Guitar TRIADS Epic Masterclass!

I recently asked some of my favorite players and teachers to share their favorite triad practice routines. I've cut them together into an epic masterclass — looking at triads from six unique perspectives. You can watch it all at once, or take it chapter by chapter.

0:00 Intro
2:34 Dr. Molly Miller
8:34 Guitar Friend Tim
12:40 Tim Lerch
17:34 Corey Congilio
28:10 Johannes Haage
38:21 Grant Gordy

@mollymillermusic  & @guitarfriendtim (Tim Fagan) teach practical ways to study triads and inversions all across the fretboard.
@TimLerchGuitar shows the richness of diatonic cycles — with a Ted Greene anecdote that unlocked harmonic pathways for him.
@coreycongilio's lesson here is about stacking triads melodically, à la Larry Carlton.
@shoebillmusic8322 takes triadic voice-leading to the next level, demonstrating all sorts of melodic movement.
@grantgordy shows how triads and inversions can be used to build simple chord-melody arrangements, and then used for improv as well.

If you want to find out more about these fine folks, you can find them here:

• Dr. Molly Miller
• Guitar Friend Tim
Tim Lerch
Corey Congilio
Johannes Haage
Grant Gordy

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[TimLerchGuitar]

I would like to thank everyone who has left encouraging comments about this video, i am honored to have been involved and I’d also like to thank Adam for being so generous with his platform. I’d also like to thank all the other fantastic teachers who created and shared their videos and presented their teaching so clearly and soulfully.

[Elixirmusiques]

The cycle of sixth ... middle, bottom, top...and then V of... yeah! Time to woodshed! Thanks so much!

[ericw]

This was amazing! So much to learn from each teacher. Thanks to you all!

[MikeM-Colorado]

I can’t think of anyone besides Adam that could bring on all these fantastic players. Great!

[jimsacra]

Thanks Adam for getting together all those educators and their different ideas on triad usage. Lots to chew on here, thanks again!

[Kevin]

Thanks very much for putting this together. Much appreciated.

[ronmercer]

This masterclass is brilliant! All great teachers. Thank you!

[timsmith]

What a great idea. Combining all these concepts in one video. Triads, their importance in all their iderations can't be overstated. Thanks to Adam and thanks to all the other contributors.

[andrewdensmore]

this is my favouriote youtube video that has ever been posted

[rohanganguli]

Tim Lerch is national treasure, thank you everyone who contributed. superb video and thank you Adam, im a fan of your playing!

[ThomasB_NG]

Cory Congillio is the man! The only person who actually showed what a triad is and how it works.

[cliffwhite]

Wow! Tim Lerch's suggestion is both simple and beautiful!

[orvillejohnson]

What a great idea and so beautifully executed. Several facets of such a basic concept articulated so well. Thanks, Adam, and to everyone who participated...oj

[m.vonhollen]

The main 4 triads are: major (135), minor (1-b3-5), augmented (1-3-#5) and diminished (1-b3-b5). There are 3 inversions that you should know: 135-351-513 (for all 4 types). Know them on string sets 654-543-432-321. - That’s 48 triads (4x3x4=48).-

[kevinmurphy]

My hats off to Molly and Grant. As a beginner guitarist whos been beginning for 50 years, I was able to understand their brilliant approach. The others were beyond my feable comprehension, so I will have to revisit in a decade to get to that level.

[dday]

The title does not deceive! Triad awareness has really improved my playing. Your video has given us several cool approaches to work through and for that I say thank you Mr. Levy!

[MarkRodeSculpture]

Wonderful. Tim's chromatic voice movement is a lovely piece of music itself. Thanks all.

[kirklorange]

I was teaching about the power of triads way back in the early 90s. I wrote it all down and self-published my book PlaneTalk. When I first got on the Internet nobody was talking about triads it was all scales, modes, boxes, pentatonics. It's nice to see that players are finding out more from all these great teachers. Killed my business though,

[mikedr]

Whoa - Cory's lesson really clicked! Super awesome!

[knucklesprayer]

Amazing video, material to study for days!