Wow, that's quite a compliment. Keep learning. You're the ones doing all the work, I'm just trying to help out. Keep up the great work. I'm glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
I was starting to wonder if I accidentally signed up for a premium course by mistake!😂 I can't believe such a quality, well-organized tutorial (with PDFs and workouts!) is available for free. Thank God, and bless you for making this!🙏
Thanks a bunch!!! Triads have mystified me for years - finally, a comprehensive lesson on triads that makes sense - plus a PDF file - fantastic stuff !! greatly appreciated - cheers!!!
Thank you from my heart, Steve. I have been looking for someone to help me understand triads for two years. This video has got me playing them already, after just following with it twice. Thank you! You are a gifted musician and teacher.
This is the best lesson in Triads that I have every seen. Well done and thank you for sharing your knowledge, teaching skill and documentation. This made my day!
I have been hunting for months for some to show me triads other than bits and pieces. Thank you! You are awesome. Now the hard part. Remembering it all!
This video is PURE GOLD!!!! Thanks Steve. I've watched a bunch of triad videos.....NONE of them explained them in such a simple to understand way....you ROCK!!
Watched your original learn to play guitar series from a few years ago. It was learning by note and that was too laborious for me and many others . So glad your style is more in keeping with learning to play be starting with chords and thus giving reward to carry on. I must say your video in learning to play TRiads is probably the best I have seen. You not only explain the concept but fallow it up with practice examples. Certainly the best way to learn.
Personally..I can feel that you are a very dedicated and committed teacher in you tube..patiently sharing your knowledge and giving out free pdf too. May God bless you and your loved ones. Thanks.
Just came across your videos on RUclips. I've watched this major triads video a couple of times and your style of teaching and examples are outstanding! You are an excellent instructor and really looking forward to this series on triads!! Going to be looking at many more videos from you. THANK YOU!!
🚩 Finally got the Downloads! Thanks for fixing. I'm sorry what's going on is keeping you from playing On Stage. But your Helping So Many with all the lessons your giving. Best Teacher Ever!! 🎸
Not sure you will read this but I have been playing for 40 years . I find That you have a great talent for teaching the things that need to be taught first, and are very important. Thanks
THISSS!!!! Great Video! ONLY for serious guitar players! You went fast but I think most people sticking with this video know the absolute GOLD your dropping here.
WOW. When I started guitar Steve was the host of Gibson's 'Learn and Master Guitar'. And that was a great beginner series. I bumped into Guitar Gathering just last night. Subjects were strumming, hammer on's and pull offs. Even went so far as to discuss picks in detail. I learned more from Steve in 30 minutes than I have from other youtube subscriptions in a year. The quality of the video seems sharper too. Phenomenal teacher. I'm subscribed.
Thank you very much Steve .... You have shed a light on my guitar playing and practice. It is going to take a lot of work to accomplish what you have demonstrated, however, I think I see a reason for it all. Again, thank you Steve .... Excellent job!!!!! LaMar Kemp
This is a must, multi-session watch! So much useful information presented here! What I really appreciate are the tips on how to practice, and then apply, the knowledge that is being presented. I’m only halfway through the video and already building a practice regimen from the 1st 20 minutes that will likely take me about a month to get under my fingers but that, I know, will make me a significantly better guitar player. Thank you so much and Happy New Year! 🙏
TGBTG This is great 👍..Steve... although the lesson was a while ago, I am watching it second time. I stopped after your Triad lesson on 7ths. Because I wanted to study all of your lessons on How Music Works. Sir, light bulbs are turning on every time I look at printed music notation or practice..You are a Blessing Steve. Thank You.
Steve…just found your video and the incredibly helpful pdf…I have been playing a couple of years,after a break of 40 years…and as an older player,wanted to step up my playing…triads is really helping,although it is taking me a long time to understand and get my head around all the detail !! … I agree with many others in that yours is easily the best video on triads…I am really grateful for your help,best wishes…
You are an excellent teacher. This is the best lesson on triads I found so far, and I've seen a lot, believe me :). It just opens up a lot for me, especially in combination with the PDF. Thank you very much!!
I always thought that there's got to be a secret somewhere of how to know the neck of a guitar and view it like a piano. Steve is the best teacher in showing us this secret. I'm not a guitarist only a saxophonist but I was always interested in knowing how to visualise guitar fretboard like I do on piano. Thanks, Steve.
