You are teaching the real stuff- what would an actual good player play and want to know. No wheedly deedly solo tricks, no campfire versions of songs, but actual good guitar parts. I love it!
The thing I love most about your videos is you teach the guitar. The how's and why's and intricacies of the instrument...not just a lesson on how to play a song. Every video I watch and apply I feel smarter within minutes....and that's hard to do 😆
Thank you for a no-nonsense lesson. Very usable info: when the root is on the D string, triad looks like this...B string, triad looks like this, etc.. You get right to the core of what is such useful info.
Super fun. This what I needed to break out of some pretty deep ruts. Using root notes outside of the pentatonic scale to force myself to actually play triads in a way where I will start using them. Thank you!
I picked up my first guitar 10 years ago and learned from Marty. I’m a singer who learned guitar so I play by feel and ear mostly. I’ve reached a point to where I need to take theory to a new level in order to be more creative in a band setting and writing new material. Your channel provides this “next level mastery” for us who have been playing for a while. You’re doing us all a really good service here. Thank you and Marty both for all you have done in the guitar world and for inspiring/ teaching many generations of guitar players to come.
Thanks for taking the trouble to bring these little triadic secrets to light. My brain is not mathematical inclined, so I appreciate you putting things in bitesize pieces, and giving one a chance to put a great song under one's belt to boot. Blessings.
Thank you for this enlightening lesson. I only have half of my left index finger due to a work accident. I recently picked up a guitar again. Now I'm working on learning scales and triads. This lesson gave me hope that I play guitar again!
Chris, I've been banging my head against the wall for months, not really understanding how triads fit into music. You made this so simple!! This fits beautifully with the song. Looking forward to more of your lessons. I liked the background info as well. Had never heard of steve Cropper, will check him out
@@curiousguitarist I’m new to 6 string, having been a bass player in my teens/20s. Now in my mid 30s I’m making the plunge. I can see why Marty talks so highly of you, thinking of a song in the way you do opens it up! I’ll be sure to be following your tips for years to come.
Nice job putting the pieces together in the lesson. I studied Steve Cropper’s use of triads a few years ago, it was a game changer in my playing. Thank you for focusing on the use of triads in the pass few lessons.
Steve Cropper, such an amazing player. Booker T, Otis, the resume is endless. Shows how the great players don't distinguish between rhythm and lead playing.
@@curiousguitarist well I think the reason it's hard to play like that is a guitar doesn't sound 'full' unless you're playing on all six strings, playing triads and diads sliding around doesn't sound that good unaccompanied. As a result guitarists like to impersonate Hendrix or Curtis Mayfield who would hit the bass at the beginning of a bar and ornament on the top strings. That's a great style but in a band with lots of instruments like Booker T and the crew, Cropper style works better. Iirc Keith Richards doesn't even have the low string on his guitar.
Thank you Chris, your teaching methods really resonate with me. I've struggled to understand triads and how to use them. Your videos are helping me unlock them.
Fantastic lesson. Come for the triads exercise, stay for the intro to voice leading! Your analysis of the use of a series of major chords provides some fascinating insight into how the song captures a somewhat paradoxical mood combining lazy-feeling drifting movement with stability.
This is such a great application of triads. I am going to use it to songs that I love and find ways to voice lead from one chord to another. You deserve more subs.
I have been taking online guitar lessons for a couple of decades now and you my friend are one of the best. This is a great lesson. I really needed to learn this. I am a gigging lead guitarist and this is an area I need to improve on. Thank you.
Thanks Matt! Yeah, triads are like the greatest tube of glue on the planet. Once you see them you can stick ANY new information on them and it stays there forever!
Thank you, Chris. I find the speed of this song makes it much easier to learn. Also, keeping the chords to all Major helps minimize brain overloading. The demo at the beginning shows how a simple triad song can move to complex music with practice. Wow..
Probably the most illuminating lesson I've seen on using triads in the real world. It helped, Chris, that you chose one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Thank You.
Hi Chris, I came to know about you from Marty channel today and learned the pentatonic stuffs from you today in a new way 😊. Immediately subscribed your channel. 😊😊. Looking forward for new lessons from you. Checking all your other lessons now 😊.
