My fretting hand is physically and irrevocably damaged from arthritis. Big stretches are painful. Triads are my safe spot for my playing. I love this video. It's perfect for me! Already gotten the tabs from your Patreon page, since I am one.
@@ezer0923 I have one of the best doctors in the entire US taking care of me, literally. There are many forms and causes of arthritis. I didn't mention what type I have and what causes it. Thanks for your suggestion, but I'm doing everything humanly and medically possible to manage, improve and slow down the progress. I only mentioned arthritis because I wanted to emphasize how important triads are to my continues enjoyment of making music.
I am disabled with a chronic pain syndrome (among other things) and have issues with my hands and arms. I can relate with the ease of triads (except I can’t do many barre notes). I also like to use power chords frequently - until my muscles tire out. May I ask what kind of guitar/s you find comfortable to play? And strings? I only own a single acoustic guitar from KLOS (a full sized model) that is really great because the body weighs next to nothing and is really comfortable. However the neck is really comfortable too, but because of my limitations, it’s very painful to play many types of songs as the session goes on because of the way I have to grip the neck at times. Do you use acoustic or electric? Which model/s? I really love D’addario Acoustic Phosphor Bronze XT coated strings. They sound amazing in my guitar and feel as comfortable as 11-52’s can feel. I just tried the new XS strings (they sent a sample pack to me), and I don’t like them as much as the XT’s. They don’t seem to stay in tune. The XT’s get tuned once before I start playing and usually don’t need retuning until the next day - and even then, the tuning is usually still fine. The XS goes out of tune 1-2 songs into my playing session. The XS also sounds a bit brighter and less balanced than the XT’s when they are in tune. But here’s the biggest deal breaker for me: the coating seems to be way too slick for my fingers, which, tend to slide off the sides of the strings and make me miss fretting notes. I had contacted D’addario asking whether they had any customer feedback about fingers slipping off the strings before I went to purchase a pack, so they offered to send me a sample pack. I’m really glad I didn’t spend money on strings I’m not happy with. They seem to be well reviewed on RUclips on videos I’ve seen, but they aren’t great for hands that have issues and the tuning issue is really odd. I’m gonna have to switch back to the XT’s in the coming days. Which strings do you use? I have a feeling I’d do much better with an electric guitar. I can’t afford it, though, as my circumstances have changed. Been trying to get a donated one but I haven’t gotten anywhere. A thinner neck would probably make a huge difference in my chronic pain as would thinner gauged strings. I’ve been playing for 1.5 years now. It’s a struggle, but I love it - best PT, OT, cognitive therapy, and recreational therapy all rolled into one! I’m homebound since July 2019, so guitar has been an amazing outlet. My service dog enjoys the music too! Glad I had the guitar laying around my house from several years ago (purchased before my life drastically changed) and decided to give it a try. Anyway, would be helpful to hear more about your guitar and string choices. Thanks!
Y'know, I just love the fact that an accomplished, humble, and generous guitar player sharing his knowledge has over 3 million subscribers. There's hope, folks.
Highly recommend the next level playng course! Got it last year and I've come on leaps and bounds with my playing more on that one year than 15 years 🤣 thanks so much Paul! The best guitar tutor on the world wide web !!
I’m gonna jump to NLP after I finish LPP. I don’t want any lag time between them I just want to get into his take on playing anywhere on the neck and improvising.
I have been introducing triads to my students quite early on for a year or two now. It’s increased my reputation as some kind of magical teacher when it’s as we know a fairly simple technique. The amount of budding Van Halens and Edges around my part of the world is ever increasing. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad thing but the more kids playing guitar the better and hopefully they’ll find their own style soon. Good stuff 👍
I was taught from triads out, and assumed that was how everyone learned guitar. To have those little friends all over the neck is essential to me. Great lesson…again!
This is a lovely and sneaky introduction to the CAGED system without telling anybody what you're doing. The mental leap from that A form to the D 1st inversion at the beginning of the video opens eyes. Sliding up to the E 1st inversion continues that trend. That those D and E chords are the C form in the CAGED system should be a flag to people that the entire fretboard is understandable in the same fashion. Lovely video, Paul.
