How using triads can change the way you play guitar - both rhythm and lead - Lesson EP399

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  • Опубликовано: 2 фев 2025

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  • @OldDawg-mc3dy
    @OldDawg-mc3dy 3 года назад +221

    I am 65 years old and started playing the guitar when I was 8 years old and have never stopped. I really enjoy Active Melody videos. I am always finding different ways people do things to incorporate into what I do. Always in learning mode and always will be. I know many of you take lessons using Active Melody and I really want to give this young man a vote of confidence in his methods and how he teaches you to play the guitar. He gives you things you can really use to create your own unique styles. Many of the people giving lessons mainly sit there and show off and are pretty useless to teach at any level to be honest. This is a good path to take for you all to learn IMO . . . :)

    • @danielcollins5194
      @danielcollins5194 2 года назад +8

      So you play "smoke on the water" for 50 plus years

    • @jbj3rd
      @jbj3rd 2 года назад +4

      @@danielcollins5194 he probably has but at least he plays it right 😉

    • @mervrose8743
      @mervrose8743 2 года назад +4

      Nicely worded as I find Brian the finest guitar tutor that expresses his work finely

    • @guitarizard
      @guitarizard 2 года назад +6

      I see this on every guitar video lol. I'm 2853 years old and I've been playing for 1821 years and I'm still learning. I haven't posted any videos or commented on any other threads and I just really like the way this guy teaches. Are these bots or payed reviews?

    • @geldeddonkey7320
      @geldeddonkey7320 2 года назад +2

      totally agree .in this world of money first you are a fine example of professionalism and humility .thankyou scott 🇦🇺

  • @johnpick8336
    @johnpick8336 11 месяцев назад +11

    Thank you for posting the best Triad lesson on RUclips.

  • @misszee804
    @misszee804 4 года назад +131

    This is the best guitar lesson video I’ve ever seen. Everyone has tried - with less success - to make this click, but you nailed it. Judging by the comments, I’m not the only one. You’ve changed a lot of lives here.

    • @monkeymonkerson
      @monkeymonkerson 2 года назад +2

      Totally agree!

    • @장덕원-m6h
      @장덕원-m6h 2 года назад +1

      @@monkeymonkerson Me 2 .. Couldn't agree more.

    • @john-di1mz
      @john-di1mz 2 года назад +1

      I agree...one of the best lessons I've seen too

    • @reverbdave
      @reverbdave Год назад +1

      Fantastic! Thank you!

    • @MelaninOrigins
      @MelaninOrigins Год назад

      1000% true!! 🎸💯

  • @Jacob_ThisLife
    @Jacob_ThisLife 3 года назад +13

    I think triads is the most valuable underrated guitar concept

  • @flyovernews22
    @flyovernews22 3 года назад +5

    I have taught guitar for over 25 years. Hands down that is the best I have ever seen it explained. Wish I could have put it that clearly for all this time.

  • @jordancook1668
    @jordancook1668 4 года назад +31

    I love the way you always show where this stuff comes from for context. My technical brain really appreciates it.

    • @malcolmbrewer
      @malcolmbrewer 4 года назад +2

      That helps my analytical brain too

  • @frez777
    @frez777 Год назад +1

    I came on today, just to write this comment. This man is the best instructor there is. His clarity and the way he explains things are second to none. Every single video I watch, I learn something I've wondered about but have not had HIS explanation methods. This guy is EXCELLENT. Then I saw how many of his videos are in the MILLIONS of views, which says a lot. Pay attention to this man! ! ! ! ! ! !

  • @jmorra
    @jmorra 4 года назад +41

    You are going to produce a whole generation of guitar players who hit the better notes. Thanks for making this so accessible! But more Arlo please!

  • @noah12314
    @noah12314 4 года назад +31

    Brian, I don't understand how on earth you don't have a million subscribers. Clearly you are one of the best RUclips tutors. Have been your subscribers for years now and I have always enjoyed your videos. Surely there must be at least a million passionate guitar players out there. You clearly deserve it

    • @dennisrobbins7857
      @dennisrobbins7857 3 года назад +2

      For those like me, who don't read music, these triads are easily found and played, by simply following your playing.. not sure I'm saying this correctly.. bottom line, I just copy what you're playing as you're voicing/explaining what "we" are doing. So weird, I know these triads, or many of them at any rate. Ex. The riff on Brown Eyed Girl is right there im triads! Fun. Thank you!

