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I think that my most important breakthrough was when I realised that I could just play any note or series of notes with any time signature, at any time and I could just pass it off as saying that it is freeform jazz.
This combined with the fact that I never play in front of anybody allows me to believe that I am able to play guitar to a very competent level and I sleep well knowing this and not questioning the actual sound that I produce.
My therapist says that this is good for me.
lmao
Your ACTUAL breakthrough will arrive when you can do that over a standard and make it sound good, because this is quite possible (50 year player here).
That's a great story but I still have to listen to myself, lol.
(sputter sputter hardy-har-har :) :) hilarious man :)
don't overlook "avant-garde jazz", "modern jazz", "abstract jazz", "neo-avant-garde", "neomodern abstract with avant-garde nuances", and........ well if only to expand your horizons they may be helpful.
JUles Broussard perfected that decades ago, as did John Coltrane. The trick is to play it fast, fluidly and virtuousically, so no one can question your competence.
This may at first seem a strange thing to say, but one thing I really like about your videos Mark, is that they are short and precise. I haven't got the patience to watch other guitar tutors videos that go on for 30 to 45 minutes telling me a dozen times to "subscribe here". Well done and thanks!
Thanks. I try to keep them that way. 4:00 to 6:30 or so. If I were a "real TH-camr" I'd post videos longer that 8 minutes because then TH-cam puts more ads in them. I'll keep them short instead! Glad you've noticed.
@@MarkZabelThe "bite-size nugget" length videos you do are just right 👍🏻
@@57RickH I agree!
You're absolutely right. I ignored triads for 25 years bc i thought i don't need them for rock stuff. And was stuck forever. Don't skip them, learn your triads folks.
You know what I'm talking about. Why I didn't just power through and do it is a mystery to me today. Probably the same thinking - "man, I don't need it for rock stuff!" Yeah, I get that 100%.
@@MarkZabel My case isn't a mystery at all. I learned some basics, formed a band immediately and stayed with the boys for 25 years 😂 Good times. Since this stopped 4 years ago i started to care about learning "new" stuff again. Or better: the basics. I wish i knew earlier, imagine how much better the music would have been with a little extra effort. But it's never too late. Thanks for your lessons, they help a lot 🙏
Dittos!
Did it?
For those about to rock- ACDC. Whoppin rock song, rockin triads! Im guilty of the same thing as you. And im looking forward to chucking them in solos to break up manotony. Ill never stop learning. 🤙
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Video posted 5 hours ago, yet the 'totally free' triad map is not available without signing up? That's a cost.
@@SteveLedger man… anyone with a pulse these days is “signed up “ to a zillion sites… Free means no currency… but hey… it’s a cool set of charts..
As someone who hadn’t picked up an electric guitar in 20 years until recently, I appreciate you sharing this! It’s amazing all the great resources for guitar right here on TH-cam that we had NOTHING like 20 years ago. 🎸🤘
You're very welcome. Glad I could help!
One of my biggest breakthrough moments was when I learnt that if I was playing over a jam track or something in a major key I could at any stage switch to the relative minor of that key since they use the same notes. so instead of playing over an entire jam track in just the major key, use it's relative minor as well, This is one thing that really blew the fretboard wide open for me...
You can add a TON of extra flavour to your playing by doing this. Look at position one of your major scale and then position one of the relative minor and you'll see that both of those scales are right there next to each other on the fretboard. I've worked on just chaining those two scales together as one mega scale and it gives you endless possibilities for your lead work and i've been able to create alot of neat melody lines by doing this.
BB was the king of this
lotta guitar teachers out there that never go into the mechanics or structure of "why we do something". Everybody has their own video on how to apply scales etc but this guy actually explains it
Thanks so much!
Thanks for all the help Mark, you always make things more reachable, less intimidating with these videos. You unlock doors & open our ears. 🦋🖤🦋
Thanks so much Kris! You're the best!
Thanks Mark!
Wow, cool playlist! Aldo Nova ... that's getting back up the trail! ✌
Nice strat. It sounds tremolish just strumming.
I liked it ... except the neck was exceptionally thick and that made it unbalanced. LOVED the pickup configuration and placement.