Why is it called the 'CAGED system' when the D is just the C with a barre/capo? And why is it called a 'system' in the first place when it merely describes the shapes into which chords fall on the guitar neck? To me it sounds like overthinking the simple and obvious.
@@TraneFrancks Triads are of course going to be coextensive with CAGED system construction. You only have so many strings and frets in so many positions.
triads shapes in combination with CAGED and good knowledge of the scale boxes can take you gradually to a higher level of guitar perception! Good job buddy!
@@oscrem78 Learn about intervals and find some ear training apps to recognise them. Learn your Major and Minor scale across the neck. Look into how we use intervals to build chords. Learn about inversions, what a first inversion and second inversion are exactly. Practice these across the neck. Look into chord extensions and how they relate to intervals and triads. Learn about third inversions. Look into which chords are built from the intervals in your scales, and which extensions you can use on those chords using scale tones. Look into modes and how this affects chord building. That should do you for a few years, if you really dig into it.
You are not just a good guitar player /teacher But you have what not many people have and thats taste for beautiful music. Thanks for the lesson , as always great one.
Hey, I am 15yrs old and I play everyday! LOVE your work and how you play! Thanks you so much for the motivation and new skills I learn every time I watch your videos! Thanks so much! :)
I had figured much of this out for myself over the last year or so and I gotta say, getting what Paul is pushing in this lesson is one of the ‘big’ points of unlocking more refined (and oftentimes easier and better sounding) approaches and results.
Paul, I am a beginner. Again. For about the fifth time. Frustrated is a term that doesn’t do me justice. The biggest reason I follow you is you give us these great gems. These amazing lessons give me hope that I will get some guitar joy. Learning is already much more fun than it has ever been. Hartelijk bedankt! Echt! Bedankt.
Paul, your videos are great... I'm still a begineer but here is my Triad trick: I play in 5 string open G, bar the high 3 strings(for a root position triad), then hammer on to the 4 chord inversion(makes a diagnol shape), when in the 4 chord inversion your pinky is free to hammer on the m7, P5, and m3
4:44 Paul all your contents are very interesting but then again what is more interesting is the work that you put in the quality of your videos. Sincerely, you’re amazing
I have learned more from you since discovering your videos than in the past 20 years playing guitar. Thank you for your content and how you explain/teach.
David, the quality of your camera work is beyond excellent. It would be so awesome if one day you share a few inside tips regarding the equipment you use, lighting, and a basic rundown of your editing process. I would pay money for that.
It sounds more like the Styx "Come Sail Away" than the Sesame Street.) And the first figure with "A" sounds like the Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go".)
Just wanted to say if you're on the fence of getting Next Level Playing, I would highly recommend it. Paul has such a great teaching style and the course is well put together with modules that build on each other. I've tried other online courses, not only for music, and the way he has made this makes it so easy to follow, with goals that you should achieve before moving on to the next module. If you feel stuck in your playing and don't know what you can do to progress, I highly recommend it! (not sponsored btw, just a happy customer).
Love this video.... Everything about it... the interesting lesson, calm demeanor, great examples, sound, lighting, humor, and all the love and work required for such. Much appreciated!
I've been exploring the electric guitar lately and I'm SO GLAD to have watched this! Perfect timing since I want to make these sounds too. Thanks so much!!
A really powerful use of triads is to use them instead of the "CAGED" system as a way to add phrases / melodies / anything to your vocabulary, using trial inversions all over the neck as mental "anchor points" to store information in your mind. in particular if you learn a lick you like, associate that lick relative to the NEAREST triad on the neck, understand how that lick leverages chord tones and scale tones relative to the triad, then figure out that lick relative to the same triad in a different position (inversion) elsewhere on the neck.. this will not only give you access to the lick everywhere on the neck, but will force a basic music understanding of it because you have to reverse engineer it based on the scale tones and chord tones. I also use this as a way to craft my own music vocabulary / invented melodies and mentally store it. Additionally every new scale that I learn (major scale, minor scale, melodic minor, etc etc), I map surrounding chord tones of triads.. this is huge when it comes to improv because when a song has chords, and you can see those chords as triads everywhere, you can quickly move between playing the chords and improvising melodies around those chords., and linking them together as the song moves through the progression. Very few people seem to talk about this on RUclips because I'm guessing most videos target beginners (even if the video title claims it's not targeting beginners)
I especially like that guitar tone you're getting in this one, Paul. I know it's a Novo guitar, and those look like filtertron pickups, but what specific type of filtertrons are they? Mahalo (thanks) for your videos. I always enjoy and learn from them.