    • @dennisrobbins7857
      @dennisrobbins7857 3 года назад +2

      It's a demonstration and explanation that opens doors for fill and leads when you get comfortable with the notes! I practice the triads thinking "hey, that sounds like" same with leads.. okay, the coffee is wearing off, thanks again!

  • @shirleyperkins
    @shirleyperkins 2 года назад +2

    I have taught piano chording for over 50 years, along with guitar, but love your method of teaching triads, new tool for me, and appreciate your teaching skills, excellent.

  • @george-wg6ug
    @george-wg6ug 4 года назад +19

    Hi from UK, this video has just given me the ' at last the penny has dropped feeling' big thanks for that.

    • @grantperkins368
      @grantperkins368 4 года назад

      It all goes back to CAGED, am I right? The penny drops for me all the time but my fingers can't keep up hahaha

    • @jimsmith4611
      @jimsmith4611 4 года назад +2

      Absolutely wished I had picked up on it years ago.

    • @gawayategulle6272
      @gawayategulle6272 3 года назад

      George105, you are speaking for me!!!! Hey from Kampala.

  • @notsosure7757
    @notsosure7757 3 года назад +10

    30 years playing guitar and you've just blown my mind lol. Seen triads but never really tried to use them. Big thank you sir.

  • @buddha417
    @buddha417 Год назад +2

    Now, this guy is the REAL THING ! Knows what he's talking about and a wonderful communicator . Teaches all levels. I'm really lucky to have found him.

  • @batpatrol49
    @batpatrol49 4 года назад +12

    For years I would hear a song on the radio almost every week and it would be my goal to find it on RUclips, learn how it's played, and try playing it during the weekend. After seeing this video today I decided to subscribe because I want to understand how everything comes together. Doing the fingering to learn how songs are played is one thing, but understanding why, where, and how - the fundamentals - is something I'm eager to pursue.

  • @randalljclark
    @randalljclark 2 года назад +1

    the chord progression with those voicings immediately brought all those late '50's and early '60's songs to mind.. thanks

  • @themagdude
    @themagdude 4 года назад +18

    Wanna learn guitar online? Plenty of great teachers to discover (Marty, Justin, etc.) Just make sure you religiously subscribe to ActiveMelody and have Brian by your side. Six years now and I’m still amazed by his originality and dedication. Thanks, coach!

  • @minnixmusic
    @minnixmusic 3 года назад +5

    You are a GREAT teacher. I’ve been playing for over 30 years and have been teaching for 20, and this is the absolute best explanation I’ve ever seen of this stuff.

  • @SirBelvedere333
    @SirBelvedere333 14 дней назад

    I’m 62 and have played Bass most my playing life. I’m enjoying learning guitar and you’re helping so much, thank you. Now that I’m not playing out anymore playing bass alone is so boring, but guitar is so much fun. Thx again.

  • @shannondelima3028
    @shannondelima3028 3 года назад +9

    I remember going through so my "generations" of youtube teachers over the last 10 years and this guy Brian right here speaks to me. There are a few that speak to me but Brian right here has taken my playing to where it needs to be. And he continues to. Amazing and grateful to be here. Thank you!

  • @stevescuba1978
    @stevescuba1978 4 года назад +7

    I could listen to that guitar playing slow arpeggios for hours! What a tone!

  • @iunknown563
    @iunknown563 3 года назад +3

    Brian is brilliant. His way of explaining these seemingly complex concepts is amazing. Thanks!

  • @TheQuietRiot
    @TheQuietRiot 4 года назад +6

    So grateful for this video. Despite know all the triads and being really fluent with the CAGED system, I never figured out such a practical way to seeing and using those 'sliding 6ths'

  • @colink4823
    @colink4823 3 года назад +1

    Every time I watch your videos I get a lightbulb moment. Your explanations are so easy to understand. Brilliant

  • @henrycortez2117
    @henrycortez2117 2 года назад +1

    I am a long time bass player (50 plus years) and have always wanted to learn the guitar but never had proper instruction. I learned basic chords but not much beyond that. I recently became more determined to get better and saw this video. Really great stuff here! Thank you, thank you!!!