I recommend Frank Gambale's video Modes No More Mystery. In this video he teaches how to use triads to create modal vamps. You can use these triads as material for solos over these modes as well of course. And in the video Jazz Fusion Improvisation Scott Henderson teaches which triads to use when soloing over certain chords. These triads can be easily memorized if you have watched the Frank Gambale video first.
Thanks Mark for another useful and entertaining video 👍
Thanks Lars! Great recommendations!
I spent more time with this than any other thing I have learned in a long time. Improvising different rhythms and mixing of the chords, its an endless loop of fun. Throwing in some lead licks on top. Thanks Mark. BTW, I'll be seeing Steve Howe and the rest of the boys in San Antonio this Friday night. 50th Anniversary of Close to the Edge! Can't wait!
Oh wow!! That's awesome. Enjoy! (Probably in my top 5 favorite "songs", if you want to call "Close to the Edge" a song.)
@@MarkZabel I took a little bit of footage on my iPhone which turned out quite well. LM K if you're interested in seeing that. It would be easiest to send you a dropbox link
@@kerrfoot Sounds good. Dropbox is fine. mark@markzabel.com
@@kerrfoot Or you could put it on your channel for the benefit of the rest of us?
About 10 years ago (give or take a year) I made that same M7 to m chord connection. With the many grips i already had for Maj7 chords it opened up a plethora of new minor chord soloing paterns for me. I became obsessed with writing backing tracks with parallel Maj to Min chord changes. Especially going from A-min to C-maj7. I loved writing fast arpeggio licks that i could repeat over both chords and that led to me paying closer attention to the particular emotions that each intervel generally produced. In turn, that led to me REALLY learning my intervals. To this day, I'm still fairly slow at naming the notes on the fretboard but i can very quickly see where the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th of each chord is and learning to solo while flowing from the current chord and timing it so that I land on the 3rd or 7th of the next chord on either the 1 or the down beat of either chord improved my improvisations exponentially. I put that right up there with learning the 5 patterns of the CAGED system on the list of most important lessons I've learned over the years.
Just call this video Triads and stop wasting people's time
I appreciated your freeze frames, with all the chords named and illustrated. And I believe you that this was a breakthrough moment for you. I may not be your target audience,* but I would have loved to have heard some actual piece where you incorporated it. After all, this was a video about music... I, personally, came here to *hear* something cool, or beautiful, or unique (vs. merely hearing you talk about improvement.
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* I've played acoustic guitar on and off for the past 43 yrs. More off than on, in recent years -- probably because I've been slowly giving up due to a lack of progression (and a belief my fingertips are just too dang large for me to ever get good or play anything "advanced")...
"this was a video about music..came here to hear something cool" lol, this was a video to promote a service...
I love all your videos Mark but this one had an extra little bonus for me, it shows a quick and easy solution to the diminished problem, you know what I mean, ha ha, I usually get over it by playing some version of a 7 th but by doing it in a triad you get over the line quick and easy, thanks Mark
Thank you so much!
Great lesson. Working with the downloaded charts and a backing track. Like learning a bunch of new chords that are sort of easy. And tying them into the closest pentatonic pattern helps too. Thanks, Mark. This really helps..
Glad it was helpful Todd! Absolutely, tying them to pentatonics helps. The more you see "it's all the same ... chords ... soloing and scales ... it's all one thing" the better. Triads really help me that way.
thanks for the video, just trying to avoid barre chords as they still hurt my wrist. nice guitar BTW have the same Contemporary squire
Cool, thanks!
When he said Triads, he meant Try Ads....ie become an advertising executive 🤣
Worst.Dad.Joke.Ever
Good stuff. But on a tutorial that needs our eyes to watch your hands, please keep the hands still until they are in teaching mode. Leave the continual hand gestures for other subjects.
I did make a comment in error, and I removed it. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. The comment was for meant for an add at the beginning of your video.
No worries! As you probably know, I don't control the ads shown.
Jimmy Page uses same technique on IN THE LIGHT!
Interesting.
Wow, come on man, one minute into the vid and still no answer to the "and Then This Happened part of your video.
LOL!
Theory is so interesting, it's amazing how a triad can be so many different chords depending on where you use it.....
No doubt. I love simple things that can be used creatively.