Great lesson, I have been delving more into triads after a Chris Sherland video. He spent time on how Van Halen used them and their shapes. The greatest thing about them is that they are less muddy than barre chords. As someone has already mentioned the use of triads along with the CAGED system really opens up the fretboard and learning each shape on each 3 string grouping allows you to play base lines as well as soaring leads and pret
Learning my triads hit me like a truck after decades of stagnation. What isn't shown so often in one single video is the vertical connection of triads. The movement of the inversions on one string group (e, B, G for example) "horizontally" is amazing. But you can stay in one position and then move "vertically" too. Means stay where you are fretwise and change the string groups from e, B, G to B, G, D to G, D, A and finally D, A, E. All the way thru. Could be explained less complicated i guess, but you know what i mean, right?
Around :45: "Small decoration?" I'd argue that little decoration inspired and sustained for decades the (arguably) most successful band of all time. Y'all know which one.
I think what you are trying to tell us from 7:57 on is probably: "You too can play guitar!" Thank you, David for your great lessons and enjoyable videos here on your chanel!
Hi Paul, I have benefitted greatly from your instruction. The old video with the progression C, Am, Dm, G on the first 3 strings with sus2 and sus4 in between really started me off. So I don't mind sharing what I discovered with major and minor triads and their inversions on strings 2, 3, 4. On those strings the 6 diatonic chords, 3 major and 3 minor (leave out the diminished 7th) overlap neatly into pairs that follow the same sequence in (what I call) 3 "tonal centers". Three centers because there are 3 inversions of each triad. In each "center", the first pair is the major 5th and minor 3rd. Just to the right of that are the major 1st and minor 6th, and to the right of that, the major 4th and minor 2nd. Note that all of these pairs differ by just one note, and the major is just 2 degrees above the minor (sound familiar?). Also note that you can slide between centers, the major 4th on the right up to the major 5th on the left of the next center up. Or, you can slide from the minor 2nd on the right to the minor 3rd on the left of the next center up. Thus, the order of inversion pairs is always preserved (rotated). Wish I could show you a diagram but maybe you can work this out from what I've just said. Hope you like it and thanks again.
I can't stop watching this video. Paul always makes great playing look effortless. I joined his Patreon page after seeing this video. Keep up the great work Paul! You are a true "guitar hero"
Darn you internet! Since I started learning guitar 3 weeks ago I've been playing the A chord wrong! One finger vs 3 is sooooo much easier. Yeah, trying to learn about triads is like trying to run before I can walk, but still. Great video here, Mr. Davids. It's making me want to learn even more.
You’ll end up playing it both ways depending on the situation, so you haven’t really wasted any time. I think I play it with three fingers more often than one, but playing it with one is really important for tricks like the one that Paul is teaching us in this video. Anyway, happy for you as you begin your guitar journey! So much fun! -Andrew
I figure improvising over top of your already awesome jam is rewarding enough for me, I actually think we would sound pretty good together...Have a good day!
Great video Paul! 👍🏻😊 I would mention one more way. To see a triad as an extention, so f.e. Em7 can be played in a band context as a G major triad, while the bass player plays an E. There lies another beauty of triads, what I really love... 🙂
These are great videos, and Paul is a wonderfully personable and thorough instructor (as well as a fine guitarist). Thank you for what you put out there to help us get better.
My fretting hand is physically and irrevocably damaged from arthritis. Big stretches are painful. Triads are my safe spot for my playing. I love this video. It's perfect for me! Already gotten the tabs from your Patreon page, since I am one.
I'm sorry to hear about your arthritis! I pray that God heals you!
Keto + IF has helped many who suffered from arthritis. If you could find a proper doctor to guide you, you might want to give it a try
@@ezer0923 I have one of the best doctors in the entire US taking care of me, literally. There are many forms and causes of arthritis. I didn't mention what type I have and what causes it. Thanks for your suggestion, but I'm doing everything humanly and medically possible to manage, improve and slow down the progress. I only mentioned arthritis because I wanted to emphasize how important triads are to my continues enjoyment of making music.
