3 Skills You Want To Master: Triads

Triads are a fundamental building block in the strongest solos and melodies, but you do want to know how to use them the right way in your playing and then they will be a huge boost to your playing.

✅ 7 Pentatonic Tricks That Will Make You Play Better Jazz Solos

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Content:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Getting Your Triad Practice Right
01:14 Practice All The Melodies
03:02 The Power Of Simplicity
05:34 Shifting Colors On Top
06:53 What is Better Than A Triad? Modern Jazz Sounds
08:12 7 Pentatonic Tricks That Will Make You Play Better Jazz Solos
08:20 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page!

My name is Jens Larsen, Danish Jazz Guitarist, and Educator. The videos on this channel will help you explore and enjoy Jazz. Some of it is how to play jazz guitar, but other videos are more on Music Theory like Jazz Chords or advice on how to practice and learn Jazz, on guitar or any other instrument.

The videos are mostly jazz guitar lessons, but also music theory, analysis of songs and videos on jazz guitars.

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How Do You Work With Triads? Chords, Solos or both?

✅ 7 Pentatonic Tricks That Will Make You Play Better Jazz Solos

[francescoperi]

This could have easily been a 60-page book with Cd, and you just casually throw it at us like that! Amazing stuff

[vertyisprobablydead]

I was having a really bad night Jen, thank you.

[Zarett]

You just changed the way I play my instrument in one short video. Incredible. Thank you for sharing this.

[akinnon]

There is a LOT to unpack here wo. I'll be honest with you, i'm not a beebop, or even a jazz fan. I want to learn the skill of playing over chords, this really music theory appropriation. Beebop for me is skills. Great teaching I absolutely love it.

[urbachd]

Wow, Jens! You just gave about 3 years' worth of music school in 8 min 25 seconds! You are still the best!

[insidejazzguitar]

These lessons are so valuable. Every time I think I’ve heard it all on YouTube, you always show me something new to focus on. So much good stuff packed imo these few minutes

[ChinqMiau]

Nowhere near this level but chords from the upper structure of chords was a lightbulb moment. Wow.

[Dang...]

Excellent, clear, concise, helpful. Thank you Jens!

[benkatof]

I like this lesson so much Jens - particularly the practice to playing connection. I stumbled upon that Am/Abm trick on Dm/Galt and have been writing lines using this idea, so your lesson is very helpful!

[samuelemahtolo]

Great, great, great...what else can I say ? This is a lesson I need to go through again and again, a hundred times if necessary. Thank you so much for sharing !

[aidenharker]

Could you do a video of explaining every skill you need to know to master guitar, the order to learn them in, and then the best way to perfect them. That would help so many people figure out the next step in their guitar playing. I can’t find a video like that anywhere.

[picksalot]

Fantastic video! I started focusing on using triads because of Jens videos, and they really make playing easier.

I play mostly finger style solo guitar. I've spent a fair amount of time thinking about how to get the most out of it as a solo instrument. Something that's been working extremely well for me recently, is to "generally" divide the guitar into three parts: the bottom 2 strings for bass parts, the top 2 strings for melodies, and the middle 4 strings for chords/arpeggios. Of course there are exceptions and overlapping, but this way of approaching the guitar has really freed up what I can imagine and play.

Exploring chords/inversions/arpeggios without changing positions on the neck has been particularly valuable. Thanks Jens for everything you teach. 👍😎

[holgerrudolph]

Hi Jens, Holger here. Thanks a lot for that incredibly strong content and your help to incorporate it into your playing! I already enjoyed the Roadmap Course and i am still continously following your posts here, as well as on patreon! Man, that is a lot to digest! I could easily spend half a year on that...or even much more. Again, thank you very much. You are an amazing instructor! Greez from Germany, Holger

[twli]

geez there's so much in this video… THANK YOU

[chrissguitarshow]

This is one of the best lessons thanks jens

[carlosalcala]

Really useful when someone needs ideas for solos. Thanks Jens!!!

[PatrickTengmusic]

Simply awesome theory lessons thank you 🙏

[seattlevegas]

I love work outs with triads - thanks for more. I do not use aug triads much. Can you offer more information, applications, example songs to use in wood-shedding aug triads?

[rockstarjazzcat]

Pithy lesson! Been working with 6th and 7th arpeggios, chord tone soloing through lots of tunes to make up for my 1980s modal training. 😬 I’ve enjoyed exploring triads since seeing Larry Carlton explore them in his vid. These days I’m more focused on navigating the intervals that compose the same, with an eye/ear to function. I stumble on the meta translations of “play these named things over these other things.” Cheers mate.