  • @monkeymonkerson
    @monkeymonkerson 2 года назад

    So fascinating that I have literally watched 100's of guitar videos in my life that don't speak my language (figuratively of course), but then one comes along that completely changes things for me. Thank you!

  • @stephenmcconnell7868
    @stephenmcconnell7868 4 года назад

    EVERYONE should be a premium member. It’s worth every penny. I have learned so much from you. I can’t wait till new lessons come out. The membership comes with extra information and jamming tracks.... I love your site.

  • @achoice2bmade
    @achoice2bmade Год назад

    Lots of REALLY good teachers on YT, of which some are simply VERY good. You are among them.
    Thank you for all of your work!!!!!

  • @tuningforx
    @tuningforx 6 месяцев назад

    This is a brilliant lesson. About 50 lightbulb moments for me on this one, and since signing up to Active Melody I learned more from you in a week than I have in the last 6 months scouring RUclips for videos. Thanks

  • @moGear6253
    @moGear6253 Год назад

    iv been falowing Brian for about 2 yr's now his tecneck has realy changed my life and my guitar pratice im 68 retired i try to practice every day .. I realy need to step up to the plate and get the preameum advantage .i to have had a guitar my hole life mostly in the closet .. the tab realy works the best for me ..thank you brian againi am working on my end

  • @sentosa55
    @sentosa55 2 года назад

    just amazing. You are a gifted teacher. I am a golf instructor, and know the pleasure you must get showing people how to do something they couldn't do before. Thank you

  • @phyleneamuso1051
    @phyleneamuso1051 3 года назад +17

    This is what I need most in a language I understand, great teaching style. I’m trying to undo 50 years of bad habits and playing by ear without a solid theory foundation. Thanks!

    • @vastexpanse8606
      @vastexpanse8606 3 года назад +2

      That's the great thing about guitar, or instrument playing in general - There's always something new to learn. Never too late to broaden your horizons!

  • @pborkstrom
    @pborkstrom 3 года назад +1

    So many great nuggets in this single video. For those of us that have been playing for years, we sometimes know principals and patterns without knowing the proper names. Thanks

  • @JHENDRIXROCS
    @JHENDRIXROCS 3 года назад

    One of the BEST guitar instruction channels on RUclips! Brian is on the Mount Rushmore of guitar teachers!

  • @rosegeaber7533
    @rosegeaber7533 2 года назад +1

    Sir you just helped me un- muddy the water of my mind! I too have been playing for years and you just cleared up the idea of a major chord for me! Thank you!

  • @HektorBandimar
    @HektorBandimar Год назад +2

    For years I alway thought that to play chords correctly I had to include and strum all six strings, triads are great, and they make a whole lot of sense and make me understand how guitarists like Hendrix played a lot of his guitar sounds.

  • @gavreleric3493
    @gavreleric3493 9 месяцев назад +1

    @Active Melody: you changed my life. The best online course !

  • @MAP448
    @MAP448 4 года назад +15

    I wish I could have learned this 30 years ago! Better late than never though!

  • @MrMetalclay
    @MrMetalclay 3 года назад +1

    I'm happy I ventured into triads. This video confirms their importance and shows some really good ways to utilize them.

  • @metalfuryskulls
    @metalfuryskulls 2 года назад

    I wasn't expecting to learn anything new, but the bit about the 6th and 9th chords was a lightbulb moment!

  • @michaelsmithbox120848
    @michaelsmithbox120848 3 года назад +1

    Learn more watching you than any other. Amazing job on triads.

  • @axiomaddict
    @axiomaddict 2 месяца назад

    Your explanations and examples are so lucid. Talent is one thing, talent at teaching is a whole other beast. Thank you many times over.

    • @axiomaddict
      @axiomaddict 2 месяца назад

      After reading some of the other comments below, it stands out that others who teach as well, openly admit to having appropriated your some of your explanations in their teaching as well. We’re blessed to have access to your content.