Thank you Steve for this amazing lesson, I can't wait for the rest. It's like a light that suddenly came on. I know what I will be practicing for the next few weeks. Thank you sir.
Hi Steve, Just came across your Channel. So glad I did. I've watched a few lessons on Triads ,however, yours is hands down the best. Thank you for creating such a great lesson. Ken
After years of seeing triads presented in different ways and thinking 'Ho hum...boring' you show me how useful they are in just a few minutes!!! THANK YOU!!! I'm actually excited to go off and practice them! All of the examples that you throw in are great! It's hard not to jump into the next couple right now, but I can see how easy they will be if I just learn these first. THANK YOU!!! You've got a subscriber!! I found you through Desi's lessons/site.
I've struggled for too long then I' willing to admit to remember the CAGED system, thinking remembering all that will make for easier improv. I'm not sure I need to keep struggling with the CAGED after watching this video? These triads will ensure I can keep chords closer together and that might free up time to either embellish the triad or add notes from a scale. I kind of hope you can take the triad video to the next level giving examples on how to use the triad shapes as a starting point for either soloing, creating riffs or fills or even just clever ways of embellishing the triad if that is possible. So happy i came across you channel. You are really explaining things in a way even my adhd brain can process. Thank you sir.
How do I keep the guitar from moving around while I play. I spend most of my energy trying to keep the guitar in one place. Love your technique and teaching methods.
Excelent lesson. Can you explain how you designate the triad shapes to being one or two etc. I assume that each triad comes from a cord shape which you designate to one two or three.
Hi Steve, went through the lesson as I heard about triads, I know as inversion (from the German) and the example of "Sultan of Swing" was a real eye opener, some dots got connected, you are so great in teaching. Was struggling with inversions/triads for a couple of years (my progress is extremely slow, I admit) and now I just got a good path to learn the fretboard, particularly with the exercises you propose. The triads are such an enrichment I could not figure out until now. THX a lot. Looking forward getting to the minor and 7th. Just have to practice, integrate in my playing.
Great lesson Steve - I really enjoyed this one. I'm working on this stuff myself and personally I like to think of triads as a small part of a larger CAGED cord. This approach does remind me of this book I had years ago called Fretboard Roadmaps - and they referred to this as the DAF roadmap - because like CAGED the triads on the 3 highest strings move in the D-A-F order and back to D. There's always the same number to skips in frets between them too - pro tip! I'd just use that as an anchor though - learning the roots like Steve says here is the best approach.
Thank you Steve! You touch on some of this in the learn and master course but this is really helpful. One of these days I’m going to make out to one of Guitar gatherings, I was thinking it might be this year but my daughter is graduating in June. Cheers thanks again and I look forward to meeting you!
On page 7 of the PDF we do a 14151 pattern starting with G, and that makes total sense, but on the next line when we do the same pattern in F, you use the C chord 553. My question; why not 010?
Loved this lesson, so relaxed and straight forward ... thanks Steve!! Quick question ... Are you deliberately muting the forth string in the first section, and neighbouring strings during the following exercises? BTW: Just subscribed!!
Phil, I'm so glad you're learning. Learn all you can. Without knowing exactly what section you're referring to, it's hard to know specifically what I was doing but generally when playing triads on the 1-3 strings, then I would naturally try to mute the adjacent 4th string so that it doesn't inadvertently make noise. Hope this helps!
@@GuitarGathering Perfect, I thought that is what you were deliberately doing ... would that also apply to muting the 5th and 1st strings when playing the pattern on strings 2, 3 & 4? Cheers mister!!
Wow, thanks Steve, this is excellent. I was recently thinking about suggesting something like this. I want to learn all those chords I see people play up and down the neck. I missed watching these live because work has been hectic recently. This reminds me of what Ted Greene was covering in Chord Chemistry, but your presentation is much easier for me to understand. I think I’ll work through your videos, then try to get through Chord Chemistry again. This should be fun.
I’ve watched most the triad videos on RUclips. This is hands down the best
Wow, honored to help out. Learn all you can. - Steve
After all this time, I think Steve might be the best guitar teacher ever. Thanks for all you do, it means a lot.
Wow, that's quite a compliment. Keep learning. You're the ones doing all the work, I'm just trying to help out. Keep up the great work. I'm glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
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I was starting to wonder if I accidentally signed up for a premium course by mistake!😂 I can't believe such a quality, well-organized tutorial (with PDFs and workouts!) is available for free. Thank God, and bless you for making this!🙏
As most of the viewers have already said, this is the best down to earth explanation on triad lesson. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Mind blown. Love finding these pieces of content that are just explained so well that they unlock something in your head.