I am disabled with a chronic pain syndrome (among other things) and have issues with my hands and arms. I can relate with the ease of triads (except I can’t do many barre notes). I also like to use power chords frequently - until my muscles tire out.
May I ask what kind of guitar/s you find comfortable to play? And strings? I only own a single acoustic guitar from KLOS (a full sized model) that is really great because the body weighs next to nothing and is really comfortable. However the neck is really comfortable too, but because of my limitations, it’s very painful to play many types of songs as the session goes on because of the way I have to grip the neck at times. Do you use acoustic or electric? Which model/s?
I really love D’addario Acoustic Phosphor Bronze XT coated strings. They sound amazing in my guitar and feel as comfortable as 11-52’s can feel. I just tried the new XS strings (they sent a sample pack to me), and I don’t like them as much as the XT’s. They don’t seem to stay in tune. The XT’s get tuned once before I start playing and usually don’t need retuning until the next day - and even then, the tuning is usually still fine. The XS goes out of tune 1-2 songs into my playing session. The XS also sounds a bit brighter and less balanced than the XT’s when they are in tune. But here’s the biggest deal breaker for me: the coating seems to be way too slick for my fingers, which, tend to slide off the sides of the strings and make me miss fretting notes. I had contacted D’addario asking whether they had any customer feedback about fingers slipping off the strings before I went to purchase a pack, so they offered to send me a sample pack. I’m really glad I didn’t spend money on strings I’m not happy with. They seem to be well reviewed on RUclips on videos I’ve seen, but they aren’t great for hands that have issues and the tuning issue is really odd. I’m gonna have to switch back to the XT’s in the coming days. Which strings do you use?
I have a feeling I’d do much better with an electric guitar. I can’t afford it, though, as my circumstances have changed. Been trying to get a donated one but I haven’t gotten anywhere. A thinner neck would probably make a huge difference in my chronic pain as would thinner gauged strings.
I’ve been playing for 1.5 years now. It’s a struggle, but I love it - best PT, OT, cognitive therapy, and recreational therapy all rolled into one! I’m homebound since July 2019, so guitar has been an amazing outlet. My service dog enjoys the music too! Glad I had the guitar laying around my house from several years ago (purchased before my life drastically changed) and decided to give it a try. Anyway, would be helpful to hear more about your guitar and string choices. Thanks!
Same here!
Learning triad took me years ahead in my guitar playing.......
IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
Y'know, I just love the fact that an accomplished, humble, and generous guitar player sharing his knowledge has over 3 million subscribers. There's hope, folks.
10:59 - 11:15 one of the best pieces of guitar music ever played. Paused ! Looped !
Damn man !! 🔥🔥🔥
Highly recommend the next level playng course!
Got it last year and I've come on leaps and bounds with my playing more on that one year than 15 years 🤣 thanks so much Paul! The best guitar tutor on the world wide web !!
I'm working on Acoustic Adventure just now and will move to NLP soon
I’m gonna jump to NLP after I finish LPP. I don’t want any lag time between them I just want to get into his take on playing anywhere on the neck and improvising.
I have been introducing triads to my students quite early on for a year or two now. It’s increased my reputation as some kind of magical teacher when it’s as we know a fairly simple technique. The amount of budding Van Halens and Edges around my part of the world is ever increasing. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad thing but the more kids playing guitar the better and hopefully they’ll find their own style soon. Good stuff 👍
Really appreciating these little tab pop-ups. Thanks Paul
This is exactly what I need to be learning right now!
I was taught from triads out, and assumed that was how everyone learned guitar. To have those little friends all over the neck is essential to me. Great lesson…again!
I figured it out myself 30 yrs ago when nobody expected free lessons to learn guitar.
This is a lovely and sneaky introduction to the CAGED system without telling anybody what you're doing. The mental leap from that A form to the D 1st inversion at the beginning of the video opens eyes. Sliding up to the E 1st inversion continues that trend. That those D and E chords are the C form in the CAGED system should be a flag to people that the entire fretboard is understandable in the same fashion. Lovely video, Paul.
