Triads With Beethoven!

Beethoven was no slouch. He could say a lot without using too much fluff. His Symphony No.7 makes a perfect platform to workout triads. You can gain a tremendous amount of insight about the fretboard with an exercise like this. Then there's the benefit of playing something beautiful as well.

And FWIW: when you play beautifully, it's WAY easier to justify buying a new guitar :)

00:00 Demonstration
00:37 Introduction
02:34 Lesson
08:33 Wrap Up

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Thanks for watching!
Chris

[jackfromthes]

I'm still working on it. I like your arrangement.👍

[Roots]

Fun tune. Thanks Chris.

I've been thinking about trying some classical pieces. Hard to know where to start but I feel more comfortable now..

[jackfromthes]

Fantastic lesson as always! Can’t wait to try this.

[Owl-qhrh]

Beautiful song! Great lesson too! Thank you 🙏🕊️

[andyjales]

Gosh Cris!!!! I love classical music, what an awesome video!!!! Thank You very much!!!! Greetins from Argentina!!!!❤

[hball]

Beautiful chord progression and great exercise as well, Chris. Since I discovered triads (thanks to you) my fretboard knowledge has increased by leaps and bounds. Triads Rule!

[splashesin]

Beethoven day, Beethoven day, Beethoven day ❣️😊 Thanks for saying the chords Chris. ❤

[kdavis]

I have always loved Bernstein, he is a genius without question. Mahalo Chris this is killer!

[ForTheLoveOfGuitars]

I have never gotten into trying classical on guitar. I guess I thought it would be daunting. But now I want to give it a shot. Thank you!

[chrispeleshenko]

Hmmm, this one is right up my alley. Marco Guilliani (wrote one of the 1st guitar curricula) was a popular predecessor and mentor to Beethoven. In his early life they used to call Beethoven "little Guilliani."

[joshs]

This is amazing, and I'm going to learn it this weekend. It's exactly what I was looking for to make music from the triads I've been working on for the last few months.

[stephenmahlstedt]

That is a beautiful piece and I’ll be practicing it for sure. It’s a great lesson, but I’m fairly new to theory and was confused about the last 3 chords around the 6:40 mark in the video. I’m guessing the last chord is an A, not an Am, right? The C shape of an A major? And the two chords before that, are they partial D7 and E7 chords, with the 3, 5 and b7, like an open A7 shape?

[waynegram]

It seems that beethoven used Sus2 and Sus4 as passing chords?

[PR-BEACHBOY]

No offense meant but it’s pronounced “ET CETERA”