  • @tom474e
    @tom474e 2 года назад +2

    I like that you're just not showing the notes but explaining why. Great lesson.

  • @pinkiosa1
    @pinkiosa1 3 года назад +1

    Thank you, Maestro, I was using triads with out knowing it. Man what a lesson!! SIMPLY PRICELESS!!!

  • @bradreidmusicchannel854
    @bradreidmusicchannel854 4 года назад +1

    35 years in another lightbulb moment. thanks.

  • @ChuckEWeiss-fk6vr
    @ChuckEWeiss-fk6vr 3 года назад +1

    Your lesson really helps to clarify what’s happening at the neck. Excellent lesson.

  • @nancytammik-smith2839
    @nancytammik-smith2839 Год назад

    Brian, you are indeed an excellent teacher. Finally, after years of just being self taught, taking breaks,...etc. I learn somethingS everyday watching your lessons. Also now I dare to expand. Thank you

  • @danharper8579
    @danharper8579 2 года назад

    The most use fast track educational video Ive seen. I was doing this already to some extent, but now I know the formula to do it correctly instead of guessing by ear. So I'll do it way more and better. I had no idea what I was doing before.

  • @songylike
    @songylike 9 месяцев назад

    I second "the best Triad lesson on RUclips." You are the Boss!

  • @stephenbouchelle7706
    @stephenbouchelle7706 3 года назад +3

    I have watched a bunch of CAGED videos. Your triad videos have changed my practice hugely. I am playing triads mostly on the DGB strings for shapes. 3 shapes have opened lots new ideas. I thought for years that I needed to use all 6 strings. I have improved finger picking too by learning to focus my movement on triads. You point out how triad shapes are related to full chords which has also been an eye opener. Thanks.

  • @AirPHX
    @AirPHX 2 года назад

    Best triad lesson on RUclips.

  • @kesterbrookes5404
    @kesterbrookes5404 3 года назад +1

    You just chang my whole life with this lesson..you is a very good (A) class teacher..keep on doing what your doing .. all the way from small island Grenada..

  • @drewdietz2115
    @drewdietz2115 4 года назад +3

    Such mellow playing, fantastic Brian, great lesson. Thanks

  • @godsguitar101
    @godsguitar101 Год назад

    Wow the way you explained the 3 notes in a chord just slammed me that changed everything thank you so much.

  • @mjjames2442
    @mjjames2442 2 года назад

    Active Melody’s lessons are great and this one in particular is wonderful. Brian’s teaching method and general likable demeanor makes all his videos a very valuable guide to learning. Thanks Brian!

  • @AMusset
    @AMusset 4 года назад +1

    Amazingly simple, effective and useful introduction to triads on guitar!

  • @akfisher7138
    @akfisher7138 3 года назад +4

    Your teaching is excellent. You should call a subset of your videos Lightbulb blues, as I watched 3 or 4, and now get it. I have dabbled for years snd can even read music, but blues felt like another world of music, and too much memorisation, but your simple 4 box techniques, and major minor pentatonic, made it super easy to get going. I am sure that original blues guys did similar things, and just noticed a few easy patterns, without learning extensive theory. Best of all you can focus on the sounds...Thank you

  • @mistert4522
    @mistert4522 Год назад +2

    This is a really great lesson. I've using most of the things you're showing but I never understood the logic behin those shapes. You're a fantastic teacher - you really have a knack for explaining things. Super job, thanks soo much!

  • @ambroseharper8316
    @ambroseharper8316 3 года назад +1

    That is a tremendously useful 25 minutes of any guitarist's time 😊

  • @CJZM7777
    @CJZM7777 2 года назад

    Excellent. I've seen lots of lessons on triads, 3rds and 6ths but this is one of the best.

  • @DanThorpeGuitar
    @DanThorpeGuitar Год назад

    Very cool lesson. I love triads! One of the secrets to unlocking the fretboard for sure.

  • @thongamchan775
    @thongamchan775 4 года назад +1

    Hi it's always pleasure to watch your videos for learning how to start improvising with all these little tools to enable me playing in the way I want.