Why is it called the 'CAGED system' when the D is just the C with a barre/capo? And why is it called a 'system' in the first place when it merely describes the shapes into which chords fall on the guitar neck? To me it sounds like overthinking the simple and obvious.
@@jankafka7330 If it's that simple and obvious, you already know the answer.
@@TraneFrancks Triads are of course going to be coextensive with CAGED system construction. You only have so many strings and frets in so many positions.
Love your transition technique for revisions and asides. Very smart stuff.
triads shapes in combination with CAGED and good knowledge of the scale boxes can take you gradually to a higher level of guitar perception!
Good job buddy!
Hi George, how will you recommend to start learning triads?!
@@oscrem78 Learn about intervals and find some ear training apps to recognise them. Learn your Major and Minor scale across the neck. Look into how we use intervals to build chords. Learn about inversions, what a first inversion and second inversion are exactly. Practice these across the neck. Look into chord extensions and how they relate to intervals and triads. Learn about third inversions. Look into which chords are built from the intervals in your scales, and which extensions you can use on those chords using scale tones. Look into modes and how this affects chord building.
That should do you for a few years, if you really dig into it.
You are not just a good guitar player /teacher
But you have what not many people have and thats taste for beautiful music.
Thanks for the lesson , as always great one.
that Novo.....so good.
Hey, I am 15yrs old and I play everyday! LOVE your work and how you play! Thanks you so much for the motivation and new skills I learn every time I watch your videos! Thanks so much! :)
I had figured much of this out for myself over the last year or so and I gotta say, getting what Paul is pushing in this lesson is one of the ‘big’ points of unlocking more refined (and oftentimes easier and better sounding) approaches and results.
Absolute LEGEND - You've made me fall in love with playing the guitar again. Thank you sir.
4:12 got me on the editing. Masterpiece.
Paul,
I am a beginner. Again. For about the fifth time. Frustrated is a term that doesn’t do me justice. The biggest reason I follow you is you give us these great gems. These amazing lessons give me hope that I will get some guitar joy. Learning is already much more fun than it has ever been.
Hartelijk bedankt! Echt! Bedankt.
Doing this for practice tonight once I get home!
Paul, your videos are great... I'm still a begineer but here is my Triad trick: I play in 5 string open G, bar the high 3 strings(for a root position triad), then hammer on to the 4 chord inversion(makes a diagnol shape), when in the 4 chord inversion your pinky is free to hammer on the m7, P5, and m3
Love triads. Punch of a power cord, fullness of a standard cord
I'm so glad I'm a Patreon subscriber. I look forward to these videos and backing tracks.
9:40 Paul hats off man hats off......... speechless....
It's the Edge! 😂
I love your editing! It really adds to the content of your videos and makes them so interesting
pedal F triad Sus4 with delay... beautiful! Sounds the intro of Where the streets have no name
As a part time video editor in addition to guitarist--I'm always shocked by how well filmed and edited Paul David's videos actually are.
Man. That sounds so good. I've been fooling around with the guitar since the early 70's and the darn thing is still an enigma to me.
4:44 Paul all your contents are very interesting but then again what is more interesting is the work that you put in the quality of your videos. Sincerely, you’re amazing
Easily the most valuable RUclips video I've seen in 3 months or more. Thanks Paul!
I have learned more from you since discovering your videos than in the past 20 years playing guitar. Thank you for your content and how you explain/teach.
David, the quality of your camera work is beyond excellent. It would be so awesome if one day you share a few inside tips regarding the equipment you use, lighting, and a basic rundown of your editing process. I would pay money for that.
I definitely have to grow a beard and practice my triads.
12:55 just beautiful! Keep on shredding over that ... damn!
This literally upgraded my soloing to another level!! Thank you
You made all of my sweep picking videos Ive seen make sense in 4 seconds in a video about triads... well done.
It sounds more like the Styx "Come Sail Away" than the Sesame Street.) And the first figure with "A" sounds like the Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go".)
Jack and Dianne
Thanks particularly for the last part which is a revelation.
Hey you are a great teacher man and how you play it sounds really great RESPECT
You are one my favorite guitarists. Your feeling and emotion is inspiring
Just wanted to say if you're on the fence of getting Next Level Playing, I would highly recommend it. Paul has such a great teaching style and the course is well put together with modules that build on each other. I've tried other online courses, not only for music, and the way he has made this makes it so easy to follow, with goals that you should achieve before moving on to the next module. If you feel stuck in your playing and don't know what you can do to progress, I highly recommend it! (not sponsored btw, just a happy customer).