What a great video. Real world usage of triads in a song. Any chance you could do more videos like this, over a song? I struggle to memorize and saving triad lessons to the brains harddrive. I think this is the solution.
@@curiousguitarist Wow what a great response. You really have a hands on way of teaching guitar that is refreshing. And you let the theory part fall so naturally into the lesson it is even possible to absorb for an adhd brain. Keep up the great work.
One of the most helpful bits I got on triads here was "If the root is on this string, this is always the shape." That’s really help me break down the shapes and give me a quick path to what fingers I should be using where. I constantly felt like it was too much to take in. Thanks 😊
Ahhh of course! Especially when the set of strings contains the B string, those shapes seem unrelated. Once you get them under your fingers the next step is to see what those same inversions look like on other string sets. That usually allows for great insight into how to manage chords and scales crossing that B string. Thanks for the comment!
Oh, 100%, this was my light bulb moment too. Always wondered how guys were so easily remembering all these millions of different triads all over the place. Makes so much more sense now.
Steve Cropper is one of the most influential guitarists in U.S. history! He (unless I’m mistaken) plays a “Telecaster” for the most part. A “Memphis Gents” member with Booker T as well as “The Mar-Keys”, he’s written more hit songs than I have fingers and toes! Great man!!!
Nice! I'm so glad that you're a Cropper fan, Walt. I find very few guitarists these days recognize his contributions, which were massive, to songwriting on the guitar and "part" crafting. He's long been one of my favorites.
I was playing around with this song this weekend going from barre chords to "cowboy chords with walk downs.. the triads will be a great mix and love the fills, it also really fills some gaps in my mind after working on the triad lesson, to look for that next chord by the note[s] in the current chord you are using
Joind your patreon cos I am curious( it's about voice leading) and think I can learn a lot,play now for 10 years acoustic guitar and a lot of theory too also just started a bit of simple looping..thx
Fantastic tune. I love that progression. An band I was in back in 1985 covered the Michael Bolton version of this song, including me trying as best I could to do justice to Neal Schon's guitar solo! I look forward to your lessons Chris. You're one of the best teachers on YT.
New sub. Great lesson Chris thank you. But way above my skill level i think. Going to check out your other vids in hopes to pick up more of the basics first :)
Thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel!! Take it slow Dageon, this isn’t super complex. But the octave video might be a better starter? Guitar Fretboard Exercise: Octaves th-cam.com/video/j3Zrm1Af0Jk/w-d-xo.html
I really enjoyed this lesson, Chris. Interesting to my ears that this chord progression makes it sound like there's some dominant 7 chords, when they are all straight major chords. I'm guessing this is because of the leading tones from the melody that my brain is used to hearing.
The melody is mostly major pentatonic but does feature some of that chromatic movement from the chord phrasing as well. One of the best modern mixes of harmony and lyric
@@curiousguitarist Do you know if the chords where dominant 7's or not on the original studio cut , such as on the B and E chords ? It's probably all personal preference, but just curious if you happen to know.
@@jimdep6542 in the verse the only Dom7 chord is the A. If you play it with all dominant chords it doesn’t quite sound right, it sounds a little too dense to me compared to the recording. Hope that helps!
@@curiousguitarist I agree. I'm plugging the chords into Band in a Box to play over and trying to decide whether or not to make some of the chords dominant or not.
Another great vid Chris. I was wondering, could you do some lessons on voice leading. I've been getting into playing jazz the last couple of years ( 251, 1625 progressions) but voice leading is going slower than I would like to grasp. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks Charles. The voice leading concepts in this video apply directly to more sophisticated progressions and harmony. I'll definitely cover 2-5-1 shortly!
This is exactly what I want to learn! Haven’t found it anywhere else. I am having great difficulties understanding triads! Your presentation gives me a direction but I feel less than hopeful I can learn!
