EASY Way to Learn Guitar Triads

In this lesson learn 2 triad chord shapes that will change the way you play guitar

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00:00 Intro
01:13 What is a Guitar Triad?
02:47 How to play a Major Triad
04:17 How to use triads in your playing
08:27 How to play a Minor Triad
10:23 How to use triads to change up your playing

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[melodylamour]

LOL ohhhh, now you're gonna make us feel smart or something. Finally, I'm starting to feel safe/comfortable enough to understand this. Thank you so much

[muss]

This very SIMPLE lesson on triads has opened up a whole new way of playing notes for me. Fantastic!! I played my first triads with a backtrack today and the theory worked brilliantly.

I have been trying to understand the value of triads for several months. I must have checked 20 different teachers and all of them were too complex for me to even understand the concept. Due to the simplicity of your approach, it finally got through to my brain how to play my first primitive triads. That was all I needed to really get into the understanding of how you might use Triads.

Brilliant starting point for triads.... Thanks for keeping it simple so I could get on board !!

[CamilleHarris-mxco]

Oh my goodness. Priceless. I play daily and you have opened up a new can of worms. I love it!

[AppalatchieRaisedS]

Your style of teaching has Greatly improved my progress. Has the feel of a good friend sitting across from me and encouraging me. I’m looking forward to the day I can play a couple songs for my grandkids. Thank you

[devo]

Thanks for that after watching dozens of triad video this one was the easiest to understand

[phyllisgula]

This sounds great… will get these fingers moving up the frets !

[daniel]

I must have watched 30 triad videos. Thanks for helping me wrap my head around it.

[joegavura]

Best beginner video I have watched and not be overwhelmed

[davidspencer]

Excellent video and playing! A six string lesson that even us 3 string cigar box guitar guys can handle!

[charlesbolin]

I wish I didn't have the attitude when I was younger that playing less than a "full chord" was being lazy and not learning the chords. I started back in the 80's with a rock barre chord chart poster that laid out the E and A form barre chords. I hope everyone who watched this also picked up that moving down 1 string using the d g and b string, g string is now the root, d string 5th and b string 3rd, 5 1 3 and flat the 3rd for minor, now doubling the amount of chords or places to play them to change tone and or put more chords closer together on the fretboard. Great lesson and I could not help but add the A chord to the mix because it's right there and pretty much the same pattern just moved over 1 string. My take away was a new to look at something I should have seen years ago and I got a better understanding of the relationship of the noted, scales, and chords made from the scales and how they "fit" together musically. Thank you.

[mladenkaorlic]

i began playing guitar in April and this is the first time I've understood why people in other videos moved the shape down the neck like F G A B C D E, you sir are a master teacher. thank you, you made me progress 🎉

[FiendishFantasy]

Im only a few months into my guitar playing and I often get so discouraged and frustrated with chords and scales... also impatience. Your channel has been the first one to break things down in a simple to understand way. Most other channels come at you with all this music theory lingo that us beginners arent going to understand... or they just go way to fast thinking you should learn at the same speed as they did.

[terryshaw]

Kevin ur showing ur teaching skills to high level for ur beginners. My hat is off to u. Anybody reading this as a beginner on guitar. As a beginner myself I wanted to be able to play all those songs I loved that I heard on the radio. Oh boy .. I was wrong. I needed to go thru basic training. Once I got thru that. Kevin and a whole host of teachers made me who I am now. The best advice I can give to anybody that wants to play an instrument don't give up. It's in ur heart. Go for it

[MrGeorgeErickson]

I would like to see anything else you have on Triads. The info always escaped me. Your way of explaining things make me thirst for more. You do not overwhelm as most teachers.

[paulmclaughlin]

What a fantastic lesson! Just the right amount of theory with most of the focus on application. Been looking for something like this!

[dave_dave]

you are simply AMAZING! I just started mixing and matching with those, and already have a nice chord progression. I am going to dance with those for a while. I already recorded them in barre chord fashion and now I am going to play over them, using these MAJ, minor triads. Thank you so much, Kevin!

[philtaylor]

Hi Kevin as an older beginner I really like your style of playing and relaxed way of teaching its great stuff hope you can keep doing them

[juliodefreitas]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing your video ❤❤❤

[bookergrey]

Thanks for another great lesson. I really appreciate your lessons, keep them coming!!!

[goldenglowladore]

Thank you! These shapes/ positions sure open knew chord possibilities.The finger-picking sounds very nice.