Awesome mind opener. Thanks Paul!
I love the end of that video especially! That sounds amazing. Would love the guitar tabs to that solo afterwards towards the end of the raking.
I took Next Level - honestly it changed how I see guitar. I can’t thank you enough for that class.
Love this video.... Everything about it... the interesting lesson, calm demeanor, great examples, sound, lighting, humor, and all the love and work required for such. Much appreciated!
Love your videos, your lessons, your playing, your Novo, your cool looking videography, just everything. One of the very best channels on RUclips
I am appreciated sir. Lots of regards from Turkiye.
We can see and also feel how Paul really enjoyed making the tip number 4. Lots of fun!
Hello Edge
Hands down one of the best guitar lessons I've watched. Thanks Paul !
I've been exploring the electric guitar lately and I'm SO GLAD to have watched this! Perfect timing since I want to make these sounds too. Thanks so much!!
Seriously, your a such a gifted teacher. Thank you sir
I have the perfect song example that rocks the heck out on Sesame St. “Back Where it All Begins” on Second Set Live -The Allman Brothers
I’ve been here smashing like buttons all morning. It’s nice to be able just one a gentle squeeze every once in a while ☺️
Great video, great tones, great sound, great U2 vibes too! ❤ I need obviously Filtertrons! 😉
this lesson is pure gold!
A really powerful use of triads is to use them instead of the "CAGED" system as a way to add phrases / melodies / anything to your vocabulary, using trial inversions all over the neck as mental "anchor points" to store information in your mind. in particular if you learn a lick you like, associate that lick relative to the NEAREST triad on the neck, understand how that lick leverages chord tones and scale tones relative to the triad, then figure out that lick relative to the same triad in a different position (inversion) elsewhere on the neck.. this will not only give you access to the lick everywhere on the neck, but will force a basic music understanding of it because you have to reverse engineer it based on the scale tones and chord tones. I also use this as a way to craft my own music vocabulary / invented melodies and mentally store it. Additionally every new scale that I learn (major scale, minor scale, melodic minor, etc etc), I map surrounding chord tones of triads.. this is huge when it comes to improv because when a song has chords, and you can see those chords as triads everywhere, you can quickly move between playing the chords and improvising melodies around those chords., and linking them together as the song moves through the progression. Very few people seem to talk about this on RUclips because I'm guessing most videos target beginners (even if the video title claims it's not targeting beginners)
The riff you played at the end blew me away
Brilliant. Triads sound so good and are grouped so close together.
You just got a new subscriber sir. Exactly what I was looking for. I’ve been stuck playing chords only since I was 14. Self taught play by ear.
Wow. I lerned a lot today thanks!
Lovely lovely sound 1:37
Fantastic lesson Paul.
My dream I delivering a video production like this. So beautiful
I especially like that guitar tone you're getting in this one, Paul. I know it's a Novo guitar, and those look like filtertron pickups, but what specific type of filtertrons are they?
Mahalo (thanks) for your videos. I always enjoy and learn from them.
I was having so much fun with the Sesame Street trick yesterday. Haha.
Thank you, Paul. You are a fantastic teacher. 🙏🏼
Great lesson, I have been delving more into triads after a Chris Sherland video. He spent time on how Van Halen used them and their shapes. The greatest thing about them is that they are less muddy than barre chords. As someone has already mentioned the use of triads along with the CAGED system really opens up the fretboard and learning each shape on each 3 string grouping allows you to play base lines as well as soaring leads and pret
Feels like Christmas is coming each time Paul's posting a new video 🎁🎄
Paul, your tone is melting my face off
Very good lesson as always. Thx a lot. And I noticed you like Chris Buck a lot and who doesn't. Awsome phrasing at the end.
Learning my triads hit me like a truck after decades of stagnation. What isn't shown so often in one single video is the vertical connection of triads. The movement of the inversions on one string group (e, B, G for example) "horizontally" is amazing. But you can stay in one position and then move "vertically" too. Means stay where you are fretwise and change the string groups from e, B, G to B, G, D to G, D, A and finally D, A, E. All the way thru. Could be explained less complicated i guess, but you know what i mean, right?