You don’t need hope, just guidance and effort! Anyone can learn this, it’s just not easy at first. Try this one too: Triads For Guitar: START HERE th-cam.com/video/0yqvVf13_ac/w-d-xo.html
Great stuff! So is voice leading when one of the notes from the triad remains the same in the next triad (apart form parallel, which is where they all move an equal amount)? I have a feeling that's a similar concept to a pedal note somehow, connecting all chords in a progression together. Subs rising fast Chris, keep it up!
Voice leading is any harmonic movement related to the last note...so yeah, even if a note stays the same, it’s “function” changes under the new chord. I have a video on pedal tones planned already, but I’ll plan one for voice leading as well!!
if you could do more chord voicing stuff that would be great, working on this and trying to find some ideas on the bridge that is really nice on the original recording, but this kind of stuff that links different chord positions and playing lead voicings on them is really something i want to learn
I have just been learning my triad sharps over the past few weeks. I watched this video before I started learning the shapes and again just now. So much easier to understand the application of the shapes now. Wow practice, who knew, lol.
Ha! Right? The one thing I think we all (as guitarists) loose sight of is that mastering this thing will take hard work. But once you put in ANY focused effort over time, it pays back right away!
I’m writing it right now :) I’ll have a free primer, a full theory book and a lead guitar toolbox type of book all available this year. When I get that all set up I’ll let everybody know here on the channel. Thanks for asking!
@@curiousguitarist First dibs! I have been buying Marty’s stuff for over a decade. I hope yours is more intermediate / advanced. Loving the free stuff!
As long as your action (string height) is fairly low it should move right over. But the higher on the fretboard you go on most acoustics the more effort is required to press the strings down due to higher action and string tension.
You are teaching the real stuff- what would an actual good player play and want to know. No wheedly deedly solo tricks, no campfire versions of songs, but actual good guitar parts. I love it!
Whiskers B, thanks so much! That's exactly what I'm hoping this channel can be for players.
Agreed! This was very insightful and is easy to apply in a lot of situations!
@@curiousguitarist I am really enjoying your teaching style. Getting a lot from it
@@paulkardoulias9547 that’s great to hear, Paul. Glad your here!
The thing I love most about your videos is you teach the guitar. The how's and why's and intricacies of the instrument...not just a lesson on how to play a song. Every video I watch and apply I feel smarter within minutes....and that's hard to do 😆
haha Brian! So glad you're enjoying the channel, thanks for being here and happy new year!
Amazing lesson with such a practical exercise built in! And it’s applied to one of my all time favourite songs! Thank you for this video man ❤️
@@ahmeddiab3499 you are so welcome! Taking a favorite tune and treating it as a canvas for triads is ALWAYS worth the effort!!!
Triads are amazing
Was looking for a good lesson on triad.... found a great one! Thanks!
Glad you liked it, Hank!
Thank you for a no-nonsense lesson. Very usable info: when the root is on the D string, triad looks like this...B string, triad looks like this, etc.. You get right to the core of what is such useful info.
Glad it was helpful!
Super fun. This what I needed to break out of some pretty deep ruts. Using root notes outside of the pentatonic scale to force myself to actually play triads in a way where I will start using them. Thank you!
You bet John! Welcome to the official “rut be gone” channel!!
Good to hear these are working for you!
I picked up my first guitar 10 years ago and learned from Marty. I’m a singer who learned guitar so I play by feel and ear mostly. I’ve reached a point to where I need to take theory to a new level in order to be more creative in a band setting and writing new material. Your channel provides this “next level mastery” for us who have been playing for a while. You’re doing us all a really good service here. Thank you and Marty both for all you have done in the guitar world and for inspiring/ teaching many generations of guitar players to come.
Thanks Austin, I'm glad you're here. BYW, your "Black Hole Sun" cover is crazy good friend. Just awesome.
Really enjoying the channel! So glad I came across it. Thank you!
Thanks for taking the trouble to bring these little triadic secrets to light. My brain is not mathematical inclined, so I appreciate you putting things in bitesize pieces, and giving one a chance to put a great song under one's belt to boot. Blessings.
Happy to help, and triads are the secret to real lasting fretboard knowledge...it's undeniable.
Glad you're here, Dario!
Great video. What an awesome way to make practical use of triads. I will definitely spend some time on this
Thanks Mark! Glad you liked it!