  • @kondwanikolechikuwi3283
    @kondwanikolechikuwi3283 3 года назад +1

    This is definitely one of the greatest video lesson I have seen.. thank you Sir. God bless u

  • @paf268
    @paf268 Год назад

    This is a more clear and succinct explanation than 99% of other vids

  • @blittlej
    @blittlej 27 дней назад

    Wow, this is really well explained and demonstrated - you can’t ask for more than that 👍🏼

  • @1974xaviers
    @1974xaviers 4 года назад +3

    Great lesson Brian...A very good refresher...... Thanks 😊

  • @MaTTheWish
    @MaTTheWish 3 года назад +1

    Killer lesson. This was tailored for me. It really helped me understand the cageD system more clearly by breaking it down into the three high strings. Thanks.

  • @papaeph6134
    @papaeph6134 4 года назад +2

    Only recently found your channel and to be honest I've learnt more in a week than I have in 20 years! Nice one!!

  • @timtravasos2742
    @timtravasos2742 3 года назад +1

    Most useful guitar lessons I've ever seen. Thank you so much.

  • @GuitarJoLa
    @GuitarJoLa 4 года назад +18

    That's another gem of a lesson, another must-do for me! Also love the new set, new guitar and ... everything else :)

  • @surfrby8876
    @surfrby8876 4 года назад +2

    I’ve been following you for a long time Brian , you’re one of the best teachers in the virtual world 👍

  • @mervynmorrison4418
    @mervynmorrison4418 Год назад

    I have seen a lot of guitar tutorials, and this must be one of the best ever!! I learnt so much more in this video than I have for the fifty years I have been playing! Awesone job! Looking forward to seeing more. Excellent teacher - well done!! (All the way from Zululand - South Africa)!

  • @brenttoepfer5202
    @brenttoepfer5202 3 года назад +1

    Terrific lesson. A ton of knowledge in 24 minutes. Thanks so much!!!

  • @timandersen7320
    @timandersen7320 3 года назад +2

    Hey Brian, one of the best lessons! Thank you

  • @paulflood5876
    @paulflood5876 3 года назад +1

    This is the best video for average guys who know some, but missing a few pieces. Moves quickly, covers a lot of basics. Cheers...!!
    Uncle Papa Floody Watters

  • @muckaxe
    @muckaxe 3 года назад +1

    I appreciate the deeper explanation of what notes make up the chord. Always better than just memorizing shapes. I need to know the what AND the why in order to assimilate and integrate all of this stuff. Thank you.

  • @roberthancock2563
    @roberthancock2563 Год назад

    I don't know why but triads intimidate me so much! Great lesson! Thanks so much,Brian!

  • @marcelvandam7176
    @marcelvandam7176 2 года назад +1

    This is what I call perfect timing. I just figured this triad thing on the first three strings out myself this week, but you take it a little further in the second half of your video. So I'll watch it a couple of times over to get it. By the way, all your videos I've seen so far really opened my mind, thank you !

  • @BobEstremera
    @BobEstremera 4 года назад +7

    Another great lesson. But I think a triad lesson using one string set over, strings 2, 3 & 4 would be a great one. I think the tonal range of those inside strings is not as 'muddy' as using the lower strings but slightly more full than the first set of three strings. For me, I prefer the slightly lower tones of the inside strings. I think a lot of your followers would appreciate this too. Thanks!

    • @Ozzy_Powl
      @Ozzy_Powl 2 года назад +1

      I'm also new to this, but it should be applicable the same way. If you use barret chords, look at those strings and use the shapes all over the fretboard. The hardest thing for me currently is memorizing where all the notes are, as so far I only learned the top 2 strings. Which doesn't help the triads at all haha

  • @erolgermannemmanuel5637
    @erolgermannemmanuel5637 4 года назад

    The Lesson was useful & necessary like the water we drink. More of the same from time to time, please !!!
    Thanks Brian man ☘🇺🇲

  • @thatlovejones
    @thatlovejones Год назад +1

    Just found your content and think it is great. Off for a week's vacation with no Wifi, will sign up for your courses right after, even though there's enough by you here on RUclips to keep me busy for a long time, you deserve support. Great work!

  • @christopherstephen9708
    @christopherstephen9708 3 года назад +1

    Brian thank you so much, as a beginner in his late years brilliantly walked through.