That A to D thing from early in the video is exactly what Brian May plays in the intro and verses of Hammer to Fall. I just learned it the other day.
Those Filter trons give your guitar a GIANT sound . What a spectacular tone ! What kind of guitar are you using .
Amazing lesson, shows how a small improvisation can have an effect on your playing quality with a greater magnitude. Thank you Paul❤
bless you PD! Great sounds as always
This blew my mind !! Thank you
4:12 got me on the editing. Masterpiece.
This sounds so beautiful!!!
Around :45: "Small decoration?" I'd argue that little decoration inspired and sustained for decades the (arguably) most successful band of all time. Y'all know which one.
I think what you are trying to tell us from 7:57 on is probably: "You too can play guitar!"
Thank you, David for your great lessons and enjoyable videos here on your chanel!
Great lesson sounds great and not to hard to play
Hi Paul, I have benefitted greatly from your instruction. The old video with the progression C, Am, Dm, G on the first 3 strings with sus2 and sus4 in between really started me off. So I don't mind sharing what I discovered with major and minor triads and their inversions on strings 2, 3, 4. On those strings the 6 diatonic chords, 3 major and 3 minor (leave out the diminished 7th) overlap neatly into pairs that follow the same sequence in (what I call) 3 "tonal centers". Three centers because there are 3 inversions of each triad. In each "center", the first pair is the major 5th and minor 3rd. Just to the right of that are the major 1st and minor 6th, and to the right of that, the major 4th and minor 2nd. Note that all of these pairs differ by just one note, and the major is just 2 degrees above the minor (sound familiar?). Also note that you can slide between centers, the major 4th on the right up to the major 5th on the left of the next center up. Or, you can slide from the minor 2nd on the right to the minor 3rd on the left of the next center up. Thus, the order of inversion pairs is always preserved (rotated). Wish I could show you a diagram but maybe you can work this out from what I've just said. Hope you like it and thanks again.
you are such a damn good teacher! and so smooth!
Great content! As a bass player I wish more live band guitarists knew how triads help mix by avoiding their low strings ringing out.
Damn the amount of guitarists you are referencing with your sound is amazing. Really awesome video.
I can't stop watching this video. Paul always makes great playing look effortless. I joined his Patreon page after seeing this video. Keep up the great work Paul! You are a true "guitar hero"
Thank you, Paul, for these amazing lessons. ❤️
I highly recommend the book Chord Connections to study triads and beyond.
Thanks, just ordered it
I just got this book. Amazing!! Thanks for the tip!!
love how the fruisc always sneaks his way into your videos. hes the best. love your videos!
Darn you internet! Since I started learning guitar 3 weeks ago I've been playing the A chord wrong! One finger vs 3 is sooooo much easier. Yeah, trying to learn about triads is like trying to run before I can walk, but still. Great video here, Mr. Davids. It's making me want to learn even more.
You’ll end up playing it both ways depending on the situation, so you haven’t really wasted any time. I think I play it with three fingers more often than one, but playing it with one is really important for tricks like the one that Paul is teaching us in this video. Anyway, happy for you as you begin your guitar journey! So much fun!
-Andrew
I figure improvising over top of your already awesome jam is rewarding enough for me, I actually think we would sound pretty good together...Have a good day!
Love the Sesame Street trick!❤
4:15 epic transition
This vid is like a 1-stop shop for triads usage. 👍🏼👍🏼
Triads! I clicked so fast!
9:40 Where The Songs Have No Name 😉
This was great, thanks! 🙏
Underrated comment!
Great video Paul! 👍🏻😊 I would mention one more way. To see a triad as an extention, so f.e. Em7 can be played in a band context as a G major triad, while the bass player plays an E. There lies another beauty of triads, what I really love... 🙂
Paul, just caught this video and as always, it was awesome. Your playing and explanations work perfectly for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
These are great videos, and Paul is a wonderfully personable and thorough instructor (as well as a fine guitarist). Thank you for what you put out there to help us get better.
you've always got such nice guitars....
Awesome informative. Thanks a lot! Keep goin! ☺️
9:35 we need a full song of this
Excellent Lesson! Thanks