Incredibly great lesson! Thank you Chris!
Thank you for this enlightening lesson. I only have half of my left index finger due to a work accident. I recently picked up a guitar again. Now I'm working on learning scales and triads. This lesson gave me hope that I play guitar again!
I'm with you Darryl! If you ever need further inspiration, look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
Chris, I've been banging my head against the wall for months, not really understanding how triads fit into music. You made this so simple!! This fits beautifully with the song. Looking forward to more of your lessons. I liked the background info as well. Had never heard of steve Cropper, will check him out
Hey Kevin!
So glad you've stopped by and enjoy this video. Once you get a few examples of practical applications for triads they are unlocked forever!
Look up Booker T and the MGs, specifically Green Onions you might recognize it
Excellent video as usual. Approaching things to encourage guitar players to be students of music. Thanks to Marty for bringing me to you!!
Thanks Mark! Glad to have you here!
@@curiousguitarist I’m new to 6 string, having been a bass player in my teens/20s. Now in my mid 30s I’m making the plunge. I can see why Marty talks so highly of you, thinking of a song in the way you do opens it up! I’ll be sure to be following your tips for years to come.
@@markstapleton4364 I thank Marty everyday too :)
Again, thanks for the views and sub!
Hey Chris, thank you for the triad exercise over sittin’ on the dock of the bay. Appreciated!
You bet Joe! Glad you liked it!
What an awesome way to teach/learn these triads -knowing the “rules” that apply is, for me, like opening a door. Thank you.. saawwweeeeet!
So glad this was helpful, Steve!
I absolutely love this. I love how you showed which major shape to use if the root was on a particular string. Makes so much sense!
Glad it was helpful Alfreda!
I learn more from your short lessons then I have all the years of on and off in person lessons. Thank you Chris!
You bet, franny1217! Glad you’re here and happy to help.
Nice job putting the pieces together in the lesson. I studied Steve Cropper’s use of triads a few years ago, it was a game changer in my playing. Thank you for focusing on the use of triads in the pass few lessons.
You bet Paul...Cropper is one of those greats who seems to remain under the radar for most guitarists. What a craftsman!
Steve Cropper, such an amazing player. Booker T, Otis, the resume is endless. Shows how the great players don't distinguish between rhythm and lead playing.
So true, it’s just music on their instrument.
@@curiousguitarist well I think the reason it's hard to play like that is a guitar doesn't sound 'full' unless you're playing on all six strings, playing triads and diads sliding around doesn't sound that good unaccompanied. As a result guitarists like to impersonate Hendrix or Curtis Mayfield who would hit the bass at the beginning of a bar and ornament on the top strings. That's a great style but in a band with lots of instruments like Booker T and the crew, Cropper style works better. Iirc Keith Richards doesn't even have the low string on his guitar.
Really helps when you see Triads being applied on such a familiar song. Thanks for the lesson Chris, much appreciated.
You bet! I really enjoyed doing this one!
Just found this today, but realized it was published on my birthday last year. Cool birthday present!
Happy birthday!! 🎂
Thank you Chris, your teaching methods really resonate with me. I've struggled to understand triads and how to use them. Your videos are helping me unlock them.
That’s great to hear and exactly what I had hoped to do for folks when I spun this channel up!
Good to have you here Stephen!
My kind of music oldies. You are awesome.
Thanks for listening, Yudi
Love this lesson! Great to see practical application of triads... makes it so much more interesting when learning a great tune.
Glad you enjoyed it David.
Fantastic lesson. Come for the triads exercise, stay for the intro to voice leading! Your analysis of the use of a series of major chords provides some fascinating insight into how the song captures a somewhat paradoxical mood combining lazy-feeling drifting movement with stability.
Yeah this chord progression holds so much and yet is so incredibly simple. Then attach the longing in the lyric...just wow.
Great lesson.. excellent teacher.. and a beautiful song.. thank you !
Thanks for the kind words Gwang, and I'm glad you liked this one!
I agree, great GREAT song!
Brilliant again. So many riches. Thank you Chris.
Thanks Scot!