That’s like saying “it’s crazy that these different notes give me a different chord”. like triads are jus a watered down chord with all of the tones you need to convey emotion, if you move where you’re playing it’s common sense that you’d get a different chord. The real work is relating them, so try and figure out the purposes of each of your chord tones like your thirds, 7ths, 6ths, and so on (these convey emotion or allow for certain types of harmonic movement) and then figure out the functions of chords within a scale and how chords themselves relate to one another. You’ll be one step closer on your journey
@@SKJESUS-qk5qy I think he's talking about inversions of chords. Sometimes its a minor triad, sometimes it's a major 7th triad. Depends on what's considered the root at that time.
@@LoftOfTheUniverse I mean sure, and I understand getting mind blown by the functionality of music theory but seriously like learn why it’s a considered a different chord, try it with a scale or progression other than what the video says, relate it to other modes and play around with different triads over a drone note to further understand the extensions or different tones you can use in your triads. I think you might get my point. Expand from, don’t just replicate what you learn in these videos bc it will keep you trapped in a box
Your openness and enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Some good stuff here with triads. I follow up lesson with more examples would be nice. Thanks
More to come!
Hey Mark.! This is probably one of your best vids,IMO..! I know so many players.. good players.. think that “Theory “ is a dirty word… lol.. but I’m at the point now that the more I know about my guitar and it’s theory ( there’s that word again.!) the more interesting my playing sounds..
Thanks man.! Triads are wayyy cool.!👍🏼❤️
Wow, thanks! Yes, triads are indeed way cool!
Great video and, by the way, David Becker is the best teacher with whom I have ever had the pleasure to study. And Robin Ford is the is totally incredible; the full package.
Thank you! David and I corresponded a bit. Seems to be a great guy. Heckuva player. Robben Ford? Yeah, no doubt!
@@MarkZabel Yes, David is a great guy and now a friend. I was fortunate enough to have seen Larry Carlton, Robben Ford and Jeff Porcaro play together at Donte’s in North Hollywood. Can’t remember who was playing Bass that night, but it may have been Nathan East. Anyway, totally amazing evening.
Just relative minor applied to guitar chord shapes?
No, that's not it. In the video I note that Fmaj7 is an Am triad with an F in the bass. Am is not the relative minor of F ... and F# is the relative minor of A (major).
You get the relative minor from a major triad by taking the 5 and making it a 6. For example, a C triad is spelled C, E, G ... 1, 3, 5. If you make the 5 a 6 ... make G into A, then you get an Am triad inversion - C, E, A ... an inversion of A, C, E.
Hi Mark, I signed up, but I still cannot access the free triad map. What have I done wrong?
Hi Homer. The most common issue is that the person is not logged in. If you email me detailing your issue I may be able to help.
How did you get too that pick up configuration ?
Stock on the Squier Contemporary Strat.
And A-minor is the natural minor of C major! I agree, the tie-ins just go on and on. I'm very excited about my study of the triad shapes and how they tie in all over the neck! Thanks for sharing this with us!!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
This is really helpful. Thanks 😊
Awesome!
.Thanks Mark. Your intro is just about my own glass ceiling of the last 25 years. I have been entirely self-taught since the age of 18 and had never managed to understand and get into the music theory, even the tiniest bits. Now being 52, I have decided with my son to take my first lessons of guitar with a real teacher, and though most of what he is trying to teach me is Chinese for me most of the time for me and I see that my brain is overwhelmed with concepts I had never heard of, after the 2nd year now, I see that things are slowly starting to make some sense and this allows me now to follow TH-cam tutorials without instantly zapping by lack of understanding the most basic concepts such as "intervals", "thirds", what is a chord made of and so on. Through my years of self teaching, I have developed an abilty to play by ear in most of the basic band situations and composing but I really feel so limited and revolving around the same old reflexes that I start to get bored of myself and feel a little disabled to be honest. Learning theory seems to have opened something
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for sharing your story. Keep on rocking!
Mark, as always , your videos are excellent ,to the point, eye opening morsels of musical knowledge. Just another piece to add to the guitar learning puzzle. Thank You!!
Thanks Jay!
Does this man sound like Don Felder? Similar voice.
how's that new ax? is the triad map available to non paying members? three is about as high as I can count so it might be interesting. lol
I'm liking it. Yes, it's free to non-members and members alike.
