Music Theory for Guitar | 6 | Minor Triads
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Continuing with the Music Theory for Guitar series, we're talking about Minor Triads in this video - how they differ from Major Triads and how to make them and think about them.
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Lessons in this Series:
Music Theory for Guitar | 1 | Major Scales
Music Theory for Guitar | 2 | Minor Scales
Music Theory for Guitar | 3 | Intervals
Music Theory for Guitar | 4 | Circle of Fifths
Music Theory for Guitar | 5 | Major Triads
Music Theory for Guitar | 6 | Minor Triads (current lesson)
Music Theory for Guitar | 7 | Diminished & Augmented Triads
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Music Theory Monday & CAGED System Basics
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Comments
I appreciate your repetition: it helps to sink in concepts.
Ben Poe
2023-08-06 23:12:22 +0000 UTCIt's better to understand HOW they are made so you can quickly figure it out on the spot - I also have a course called "CAGED Basics" that relies on shape recognition to easily figure out major and minor triads
Scott Paul Johnson
2023-07-19 19:05:40 +0000 UTCIs it a good idea to memorize all the major triads and minor triads of each note?
P4sanna
2023-07-19 16:07:03 +0000 UTCI hope you don't mind me adding to this, but my fretboard knowledge increased tenfold with this lesson once I realised that moving the shape of a triad/chord was also moving it through the 12 musical notes (chromatic scale). So you can take the shape of a D minor chord, and move the whole shape up one whole step, and it will become an E minor chord (D > D# > E is one whole step). However you can't play the open D string with it though, as a D is not in an E minor triad. Another example: an E Major chord moved up a half step will form the F Major chord, barred on the first fret. Compare the two shapes of E Major and F Major and you will find it is the same, but the fingering is different. Moving a minor shape will always form another minor chord. Moving a Major shape will always form another Major chord. If you are able to find the root notes of those shapes too, that will help you even more as you will associate the shapes with a single note on the fretboard. Note however that the shapes will change depending what STRING the root note is on, so you can't move these shapes up and down the strings, only ALONG them. This lesson made a lot more sense to me after learning the above, so I hope it helps someone else a little! Scott's practice lessons really help too of course and will quickly introduce you to movable shapes, so make sure you try those. Thanks so much for the lessons Scott, nobody else covers the theory in so much detail and I'm one of the weird ones that find it really interesting! Feel free to delete this if I overstepped or you cover this better in another lesson I am yet to get to though.
Richard Stapleton
2022-05-04 13:09:29 +0000 UTCthanks Scott that sure helps, its taking me a long time to get things sorted but I'm getting there
Phil Butler
2022-03-25 19:16:50 +0000 UTCWOAH - good catch. I don't think anyone pointed this out. It should say "E minor" not "E Major" - I'll get that fixed ASAP
Scott Paul Johnson
2022-03-25 14:01:30 +0000 UTCHi Scott, Im sure a silly question but on Minor Triads Lesson #6 Practice No. 1 , on the E Major Triad how can the 1st Inversion G# be barred across the 12 th fret ? Please clarify. Thanks
Phil Butler
2022-03-24 06:59:06 +0000 UTCwhen you replace the 3rd with the 4th note of the scale, you end up with a sus4 chord. When you replace the 3rd with the 2nd note of the scale you get a sus2 chord
Scott Paul Johnson
2022-02-21 18:48:46 +0000 UTCWhat happens when you sharpen the 3rd, its it only called sus4?Or does it have any other name?
Micael Pinheiro
2022-02-18 20:15:18 +0000 UTCHehe. Taylor, my girlfriend, when to U of M. I became a big fan of the reubens at Zingermans. Also, bought that shirt because it appeared in this video: https://youtu.be/KQRV0c1KXYc
Scott Paul Johnson
2021-09-28 21:24:43 +0000 UTCZingerman's? You from Ann Arbor, bro?
Nathan
2021-09-28 21:15:48 +0000 UTCYes! As long as it's the root, third or fifth it can be included!
Scott Paul Johnson
2021-04-19 22:28:13 +0000 UTCWhen playing triads up on the neck, can we also include open notes. For example, your D min triad of A (E string 5th fret), F (B string 6th fret), D (G string 7th fret)-- can we include open D? It sounds okay to me, but not sure if there is a rule about it.
Jim McMahon
2021-04-19 22:24:19 +0000 UTCI did! I love Zingermans
Scott Paul Johnson
2021-03-08 23:23:41 +0000 UTCDid you get that T shirt in Ann Arbor? Zingerman's is awesome but...Go Green!!
Craig Kooienga
2021-03-08 12:55:51 +0000 UTCLovely T-shirt! ❤️
DeDé
2021-01-13 16:08:09 +0000 UTC