I have always loved this tune. Thanks for the great lesson.
You bet Michael!
This is such a great application of triads. I am going to use it to songs that I love and find ways to voice lead from one chord to another. You deserve more subs.
That's great to hear Xchel, thanks for watching!
This is brilliant!!!
Hooked from the first note you hit. The tone, wow!!
Thanks.
Of course! Welcome to the channel!
I have been taking online guitar lessons for a couple of decades now and you my friend are one of the best. This is a great lesson. I really needed to learn this. I am a gigging lead guitarist and this is an area I need to improve on. Thank you.
You are so welcome, Nicholas.
I always have "What did he say?" moments with Chris.
It's always worth replaying those parts...
Ha! Maybe that's just me mumbling!!!!!
I'm always so surprised how few likes you have, c'mon people :) I'm learning so much from your videos. Thanks!
Great lesson. Very helpful. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it MaMaMa Baker!
Great lesson. Thanks!
Great stuff my friend. Keep it coming.
You got it, Roy!
Great lesson 👏
Thank you !! Great lesson!
Really loved the practical example!
It’s so important to be able to incorporate new info into everyday playing.
Glad you liked it Keith!
Less than 2m in, I can tell you’re a great teacher. Keep up
Wow, thanks Sagi!
Love these triad lessons. So helpful.
Thanks Matt! Yeah, triads are like the greatest tube of glue on the planet. Once you see them you can stick ANY new information on them and it stays there forever!
Thank you, Chris. I find the speed of this song makes it much easier to learn. Also, keeping the chords to all Major helps minimize brain overloading. The demo at the beginning shows how a simple triad song can move to complex music with practice. Wow..
You are so welcome loopie007, so glad this example helps!
Probably the most illuminating lesson I've seen on using triads in the real world. It helped, Chris, that you chose one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Thank You.
Thanks Arsenio,
I agree, such longing and loneliness conveyed in a song with only major chords!?!
It really is a masterpiece.
Hi Chris, I came to know about you from Marty channel today and learned the pentatonic stuffs from you today in a new way 😊. Immediately subscribed your channel. 😊😊. Looking forward for new lessons from you. Checking all your other lessons now 😊.
Thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel Ramesh!!
Good stuff chris keep it up nothing better then real world stuff
Thanks James!
Boss level Thanks Chris Much love!
You’re welcome and thank you!
Great teacher
Thanks so much Subhranshu!
Great video. I just became a Patreon supporter, keep up the great work!
Mark,
Thanks so much, I really appreciate the support! Glad you enjoyed the vid.
Dang it - another win! Great stuff.
Thanks Graeme! Glad you enjoyed this one!
You’re a great teacher keep it up 👍🏻
Thanks Ryan!
Thank you!!
Awesome guitar
Thanks Jessica! Good old Fender Stratocaster!
Top stuff Chris
Ahhh, so glad you enjoyed this, Richard!
love this lesson! thank you
You bet Trey!
Brilliant🎉
What a great video. Real world usage of triads in a song. Any chance you could do more videos like this, over a song? I struggle to memorize and saving triad lessons to the brains harddrive. I think this is the solution.
Glad you enjoyed this one Tian! Yes I think I’ll do another one of these, gotta find a great tune!
@@curiousguitarist Wow what a great response. You really have a hands on way of teaching guitar that is refreshing. And you let the theory part fall so naturally into the lesson it is even possible to absorb for an adhd brain. Keep up the great work.
Just subscribed to your channel.
@@tianjohan4633 thank you Tian, I appreciate that.
Awesome.!👍🏼❤️
A very good lesson, and your comments on structure and theory are very much appreciated. Thanks.
You bet! Glad you enjoyed this one!
One of the most helpful bits I got on triads here was "If the root is on this string, this is always the shape." That’s really help me break down the shapes and give me a quick path to what fingers I should be using where. I constantly felt like it was too much to take in. Thanks 😊
Ahhh of course! Especially when the set of strings contains the B string, those shapes seem unrelated. Once you get them under your fingers the next step is to see what those same inversions look like on other string sets. That usually allows for great insight into how to manage chords and scales crossing that B string.