Whoa! Knopfler eat your heart out. All praise be upon our almighty algorithm to have blessed me with this video. Looking forward to playing around with this in the sunlight hours. Cheers!
Also... the video that came after this started off with "Anyone who tells you not to learn scales is full of shit." That was a solid laugh. 😄🍻
How's that strat I was gonna buy blue one
LOL! It's in a good home in Florida with my autograph on it. Sorry man!
That's a great lesson and an even better story of personal victory. Thanks, Mark.
Glad you enjoyed it
My biggest breakthrough was playing triads, finding different ways to voice basic major and minor chords. Used to write songs in 5 chords/power chords first and expand on chord voicings from there. I’m just about mastered on the bass strings, but my triad licks could improve on the treble strings a bit more.
Great!
just thought i'd mention that eddie van halen uses triads like that often. for example dance the night away riff. also runnin with the devil riff (although the chords arent really in the scale lol). also the keyboard riff in "jump" is the same concept.
your guitar sounds nice by the way....what guitar and amp were you using here? thanks
It's a Squire Contemporary Strat. Nice little guitar. I like the pickup configuration.
@@MarkZabel thanks so much for replying. because of your comment i looked up the contemporary strat. ive seen them before but i always just figured that was a humbucker and a single coil. because of your comment i realized that its actually 3 single coils....which is great because i've been bothered by the physical position of the bridge pickup on my strat recently. been wishing it wasnt so close to the bridge. this guitar solves that problem. they happen to be on sale right now too. so basically i might be buying one because you commented! many thanks!
@@gagealbright Awesome!
I do this religiously finding all my triads on each string set major and minor.the caged system really helped with this
Oh man. His Star Licks video in the 80’s changed everything for me. Thank you for posting this.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
Wow! I've been playing guitar since 1987. I also "discovered" this exact shape and it's significance only a few months ago. And, you're totally right, it opened up an entire world!
Cool!
I had this same light bulb moment when playing Witchita Lineman and I saw the D minor chord inside the B flat Major 7th chord. It is amazing that one can over look such things for so long. Thanks Mark for all your videos, awesome stuff.
That's great! Thanks Ray!
Your comment is indeed an eye opener!
Thanks!
I have that Robben Ford course on DVD somewhere. I shall watch it again soon!
Yeah, good DVD, although the audience shots are kind of funny.
Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter use it all the time. It's great for blues too.
Mark, you are a gifted instructor. Great video production, too! The YT algorithm did me a favor today by introducing me to you. Keep up the great work! Subscribed!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for subbing!
Jazz is so overrated. It's actually self-indulgent. Jazz players play for themselves, not the audience.
Interesting. Are these triads "CAGE" shapes?
They're a subset of the "CAGED" shapes. Little bits of them. This sounds like a paradox, but one of the keys to being fluid is to be able to see less (rather than more).
7 shape in my mind... D7 b7 reverse d Major. Fun shape.
This is outstanding!
I always tell people who say they want to learn theory to learn the major scale, and how to harmonize it. Learn to sing it(doesn't have to be good :P, just on pitch ) . Really learn it until you hopefully have the AHA that it isn't as complicated as it seems at first. 90+% of western music is just using the major scale, and the chords you get from each degree, in different ways.
This is an excellent demonstration of a great result from that sort of thinking.
Thanks Len. Good advice!
I also ‘discovered’ triads a few years ago from watching videos on Triad Pairs. Triads are the most fundamental structure of Western music. Yet guitar players are never taught to play triads. Conventionally, guitar instructors teach you basic chords, then scales, and if you make it that far, arpeggios. But they never teach
you triads. So I set about to learn triads, and it revolutionized my soloing. However, I never thought to play triads as chords. So that’s the next thing I’m going to learn from you. Thank you.
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I have a friend that seems to always play using inverted triads. He can play with just about anyone, any type of music. Is there much difference in using regular triads verses inverted, or are they more of personal choice or are they basically the same?
I've been playing nearly fifty years, self taught, play mostly by ear and usually can hold my own enough to fool most folks, but I know I'm not technically playing things correctly. Never learned theory of any kind, but it's something I'd like to do, so it's all new to me.
Good question! 2 of the 3 G triads shown in the video are "inverted triads". All it means is that the root note is not the one on the lowest string played.