  • @brucesadventuredivingbray1432
    @brucesadventuredivingbray1432 3 года назад

    I’m 68 and just started playing guitar when I retired I have had Will surgeries on my hands and wrists. I am unable to play Barchords. Playing triads are absolutely essential to my playing enjoyment thank you very much

  • @actionoriented
    @actionoriented 4 года назад +1

    This is a great lesson - clear, concise...with immediate application - thanks!

  • @MAP448
    @MAP448 4 года назад +2

    What a great teacher! You do a magnificent job. Ty for all your help.

  • @f100strato2
    @f100strato2 3 года назад +1

    Wow, Brian you really pulled together a lot of concepts in this video. Super instruction. You make very logical and understandable links to bridge these concepts together. I can spend a lot of time just working through what you presented here and know it will be time well invested. I will no doubt become a premium subscriber soon.

  • @c.g.curtis9480
    @c.g.curtis9480 3 года назад +1

    Thank you Brian for making music real. The things that you teach are for real life. Great job man. Please keep it up. I am a poor musician but I gain a lot from the things that you teach.

  • @mickthebandit
    @mickthebandit Год назад

    I’ve been playing for fifty years and still learn from this guy 😎🤟🏼

  • @cesarveralatorre5198
    @cesarveralatorre5198 3 года назад +1

    simple and yet deep and beautiful. Lots of things to learn and try using your ideas, thanks.

  • @jimsmith4611
    @jimsmith4611 4 года назад

    Been playing for years and sick pf playing the same thing over and over. Defo wished I had picked up these years ago as they really do make a difference. Now ensuring that my grandson learns this as he strats out on learning the guitar. Thanks for this..

  • @nune44
    @nune44 2 года назад

    I was with you for a good while, then you started showing off. But I understood, and could follow along, better than before. Dope lesson man

  • @madmmx18976
    @madmmx18976 3 года назад +1

    Great lessons. Best I have found so far. Keep up the good work

  • @TonyBee63
    @TonyBee63 3 года назад

    Much prefer listening to tasteful playing like this than any shred videos....Thanks Brian you are an inspiration...😁😁👍👍🎸🎸

  • @57RickH
    @57RickH 4 года назад +4

    Great lesson 👍🏻. Loved the closing piece that pulled it all together and that guitar sounds smooth as butter 🎸

  • @tboyz1
    @tboyz1 Год назад

    @OldDawg-mc3rdy love your comment I'm 62yrs Young started playing @7years old no internet no one to teach me just listened to an old radiogram that played mostly songs of the 50s and 60s, I learnt to play all that stuff by ear till finally I was able to get confident and skilled enough to start playing talent quests at school and our local area when I was 12 yrs old. When I turned 20 I started gigging professionally for the next 30+ years and still play today for my own enjoyment, the thing with guitar is you never stop learning, if you are truly passionate about guitar then you appreciate revisiting stuff when someone else gives a different perspective on the same 'ol stuff and reignites the passion. I'm here in this channel because I became lazy and forgot my humble guitar roots I owe my knowledge to triads and arpeggio and by extention rudiments and fundaments, thanks Active Melody cheers 👍💕

  • @stagelifelv9324
    @stagelifelv9324 4 года назад +3

    Brilliant lesson! This helps us lower intermediate players add another layer of understanding

  • @guruofendtimes819
    @guruofendtimes819 2 года назад +3

    I would suggest putting up on the screen what notes you're playing in the tab formations because many people do not learn by listening but by seeing

  • @pablofernandez8429
    @pablofernandez8429 3 года назад +1

    You are a great teacher !!! I'm learning a lot with you !!! Eres un maestroooooo !!!

  • @adelinrapcore
    @adelinrapcore 6 месяцев назад

    This is the best lesson on lead guitar for intemediate guitar players out there.

  • @myjames48
    @myjames48 3 года назад

    Not down playing your demo, it is very simple, but informative. Thanks so much.

  • @mickgill6033
    @mickgill6033 2 года назад

    You're giving us all great insight to the triad harmonies and simple chord progressions. Thank you so much. It's so much fun to have access to your great method of teaching. Keep up the great work.