The 3 Triad TRICK That Will CHANGE Your Playing

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[aDvEnTuReSxOFxRaWrY]

Is tim the best? Tone, chops, attitude, gear, production and that refined taste like the hills of Tuscany . Thank the gods for this man

[mspeedm]

This guy was built for this. Never heard it described as clearly. You rule!

[brianb]

Hello from AZ Tim! This explanation of the caged system demonstrates it with the most clarity that I've ever seen, thanks!

[tmx]

I've been playing just shy of 50 years. I've never, ever been able to wrap my head around any of this stuff. Still can't.

[strangfangers]

In a resent interview, Vince Gill repeated several times throughout the video that, it's always about serving the song, and everything you'd ever really need to do so, was shared in this lesson. I will be chewing on this lesson for along while. Thank you brother.

[allanrathgeber]

So happy I found your site. I taught beginners and some intermediate guitars from 1971 to about 10 years ago. Now that I am 70, Arthritis has come for a visit and slowing me down. This is the most insightful lesson I have ever witnessed and will be signing up for the master class shortly.

[GregKosic]

AWESOME!!! Glad I made it...Tim you ROCK!!!

[vextract]

I learned Triads and inversions long before I heard of CAGED. I learned to sight read traditional and tabs. Then, "this is A", this is the 7th, 9th, 11th. Then flat 5ths or 9ths etc and augmented and diminished half or whole. Then the modes and tons of classical guitar and blues. Then I drank a bottle of whiskey in my basement and listed to Michael Brecker 😆. That led to more drinking. 😢

Edited to say Tim's a great guitarist and teacher, I watch a lot of his videos. Im not mocking it's just some humor

[dezedaar]

If you'd look at CAGED when starting from the D chord, it becomes obvious how all the 'vanilla' chords will melt from one shape into another. The last fretted note (when playing a 'D shape' it will be your ring finger) will be the first note to fret on the next version of that chord (the C shape). This will always be a thing and it will even include the 'E shape" of the chords.

[mototakahe]

I am blown away every time I watch. It is all over my head but, I just love watching and listening. Particularly love your "mellow" ones. I discovered that write it down thing at University to remember stuff. Not guitar, languages. Thank you Mr Pierce.

[wchphoto]

"Finger tucker!" That's hilarious. I'm trying to stop using my little finger due to arthritis in the first joint. It's difficult not to use it but you make it look so easy. Gives me hope!

[Mnkat]

Your tone is incredible, both driven and transparent

[Vocela]

This is absolutely fabulous, Tim. Love the horizontal playing - love it all, really. Many thanks.

[markallanwolfe]

Hello Tim from Bethlehem GA ne of Atlanta thanks for all your videos truly I have learned so much, I been playing for over 40 yrs and CAGED opened up my world. Thank you for your smile too...

[bzvbopp]

Thank you. I’ve been saying this for decades. There are only two places on the neck where the E-shape is an E-shape. Move it up a fret; it’s an F-shape. The worst thing guitar teachers do is teach “folk-style.” I grab my E-chord as if a bar chord (which it is) with my index over the nut as the bar. Same with the C. If you play the D-chord in the 2nd inversion (2d fret), then slide down two frets, you have a C-chord. Very simple, Very easy

[gregorygoodellofficial]

I love this... I have been saying this to my students for years... I love that you have just legitimized it for me.

[AlanJan_UK_]

What a lovely video. You are so open and honest and I'd say humble. The licks are *SO TASTY* and the guitar is beautifully in tune as you go up the neck. Many thanks.

[thAMG]

You are always humble, Tim. It blows me away every time. You're amazing, and a great human being.

[Hbomb]

Tim, “Change” is only one of so many songs you have made that has defined a generation. I graduated high school in 83 you wrote the sound track to my life! Yes the lead to “Change” is great but you have so many more! Thank you for sharing your talent!

[timwhite]

The Rock man was cool. And yeah, the whole Hysteria album was done exclusively through one.
I playing about 35 years ago (though I people only played maybe twenty of them). I started with the Mel Bay books, wildly inaccurate tabs, VHS recorded music videos and poorly worded magazine lessons. To this day I have a friend who plays with the most bizarre and counterproductive picking style, the casualty of an ambiguously worded Eric Johnson hybrid picking article in the early 00's. I don't watch the channel religiously, but every time I do I'm always struck by how good you are at this. I struggle to think of anyone that I've come across that puts everything in such a clear and concise manner. More than once have I found myself realizing just how convoluted my understanding of various things had been, hanging overcomplicated relatively simple concepts. It's a gift.
And you always look like you're exactly where you want to be. 👍