For example, a G triad is made up of 3 notes: G, B, and D. It doesn't really matter which order the notes are in, they're all triads. So you could have G-B-D or B-D-G or D-G-B. They're all triads, but the last 2 get special names "1st inversion" and "2nd inversion" triads.
I think we do ourselves a great disservice by getting overly concerned about nomenclature. Just allow yourself to be curious, find the sounds you like, and don't sweat the names.
@@MarkZabel 👍 thanks for the response and explanation.
What is that pickup setup? The bridge pickup(s) are totally confusing me. Too far apart to be a humbucker, but what's up with that? It looks totally cool and unique!
They're all single coils. The wiring is a bit different thought. 1. Middle/Bridge as Humbucker 2. Middle, 3. Middle/Neck 4. All 3, 5. Neck
I mostly use positions 1 and 4. The sound of all 3 is quite thick, and 1 sounds darn close to a regular humbucker.
The " ah ha" moment for me was realizing all I had to do was play doe ray me... with chords , just like single notes, to make a melody, it was like closing a loop, it's like it's not something that I have to think about now, it's like it is obvious, matter of fact, there is nothing to figure out, any more than you would have to " figure out" how to whistle Happy Birthday, get your brain to have an implicit understanding of playing music
Got lost around 3:11, but I overall get it just not show how to incorporate or practice triads.
My guess is when the song is in Em than I look for Em, Am, and Bm triads or something,
Just watched your video have been trying to play for thirty years and still hopeless my mind can see it but not my fingers I’m frustrated to hell and back
Hmm. It's probably something fundamental. Here are four possible thoughts - assuming you have non-damaged fingers.
1. It could be you're thinking when you play. Try playing something so simple you don't have to think while playing. (Maybe 2 notes or maybe "Itsy Bitsy Spider".) Needs to be simple. Then when you play, just try to dig deeper and deeper, putting feeling into that simple melody - slides, vibrato, etc. If you can't think of how to put feeling into "Happy Birthday" or "Itsy Bitsy Spider", that may be the problem - no ideas. Try to eke out everything you can from something absolutely simple.
2. It could be that you're not in control of the rhythm. Try drumming your fingers along to songs. At first it will be simple rhythms, but most people will eventually discover syncopation and fills to add. These are rhythmic motifs that your hands are learning to synch with your brain and will translate to your pick and left hand. Rhythmic ideas are just as important as melodic ideas.
3. You don't record yourself and listen back.
4. You don't (critically) listen to music. Listen to the phrasing of a trumpet or better yet a singer. Note the way they approach and hold notes, vary their rhythms, etc.
Best of luck!
Wish you'd keep your arms still! It's very distracting.
A great lesson for reflection thanks Mark !! A hugely creative time in music is not knowing that much...many accidents go a long way for years of unfettered jamming and song creation and joyous musical abandon...gradually creatively takes new forms...better or worse is relative to the personality...on that score certain flavors of jazz rock allude to freedom from definition...and yet people will always seek to categorize... see dictionary meaning "jazz" ...now here's the question, "where do ya wanna go" ???
Mark -
I just discovered your channel and I’ve been following the same path as you, but with one important difference. Although I know the triads all over the neck, many arpeggios, the five pentatonic forms, as well as the seven diatonic modal forms, I STILL struggle to connect them all to make actual music! If you could make a video on this, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hi. It sounds to me like you may be seeing too much. Less is more. Learning to see less at a single time is a hard pill to swallow, but I believe it's necessary. Here's a video that may help ... but I'm going to make more for sure, because there are many players in your position, and it can be frustrating. I was definitely there 100%!
Here's the video I was talking about: th-cam.com/video/PwdKfM3ROnI/w-d-xo.html
Cord inversions are a very good and powerful tool.
I also ‘discovered’ triads a few years ago from watching videos on Triad Pairs. Triads are the most fundamental structure of Western music. Yet guitar players are never taught to play triads. Conventionally, guitar instructors teach you basic chords, then scales, and if you make it that far, arpeggios. But they never teach you triads. So I set about to learn triads, and it revolutionized my soloing. However, I never thought to play triads as chords. So that’s the next thing I’m going to learn from you. Thank you.
