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Using Triads For Tasty Accents

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In this lesson we’re going to use a basic D major chord and move it up the freboard… however we’re adding one note to it, an F#. That gives us a few different options for notes we can use. Here’s a refresher of relative chords in this jam track:

A minor – C major
F major – D minor
D minor – F major
E minor – G major

If you missed the previous lessons, you can find links to the in the sidebar on the left.

Give the triads a shot, and let me know how it goes in the comments below!

Climbing Run Using Thirds

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In today's lesson we're using thirds to create a tasty run we can use all the way up the fretboard! This is perfect for transitioning between scale patterns, or moving from one place to another on the fretboard, and can be made as long or as short as you please. As with the previous lesson, take your time with this - don't try to play it too fast right at the beginning! Slow sounds good too.​

Give it a shot, and let me know how it goes in the comments below!

Percussion on Guitar

Here’s an example of one way you can add some percussive elements into your acoustic guitar playing. Give it a try and let me know how it works out for you in the comments below!

There’s one thing I didn’t explain further in the video that I demonstrated during the jam section. I was adding in a few sixteenth note muted strums just after hitting the guitar a few times, which serves to further step things up a little.

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Injecting Life Into A Basic Strum Pattern

The straight 8th note strum pattern has got to be one of the most common ones out there. Basic, but everyone uses it, and for a reason – it gets the job done. Okay, so how can we take that pattern and give it a shot of life and make it sound a lot more interesting? How can we make it serve the song better? How can we make it express something specific? The answer is found in HOW we strum, not necessarily changing the rhythm. In this lesson we’ll explore a couple ways to do that.

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DRG 14 Applying Thirds

This is the last section in the course, and we’re going to try to your strumming yet another step forward by adding some extra percussive elements to it. These sound really great, especially when you’re the only guitar playing!

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DRG 13 All About Thirds

This section on thirds has so much untapped potential – if you can really get the concepts into your head, you can take them much, much further than I was able to in this short lesson. We’re going to look at thirds and how they’re found and used all over the fretboard.

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