you be doin’
Olin
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You give real good lessons, and have a good attitude… I like
that… I don`t mean to be mean…But your fingers are chubby and
I can`t see clearly what string they are on…….
Sorry Walt
Wal of the `Rapids` `Cedar` that is……………
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Haha – chubby fingers eh? Ok, I can live with that.
The other issue is that my acoustic is a 3/4 size one, so the neck is even narrower than normal… along with my chubby fingers it does make this a tad difficult.
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John, you`re a Good Man, Chubby Fingers and All…..KEEP UP the
Good Work…Because your lessons are Really Good…And Thank You
again………
Wal of the`RAPIDS` `CEDAR`that is………….
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keep up the good work jonathan.i,ve seen playing a while
and your method of teaching is ,”GREAT”.
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Just for the record, Jonathan, you don’t have chubby fingers; they look quite normal to me! With that size guitar my fingers are too big also for someone else to see clearly.
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Great lesson! keep up the good work.
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This was a very good lesson. Could you add tabs to your lessons? I like to print out the tab to study on papaer what I see in the video.
Thanks, alan
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Hi Jonathan.
As usual with all your lessons I find them very informative.
Thanks Frank.
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very nice, I liked how it had a”YES,(the band), and you and I(the song), flavor to it.” Gives me a new direction thanks buddy…
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Hey Jonathan, your lessons are great but no offense, talking alot can be kind of boring so, if you could just cut to the point of the lesson of what your teaching then that would be helpful to alot to people who are starting
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Awesome lesson, man… Keep up the good work!
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Yeah, Jonathan… Chubby fingers AND you talk too much! (I’m new to the site so I’m reading older comments…) Oh yeah, and too much guitar and too many explanations…lol…
Just a note to say ‘hi’, and that I’m enjoying (and profiting from) your lessons and explanations of the basics.
I’ve been abusing my guitar for 40 (!) years, off and on, and am once again treating the music seriously. I play left-handed, upside down and backwards, and for years I told myself that I couldn’t learn from anyone else because of that ‘impairment’. Albert King kept telling me different, but I spent a lot of my time fighting. Now I’m back at it and I thank you for your often insightful yet simple lessons that ANYONE can grab hold of. Thanks so much!
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Jonathan Reply:
May 21st, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Hi Saul – it’s always nice to bump into a sense of humor
Yeah, Albert King is a famous upside down leftie, but there have been many, many others too… you’re in good company!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicians_who_play_left-handed
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just wanted to say it’s great learning stuff from you.You just seem to make it easier to learn.Thanks again
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Awesome! You really explain things well! I’ve actually used this method on a song that uses C G and D7 chords, using ‘simple’ C and ‘simple’ G chords (strumming only G B and high E strings in the open or 1st position). I didn’t know about triads at the time, but it sounded cool. I actually thought I was ‘cheating’ by playing the song that way, but now I know I was using triads! Thanks!
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