You're welcome. Triads are such a great building block and so useful for so many things. If you're interested, here's a perfect example: th-cam.com/video/sRA2b9Ngtio/w-d-xo.html
the 7th note of the scale sounds wrong - it sounds like you're flattening it
I consider Larry a Jazz player as much as anything.
I've experimented over the years with playing basic open chords up the neck and I see some connections and similarities here, still feel like I'm missing something though.
Of course - you and I and the rest of the world are missing a lot! That's great, because it means there's more fun to be had, as long as we keep our eyes and ears open. Simple forms like the 3-note triads shown here are great, because their simplicity allows us to see things more easily.
For example, ideas such as voice leading are much clearer with triads than with more complex chords.
As another example, you may have heard that you can substitute a C major with an Em chord (or a C-maj pentatonic with an Em pentatonic). If you use the D, G, and B strings and look at the C triad with root on G5 and the Em triad with root on B5 it will be obvious to you why all of this is true.
As a 3rd example, consider scale positions. Moving a scale position from 1 area of the neck to another requires knowledge of 14 notes. This creates a lot of inertia for most players - they tend to stay in position too much. However, envisioning triads in a new are requires precisely 3 notes. Much less baggage, resulting in much freer movement across the neck.
do kieth richards triads & take string off. please
Great click title ..I clicked....not sure why but I did
Thanks for the triad lesson it really works
My pleasure.
Thanks!
Thank you! Very much appreciated!
Never seen a Fender with slanted angled pickups --?
Hope you don't mind us screenshotting your fretboard diagram during the video!
Thanks for making theory and shapes more approachable for old dogs like me!
Not at all my friend - screenshot away!
Mark????? What just happened?? If you remember I've been at this for over 30 years.,...and yes something just light up like a light bulb .. unbelievable.....Thanks again Mark..
Awesome!
Or stated differently: a root + the minor chord of the 3rd of the root = the maj 7 chord of the root
funny how with piano this stuff is so obvious, like beginner level. The guitar's layout is so confusing yet its much easier to be expressive which is counterintuitive.
True.
There's no "one chord" that changes everything. Just study /understand all the intricacies of music.
I quit playing electric guitar...now playing acoustic and mandolin. With hard work and dedication I am now playing stuff I thought I could never play before.
Music is a joyful experience and will play as long as I'm able.
👍
There is for me, and the story here is mine. I don't think you watched the video through. It's not a technique video.
Enjoy the mandolin. A beautiful instrument and so much fun to play.
@@MarkZabel 😉👍
Thanks!
Thanks for the support. Much appreciated!
I still can't play for shit (yet), but "Connections" is just the right concept to put the fretboard into perspective. The funny things is that we can all make the connections ourselves, but it's still so elusive. Thanks for this perspective.
My pleasure. I won't kid you - making that idea work takes time, but it has been a fun ride for me, and I see things in a new light now. The best thing is that it's a very easy way to look at things, which has been extremely helpful.
If you want to sound good, hitting those ‘sweet’ notes, the devil’s chords are all you need 👹👹
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/7t27gxpAQ4Q/w-d-xo.html
Still don’t know what to do with this information 😳
Studying Robben Ford was the single best thing I ever did for my guitar playing
He's the best!
My idols are punk rock and Angus Young lol and BB king
Epiphany for me too. Thank you Mark. My guitar teacher has been discussing this for a while but I was in half listening mode. I didn't believe the concept was going to make me play more musically, faster or better. I was wrong, you just verified that!
Glad I could help. Thanks for watching and for the kind comment!
@@MarkZabel You Rock!
I learned Rock Around the Clock the other day and found it interesting that the guitarist plays an Am triad when the bass goes to the D major change, thus creating a D9. Like you said, the Am triad is also FMaj7. And C6. Before that I was always overly verbose with my chords, for some reason. Now that I'm picking up the C6 lap steel it's a mindset I really have to get into, since you can rarely voice the chords completely, you have to choose. I'm seeing the beauty in it.
Excellent!
Except that an "A minor triad" has a different function in F (the third degree of the scale, as in do re MI) than it does in C (the 6th do re mi fa so LA). They have different tensions, weights and gravity. So, they are NOT the same. Now, play an a minor triad (a, c, e) over Bb - these are the major 7th, the major 9th and the lydian 4th. So, it's a matter of WHERE in relation to the ROOT the chord at issue appears / functions.
