In our last installment "Triad Improvisation Part 4", we will take a look at triads on the 6,5,4 strings on the guitar. Again we will use the major chord forms as a reference to keep things simple.
The major form is the first chord in each example followed by augmented, minor then diminished just as noted in examples 1,2,3.
Form 1.
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----5-----|
|----5-----|
|----7-----|
Example 1.
Major Aug. Minor Dim.
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-5------5-5-|-----5-5------5-5----|
|---5--------6-----|---5--------4--------|
|-7--------7-------|-6--------6----------|
Form 2.
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----9-----|
|---10-----|
|---10-----|
Example 2.
Major Aug. Minor Dim.
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-------9-9--------9-9--|-------8-8-------8-8----|
|----10---------10------|----10--------10--------|
|-10---------11---------|-10---------9-----------|
Form 3.
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|---12-----|
|---14-----|
|---15-----|
Example 3.
Major Aug. Minor Dim.
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------12-12--------13-13--|-------12-12--------11-11----|
|----14-----------14--------|----13-----------13----------|
|-15-----------15-----------|-15-----------15-------------|
Now when we put them all together we have a total of 12 chords.
- 3 Major
- 3 Augmented
- 3 Minor
- 3 Diminished
Example 4.
Major Augmented Minor Diminished
|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5---9--12--|--5---9--13--|--5---8--12--|-5---8--11----|
|-5--10--14--|--6--10--14--|--5--10--13--|-4--10--13----|
|-7--10--15--|--7--11--15--|--6--10--15--|-6---9--15----|
By learning your triads on each set of (3) strings you will see the guitars fretboard more clearly. "See where your going per say". Try these triads in your normal everyday playing, they will open your mind and break up your everyday routine.
If you missed Part 1 and 2 or 3 visit the links below.
Part 1. http://www.theguitarfiles.com/guitarfile288.html
Part 2. http://www.theguitarfiles.com/guitarfile318.html
Part 3. http://www.theguitarfiles.com/guitarfile319.html
See the Attachments below to hear each example.