Learn all you can! - Steve
Thanks a bunch!!! Triads have mystified me for years - finally, a comprehensive lesson on triads that makes sense - plus a PDF file - fantastic stuff !! greatly appreciated - cheers!!!
Thank you from my heart, Steve. I have been looking for someone to help me understand triads for two years. This video has got me playing them already, after just following with it twice. Thank you! You are a gifted musician and teacher.
Graham, it's a blessing to help out. Learn all you can. -Steve
This is the best lesson in Triads that I have every seen. Well done and thank you for sharing your knowledge, teaching skill and documentation. This made my day!
Thanks Kennard. Learn all you can. Glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
I have been hunting for months for some to show me triads other than bits and pieces. Thank you! You are awesome. Now the hard part. Remembering it all!
This video is PURE GOLD!!!! Thanks Steve. I've watched a bunch of triad videos.....NONE of them explained them in such a simple to understand way....you ROCK!!
Thanks Biker. Learn all you can! - Steve
Watched your original learn to play guitar series from a few years ago. It was learning by note and that was too laborious for me and many others . So glad your style is more in keeping with learning to play be starting with chords and thus giving reward to carry on. I must say your video in learning to play TRiads is probably the best I have seen.
You not only explain the concept but fallow it up with practice examples. Certainly the best way to learn.
Thanks for these very informative videos. They are so useful and I really like your style of teaching. You are the best👍
Personally..I can feel that you are a very dedicated and committed teacher in you tube..patiently sharing your knowledge and giving out free pdf too. May God bless you and your loved ones. Thanks.
Thanks. Learn all you can. - Steve
ive been trying to understand these for months! a lightbulb just went off thankyou!!!
Sir, Your teaching is solid and your philosophy of learning is spot on. Thank you for these instructions!
Greetings from Berlin, Germany
Thanks Jep. Learn all you can. - Steve
Steve is one of the best guitar teachers around. Very clear and encouraging lesson. Got to pick up my guitar to learn and practice now
Thanks. Glad you're part of our guitar family! - Steve
I think, this is the the best teaching methode i ever found on youTube Thank you so much.
Στηβ υπεροχο μαθημα για μας τους μετριους που προσπαθουμε.Ελπιζω καποτε να φτασω το 10% των ικανοτητων σου στη κιθαρα. Χαιρετισμους απο την Ελλαδα.
You are a great teacher. Thank you Mr. Steve Krentz
Just came across your videos on RUclips. I've watched this major triads video a couple of times and your style of teaching and examples are outstanding! You are an excellent instructor and really looking forward to this series on triads!! Going to be looking at many more videos from you. THANK YOU!!
Guitar lessons don't come any better than this. Thanks, Steve!
What a great lesson. I've watched it a few times now and have taken so much information from it. Thank you much.
Wonderful! Learn all you can. - Steve
🚩 Finally got the Downloads! Thanks for fixing. I'm sorry what's going on is keeping you from playing On Stage. But your Helping So Many with all the lessons your giving. Best Teacher Ever!! 🎸
Thanks Sue! Glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
Excellent lesson Steve! Thank you! Your motivational words are right on the mark and very inspiring!
Not sure you will read this but I have been playing for 40 years . I find That you have a great talent for teaching the things that need to be taught first, and are very important. Thanks
This may be the single greatest lesson I've ever watched before.
Ha! Well, learn all you can! Glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
THISSS!!!! Great Video! ONLY for serious guitar players! You went fast but I think most people sticking with this video know the absolute GOLD your dropping here.
Learn all you can! - Steve
Your the first person that I have understood about triads the light bulb 💡 has gone on thanks Colin UK 🇬🇧 👍
WOW. When I started guitar Steve was the host of Gibson's 'Learn and Master Guitar'. And that was a great beginner series. I bumped into Guitar Gathering just last night. Subjects were strumming, hammer on's and pull offs. Even went so far as to discuss picks in detail. I learned more from Steve in 30 minutes than I have from other youtube subscriptions in a year. The quality of the video seems sharper too. Phenomenal teacher. I'm subscribed.