Thanks for the comment!
@@curiousguitarist Thank you for the help🙂
Oh, 100%, this was my light bulb moment too. Always wondered how guys were so easily remembering all these millions of different triads all over the place. Makes so much more sense now.
Cool lesson! An in depth lesson/exercise for voice leading would be great
Great idea!! Thanks Jake.
this was super cool, exactly what I need to start practicing!
That's great to hear Watupm, glad this comes in handy.
What an absolute stonker of a lesson!
Well I don't know what a stonker is, but absolute is fitting :)
Steve Cropper is one of the most influential guitarists in U.S. history! He (unless I’m mistaken) plays a “Telecaster” for the most part.
A “Memphis Gents” member with Booker T as well as “The Mar-Keys”, he’s written more hit songs than I have fingers and toes!
Great man!!!
Nice! I'm so glad that you're a Cropper fan, Walt. I find very few guitarists these days recognize his contributions, which were massive, to songwriting on the guitar and "part" crafting.
He's long been one of my favorites.
More good info! Man! Your a good teacher!!
Thanks Ted, really glad you liked this one, and appreciate the kind words!
This is Gold! Thank you!!
Of course Luis! Welcome to the channel!
I was playing around with this song this weekend going from barre chords to "cowboy chords with walk downs.. the triads will be a great mix and love the fills, it also really fills some gaps in my mind after working on the triad lesson, to look for that next chord by the note[s] in the current chord you are using
That's it exactly Tom!
God, I’ve loved this song since I was a kid. Thank you kindly for sharing this with the world!
You’re so welcome Aaron!
FANTASTIC lesson! Love this song.Thank you very much. Marty is right, you're a great teacher. Subscribed.
Thanks decleafs4, welcome to the channel!
I love singing this song :) Thanks :)
It's such a well-crafted mix of harmony and lyric. It's astoundingly good.
Nice Video, could you do another example of melodies using triads ¿
Here you go! th-cam.com/video/1fN-er3x6vA/w-d-xo.html
Too cool. Subscribed.
Thanks Tim, really appreciate it!
Joind your patreon cos I am curious( it's about voice leading) and think I can learn a lot,play now for 10 years acoustic guitar and a lot of theory too also just started a bit of simple looping..thx
Hey Willem, thanks so much for tour support! I’ll see you on Patreon!
This is Awsome
Fantastic tune. I love that progression. An band I was in back in 1985 covered the Michael Bolton version of this song, including me trying as best I could to do justice to Neal Schon's guitar solo! I look forward to your lessons Chris. You're one of the best teachers on YT.
Thanks Jon!
Great teachers are hard to find! I found one!
Are shucks! Thanks man!
Thank u, love it🇫🇷👍🏼🍒
So welcome!
I love this lesson!! Im on it. Thank you!
You bet, Robert! Go get it!
Cool lesson
I like the way you show the inversion as the cords climb the neck
Yeah, that' my favorite part too!
New sub. Great lesson Chris thank you. But way above my skill level i think. Going to check out your other vids in hopes to pick up more of the basics first :)
Thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel!!
Take it slow Dageon, this isn’t super complex. But the octave video might be a better starter?
Guitar Fretboard Exercise: Octaves
th-cam.com/video/j3Zrm1Af0Jk/w-d-xo.html
That is what I call the perfect tone!
Love it! I just had a viewer tell me that it sounded too rattly :)
@@curiousguitarist no way! There’s something wrong with their ears!
@@officialWWM I agree completely!!!!
I really enjoyed this lesson, Chris. Interesting to my ears that this chord progression makes it sound like there's some dominant 7 chords, when they are all straight major chords. I'm guessing this is because of the leading tones from the melody that my brain is used to hearing.
The melody is mostly major pentatonic but does feature some of that chromatic movement from the chord phrasing as well. One of the best modern mixes of harmony and lyric
@@curiousguitarist Do you know if the chords where dominant 7's or not on the original studio cut , such as on the B and E chords ? It's probably all personal preference, but just curious if you happen to know.
