TRIADS Guitar Theory: Play All Over The Fretboard
Learn the fundamentals of guitar chords and how to construct major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords. Master guitarist Steve Briggs guides you through exercises and practical applications, helping you navigate the fretboard and play chords all over the neck. Unlock the potential of the guitar with this comprehensive course for beginner and intermediate guitarists.
What you’ll learn
- Learn the fundamentals of how guitar chords are constructed
- Learn to play major, minor, diminished and augmented chords
- Do a deeper dive on using diminished triads
- Practice with high-quality playalong videos
Master guitarist Steve Briggs expands your understanding of chords by walking you through the mechanics of triads and their many practical uses. His time-tested approach uses carefully-crafted exercises, and combines them with practical application using backing tracks to solidify your skills.
In this course, you’ll take a look at constructing triads, which are three-note chords. This is a fundamental that will serve you well when you’re delving into more complicated chords. You’ll also be able to navigate the fretboard with ease and play chords all over the neck.
Finally, in this part we’ll take a look at adding the diminished triad into the mix, first through the role it plays in a harmonized major scale and then taking a closer look at its construction. If you’ve always wanted to add this cool colour chord into your songs and rhythm guitar parts, then this is where you’ll get started.
In Essential Guitar Theory: Spread Voiced Triads & Exercises (additional purchase), you’ll learn about a new kind of triad – Spread Voiced Triads – and make your rhythm guitar even more interesting with ii-I and V-I movements. There’s so much of the guitar to unlock!
TRIADS Guitar Theory: Play All Over The Fretboard
Lesson 1: Introducing Major and Minor Triads
Lesson 2: C Major and Minor Triads
Lesson 3: Major Harmonized Scales
Lesson 4: Diminished Triads
Lesson 5: Adding the Diminished 7th Chord
(for song example and exercises mentioned to at the end of Lesson 5 please refer to part 2 of this course – Essential Guitar Theory: Spread Voiced Triads & Exercises)
Who this course is for:
- Beginner or intermediate guitarists, songwriters, budding sessions musicians.