I LIKE IT! something i could actually understand, from an intermediate level ("playing by ear" and shapes for 20 yrs and still stuck)... thank you Mark. I'll check your channel out!
Thanks brother!
I always find it refreshing when a seasoned guitar player names a less popular pro guitar player as their favorite or inspiring player. The ole Hendrix and SRV answers are so played out. Absolutely, you want to listen and learn some cool stuff listen to Jazz, Grant Green and Kenny Burrell are two of my favorites.
Glad you enjoyed that. Grant and Kenny are great, and their music is quite accessible to people who come from a blues/rock background as well.
I do like Jimi and Stevie though too!
@@MarkZabel Oh so do I , but you know what I mean. Those responses just feel so programed. Another great guitarist that can play ANYTHING is G.E. Smith.
And at 3:33? I got it! Amazing progression.
Great teacher... thanks a lot!!!!! It feels like understanding the multiverse...😂
Thank you! 😃
Love your revelation and the passion expressed along with it. The geometry of the guitar neck, and a piano layout. I see both in my mind at the same time. I play both and am daily mystified by both (given that infinite possibility should mystify anyone). When the mood strikes, the entire deck faithfully rearranges for new senses of personal freedoms. You say it well MZ!
Thanks so much!
Mark, my story is fairly similar to yours but I found the triad thing when I started playing Soul & R&B. I found George Harrison used a lot of triads in his playing. For me it was the M7 shape.
That's interesting. Yes, I played lots of triads, like in the Motown band I played in when I was in my early 20's, but I never really connected it to playing lead and never really saw the idea of putting triads on top of each other to form extensions.
I must say! Mr.Zabel, you are a great ,great teacher and seems to be a very nice guy!!!! Thanks!! Kjell /Sweden/
Thank you so much!!
When you played it, it took me a minute to even see the A minor. ALL I saw was the FMaj7.
Yes, it takes *studying* simple things to see them clearly. My students often don't believe me. They think that if, say, they know the A barre chord (root on E-string), then they automatically can visualize each of its small pieces. But such isn't the case. It takes practice to see small pieces.
But u r strumming with your Middle finger....that ain't easy!!! Cheers from Canada
Cheers!
Thank you! The production which includes the exact notes youre playing is VERY helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
OK, so you don't like jazz but you like Larry Carlton.... huh?
"I just really didn't like jazz all that much." That's what I said in the video. Not to mention that Carlton plays way more than jazz - especially the straight-ahead sort. The stuff he plays that's not straight-ahead jazz, that's the stuff I like. C'mon! The guy can play blues like there's no tomorrow. And his work with Steely Dan and Robben Ford - fuhgeddaboudit.
Hi, Mark. I too am amazed at the beautiful and elegant simplicity of the triad. I haven't read too far into the comments so this subject may have already been addressed, so forgive the redundancy.
There are also triads on the first three strings; 3 simple shapes that create alternate voicings in the tenor register. Could you perhaps make a video on those voicings as well? I like your channel. Your enthusiasm is motivational. Keep teaching us, please
Glad you're enjoying the channel Jon! I certainly will do more videos on triads, as they're a key to opening up so many things in music.
You're a generous man Mark, Thanks, I'll give it a shot though I'm a drummer first lol.
Thanks!
It's not jazz that's the problem, Mark, it is the way it's taught - play a different scale or mode for each chord. It's nonsense. It ignores the role of chords in progressions and the role of chord tones. It doesn't help you to hear melodies. What you say does.
Exactly! Confused me for years, because I thought there's no way I'd ever be able to do it.
EXCELLENT INSIGHT, WELL DONE, GOOD JOB
Most important breakthrough as a guitarist? When you realize that the object is to be as good as you can be for yourself, and not by copying famous names in the hope you'll get there too. Unless you're playing live in front of an audience all the time, with other musicians, learning and creating and working at it as a profession --- you'll never achieve that kind of success.
There's not a guitar player alive who hasn't used something from another musician on their travels to becoming a better musician.
The TH-cam algo-rhythm has found you. Nice lesson, new sub, thanks for sharing :)
Awesome, thank you!