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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
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Give the triads a shot, and let me know how it goes in the comments below!
This is opening a lot of new things, Jon. so much appreciated!!
Very Illuminating for me…I’ve played some of these combination unconsciously but now understand how they can be used in a more versatile way…thanks so much!!!
Thank you this will help a lot
Opening a lot of concepts that will improve my acoustic playing by myself, or with another player. Thanks!
what the heck is the count on the jam track. I tried 4/4 6/4.
Not working for me. I must have it screwed up. Please give me an idea how you are counting the changes. Love the lesson.
FC
Hi Frank, it is in 4/4, it’s just very slow. The four shots right at the beginning of the track give you your four count, if you follow through at the same tempo you’ll see it works. I’d count this in eighths though…. one and two and three and four and…
Does that help?
John, thanks. I am just starting to work on triads. Improvising terrifies me. This is very helpful. Thanks a lot.
I enjyoyed them, they sound good, got them to sound very clear. This may not be where I can ask questions, but I was wanting to know the difference between these and arpeggios?
Hi Michael, yes, you can ask questions here!
Think of a triad as defining which notes you are going to play. For instance, an A minor triad needs to have the A, C and E notes in it.
An arpeggio on the other hand, defines HOW you play notes. A simple definition of an arpeggio is simply notes played in sequence, as opposed to strummed simultaneously.
So, you could then combine the two ideas, and play a triad as an arpeggio, and this is of course quite common. Triads can be extended further too, by doubling up on notes – you might have an A as well as a higher octave A, for instance. Or you could play an arepggio with a sequence of notes that is not a proper triad too.
Does that help?
Yes, it does and thanks for the reply. I just got around to checking it.
Thank you for the refresher; nice work.
You say you’re adding the F# note to the D chord. The D major notes are D,F# & A The F# is the 3rd note of the chord !!!! Let me know if I’m missing something.
You’re correct. I’m not sure which part of the video I said that, but I likely meant adding an extra F#, not adding a new note.