@@jimdep6542 in the verse the only Dom7 chord is the A. If you play it with all dominant chords it doesn’t quite sound right, it sounds a little too dense to me compared to the recording. Hope that helps!
@@curiousguitarist I agree. I'm plugging the chords into Band in a Box to play over and trying to decide whether or not to make some of the chords dominant or not.
@@jimdep6542 yup, that’s the route, plug em in and listen to em!
super thx !!
You bet!
Another great vid Chris. I was wondering, could you do some lessons on voice leading. I've been getting into playing jazz the last couple of years ( 251, 1625 progressions) but voice leading is going slower than I would like to grasp. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks Charles.
The voice leading concepts in this video apply directly to more sophisticated progressions and harmony.
I'll definitely cover 2-5-1 shortly!
Blimey that's ace, between you and @MartyMusic I should be able to play by the end of the year
That sounds great Roy, but I have a sneaking suspicion you actually already can :)
This is exactly what I want to learn! Haven’t found it anywhere else. I am having great difficulties understanding triads! Your presentation gives me a direction but I feel less than hopeful I can learn!
You don’t need hope, just guidance and effort! Anyone can learn this, it’s just not easy at first.
Try this one too: Triads For Guitar: START HERE
th-cam.com/video/0yqvVf13_ac/w-d-xo.html
The triad part is pretty simple, it's the voice leading stuff that I think is really great. I would like to get that stuff down.
You are an excellent teacher my friend!
Thank you kindly, Larry!
Great stuff! So is voice leading when one of the notes from the triad remains the same in the next triad (apart form parallel, which is where they all move an equal amount)?
I have a feeling that's a similar concept to a pedal note somehow, connecting all chords in a progression together.
Subs rising fast Chris, keep it up!
Voice leading is any harmonic movement related to the last note...so yeah, even if a note stays the same, it’s “function” changes under the new chord.
I have a video on pedal tones planned already, but I’ll plan one for voice leading as well!!
if you could do more chord voicing stuff that would be great, working on this and trying to find some ideas on the bridge that is really nice on the original recording, but this kind of stuff that links different chord positions and playing lead voicings on them is really something i want to learn
Yes, there’s always more to talk about with chords!
Did you watch the voice leading video yet Aleks?
This is stuff I should have worked on SO long ago. Great lesson, Thank you.
You got it, Bob! Glad you’re here now.
I bit more of a break-down of that "G-shape" that looks more like a moveable minor A-7 would have helped at 5:31
Modified D-shape makes more sense to me. Now that I got that, the entire lesson makes sense to me, thank you!
@@adriansrfr so glad! Sorry if it was confusing, Adrian.
I’m fascinated by the concept that the string the root note is on dictates the shape of the chord. Have you done a lesson on that?
Not only that, but the finger you use to play the root does as well :)
@@curiousguitarist Now you've got me thinking!!😁
I have just been learning my triad sharps over the past few weeks. I watched this video before I started learning the shapes and again just now. So much easier to understand the application of the shapes now. Wow practice, who knew, lol.
Ha! Right? The one thing I think we all (as guitarists) loose sight of is that mastering this thing will take hard work. But once you put in ANY focused effort over time, it pays back right away!
When are you going to put out a course?
I’m writing it right now :)
I’ll have a free primer, a full theory book and a lead guitar toolbox type of book all available this year. When I get that all set up I’ll let everybody know here on the channel.
Thanks for asking!
@@curiousguitarist First dibs! I have been buying Marty’s stuff for over a decade. I hope yours is more intermediate / advanced. Loving the free stuff!
Well, I went to Patreon looking for the Tab, well wouldn't you know it, I didn't find it 🤔
I can totally help you get it Gerry!
@@curiousguitarist thank you, that would ge great 👍🏼
@@RevGerryRM sent you the link on Patreon.
How well does this transfer to acoustic guitar? Thanks.
As long as your action (string height) is fairly low it should move right over.
But the higher on the fretboard you go on most acoustics the more effort is required to press the strings down due to higher action and string tension.
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How did you get that tone?
That’s the strat straight into a Yamaha THR10 on the “crunch” preset with some knob twiddling :)