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Monday, February 29, 2016

38. Classification of the shapes of all 3-notes and 3-strings or 4 strings major and minor chords with root on any string of the guitar.

This classification especially of the major and minor 3-string , triads is one of the first thing to learn in the guitar before  learning the standard open or barre major and minor chords , and before learning about the DAE and CAGED systems. Nevertheless when restring to the higher 4 strings all the above 3-string or 4-string shapes are only the D, A, E shapes. 


Starting we must find the 3-string triads. The next video has only the consecutive 3-strings triads. There are 6 such shapes  according to on  which string is the root, for each of the 3 cyclic permutations of the triad chord. In other words 6 for the root position (1-3-5 ), 6 for the 1st inversion (3-5-1) and 6 for the 2nd inversion (5-1-3) .But there are also the non-consecutive strings triads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0AiUV-3p0


Besides finding and familiarizing with the major and minor triads as chords there is also the exercise of chord comping, starting with triad at random in root position 1-3-5, keep the notes in the 3-5 and create the 3-5-1 inversion, then similarly the 2nd inversion 5-1-3, and back in the root position 1-3-5, but this  time   3 strings higher. Walk randomly the guitar fret-board with triad chords  comping and you may add improvising with melodic notes with the 4th finger.


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