Music Theory for Guitar - Triad Inversions

How to play Triad Inversions
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This is lesson 2.7 from our series “Music Theory For Guitar”

For Lesson 1:

*Lesson 1.1: Intervals and how to play them on 1 string up to an octave
*Lesson 1.2: Intervals between the open strings
*Lesson 1.3: Intervals and Interval shapes
*Lesson 1.4: Octaves and Octave Shapes
*Lesson 1.5: Unison notes and Unison note shapes
*Lesson 1.6: The Musical Alphabet and Chromatic Scale
*Lesson 1.7: The Major Scale
*Lesson 1.8: Intervals of the Major Scale
*Lesson 1.9: Major Scale Patterns
*Lesson 1.10: Upper Intervals of the Major Scale
*Lesson 1.11: The difference between Major Scale Patterns and Positions
*Lesson 1.12: Major Scale – Fretboard Insight
*Lesson 1.13: Major Scale Keys
*Lesson 1.14: More in-depth Major Scale Insights
*Lesson 1.15: Sharps and Flats in each key
*Lesson 2.1: Major Triads
*Lesson 2.2: minor Triads
*Lesson 2.3: Diminished Triads
*Lesson 2.4: Augmented Triads
*Lesson 2.5: Major Triad to Minor, Diminished and Augmented
*Lesson 2.6: Triad Shapes all String Sets

**Lesson 2.7: How to play triad inversions up the fretboard

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[pixelatedparcel]

So, for practical purposes, learning these inversions give guitarists an easy way to create interesting sounds with triads with the added bonus of letting them use certain strings sets they might not use otherwise (major and minor triad shapes rooted on 5th and 6th string aren't fun shapes to play).

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Thank you. Easiest way to understand how to learn triads.

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[NotleX]

How should I practice applying what I learn? I completely understand it but I feel like if I don't use it then I will forget it. What do you recommend doing? For me and others like me as the course advances. Along with that, how should I be using the e-guide?

[danieljoo]

How do u know where the next closest intervals were when going through different inversions

[GuyNarnarian]

I've been watching and following this series, bit by bit over a long period of time, and I feel like I understand everything to an extent because of what I know about the fretboard already (I started playing in 1995 or something). But I still get tripped up on the intervals. Its weird, I feel like I should be able to memorize that easily but I can't for whatever reason. I also know where every note on the guitar is, but for some reason I can't always remember which notes are in each major scale. For example, I had to think for a second when you showed the D triads on this video to figure out that the third is an F#. Am I just bad at math? If so that is terrifying because 90% of my real job is math. Any tips? Thank you this series is perfect, short videos and to the point.

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How did you locate the fifths and the thirds without a scale?

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It's so interesting that i go higher with chord components but total chord frequency is stays same. I think it's because frequency be formed with whole aggregate of all strings frequencys individually but it still interesting.

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