Learn All TRIADS On Guitar

We all know how important learning triads is! In this lesson, we’ll learn all the triad positions you’ll ever need on guitar. Starting in C major, we’ll learn how to divide the strings of the guitar in 4 sets of 3 strings and we’ll explore the root position, 1st and 2nd inversion in each set of strings. Then, we continue with the difference between closed positions and spread voicings triads. I also show how to practice these triads, how to visualise them on the fretboard and 2 exercises to run all through the fretboard. You can download all the 12 closed positions and the 9 spread voicing positions for all 4 species (major, minor, augmented and diminished) on my Patreon - it’s a total of 84 triad positions!

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▬▬▬▬ Contents of the video ▬▬▬▬
00:00 Intro
00:25 What’s a triad
01:05 4 sets of strings
01:32 Root position and inversions
01:50 Set 1 (closed positions)
02:49 Recap of set 1
02:59 Set 2 (closed positions)
03:59 Recap of set 2
04:09 Set 3 (closed positions)
04:50 Recap of set 3
05:00 Set 4 (closed positions)
05:27 12 positions of the C major triad (full recap)
06:07 How to practice triads (exercise 1)
06:53 Exercise 2
08:01 Spread voicing triads
09:16 Only 9 positions of spread voicing triads
10:04 Set 1 (spread voicings)
10:39 Recap of set 1
10:50 Set 2 (spread voicings)
12:13 Recap of set 2
12:26 Set 3 (spread voicings)
13:12 Recap of set 3
13:24 21 ways to play the C major triad
13:43 What’s next: how to practice triads
14:05 Download 84 positions + exercises

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[CarlWinter-oyuf]

Thankyou so much for naming the triads --however the first triad you show (1:56) is not C major---but G rest are fine --thankyou again!

[micha]

In the last weeks I started to work more intense on these things and this video is very helpfull. Thank you very much!
Playing music is simply a never ending joyfull journey.

[anthm]

Brilliant Lesson. Honestly, as a Beginner guitarist, I had no idea that a simple C chord could be played so many different ways on Obviously, this will take time to cement into the muscle memory. Thank you for your great exposure to Triads.

[litepollen]

Awesome lesson! Lots to practice. Will there be a lesson on applying triads?

[tozguitar]

Good lesson ...that 1st diagram at 2:04 is wrong though :)

[oneszeros]

TY so much for your time and effort on this video it is amazing. Thanks to already having learnt the 5 patterns of the major scale and now these triads my ears are hearing many song parts when just mucking about practicing ... new doors of possibility are opening up 🤜🤛👍

[HoangNguyen-zvxb]

this is the best most thorough lesson on Triads I have seen on youtube man. Thank you!

[_federock_]

Una fantastica lezione, quasi una RIVELAZIONE. Grazie!

[alexandre]

Finally learned triads! Thank you brother

[sammalone]

This video is gold, just what I was looking for!!! Cheers! Keep it up mate!

[derekelgin]

Love this lesson! I think your tab for the first C triad is incorrect. Your fingering on the fret is showing 3-5-5 (G-E-C) but the tab is showing 3-3-5 (G-D-C)

[guitarzan]

Man, this is a fantastic lesson! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[rockstr.dgr]

A lot of information to digest here awesome

[kinan]

Great lesson! This opens up even more opportunities on my fretboard! You have a new subscriber!

[HenBarLevi]

Great video. Note you got a mistake in the first triad picture

[micha]

Am I wrong or is the chord diagram at 1:55 showing the d instead of the e?

[suriakumarsupra]

Give us a demo of how to use this triads.

[aviolentpurple]

This is super great but I don’t understand why the C key is used much in guitar lessons because it’s really a piano thing. E would be more applicable

[pocketsofoceans]

am I the only one watching this recognizing that the c root position triad on the diagram is incorrect? yikes simple stuff like this will rlly send u on a quest to watch 5 different videos until u realize the first one lead u in the wrong direction.

[Smith_n_Wesson]

At 2:05 it should be 5 on the b string not 3