Jim, Great to see you. Hope all is well. Learn all you can. - Steve
Luv the part you mentioned about practicing. Great advice. Worth a million dollars. :)
Thank you very much Steve .... You have shed a light on my guitar playing and practice. It is going to take a lot of work to accomplish what you have demonstrated, however, I think I see a reason for it all. Again, thank you Steve .... Excellent job!!!!! LaMar Kemp
Technical came at a perfect time in my practise routine. However, I found the coaching and upbeat encouragement of even greater value. Thank you!
Steve, this is a terrific lesson. Love your methodical and fun/ relaxed style 🙂
Beautiful lesson sir. Mind blowing with real insight
Thanks for the motivation, amigo
you are a hero. thanks from italy, success and health to you!
This is a must, multi-session watch! So much useful information presented here! What I really appreciate are the tips on how to practice, and then apply, the knowledge that is being presented. I’m only halfway through the video and already building a practice regimen from the 1st 20 minutes that will likely take me about a month to get under my fingers but that, I know, will make me a significantly better guitar player. Thank you so much and Happy New Year! 🙏
Thanks Jonathan. Honored to help out. Learn all you can. - Steve
TGBTG This is great 👍..Steve... although the lesson was a while ago, I am watching it second time. I stopped after your Triad lesson on 7ths. Because I wanted to study all of your lessons on How Music Works. Sir, light bulbs are turning on every time I look at printed music notation or practice..You are a Blessing Steve. Thank You.
great motivational and word of encouragemet steve
thank you for sharing your knowledge
Steve…just found your video and the incredibly helpful pdf…I have been playing a couple of years,after a break of 40 years…and as an older player,wanted to step up my playing…triads is really helping,although it is taking me a long time to understand and get my head around all the detail !! … I agree with many others in that yours is easily the best video on triads…I am really grateful for your help,best wishes…
You are an excellent teacher. This is the best lesson on triads I found so far, and I've seen a lot, believe me :). It just opens up a lot for me, especially in combination with the PDF. Thank you very much!!
Wonderful! So glad you're learning. Keep it up! - Steve
You are a blessing! It’s so easy to understand your expectations!!
I appreciate that!
Just printed it off Steve thanks Colin 😊 👍
This is what I've needed to get my fingers moving again. That example from "Sultans" really did it! Thanks.
Learn all you can! - Steve
So helpful thank you. I previously learned this from another's tutorial but you expanded on it so much and it sunk in better 👍👍👍
Wonderful. Glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
I HAVE been wanting to know more.. I have arthritis in my left hand and its painful to do a barre chord.. This works.. Thank you.
Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate your approach
I wish you cwoould put the tabs on your triads or your chords. That would help a lot on your lessons. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
I always thought that there's got to be a secret somewhere of how to know the neck of a guitar and view it like a piano. Steve is the best teacher in showing us this secret. I'm not a guitarist only a saxophonist but I was always interested in knowing how to visualise guitar fretboard like I do on piano. Thanks, Steve.
Wow, excellent instruction on major triads! 💯👍
"The work is what gets things done." So refreshing to hear! The "One easy trick to unlock the fretboard." attitude doesn't do anyone any favours.
Thank you Steve for this amazing lesson, I can't wait for the rest. It's like a light that suddenly came on. I know what I will be practicing for the next few weeks. Thank you sir.
Learn all you can!
Excellent, much clearer picture of the positions on the fretboard!
Great. Learn all you can!
Hi Steve,
Just came across your Channel. So glad I did. I've watched a few lessons on Triads ,however, yours is hands down the best. Thank you for creating such a great lesson.
Ken
wow!!!! what great teaching - I stumbled into something really good! thanks!!!!
Great lesson Steve, excited to go practice this
Learn al you can!
Just discovered your channel.......great. Keep up the good work....thank you!
Great instructional material ! Really opens up the keyboard. Simpler than the CAGED system.
Simply amazing. A super amazing lesson Steve. Thanks
Great piece, I wish I had started my learning journey with this!
Thanks Davy, Learn all you can. Glad you're part of our guitar family!
Awesome job, Steve! Thanks :)
After years of seeing triads presented in different ways and thinking 'Ho hum...boring' you show me how useful they are in just a few minutes!!! THANK YOU!!! I'm actually excited to go off and practice them! All of the examples that you throw in are great! It's hard not to jump into the next couple right now, but I can see how easy they will be if I just learn these first. THANK YOU!!! You've got a subscriber!! I found you through Desi's lessons/site.
William, wonderful! Yes, we love Desi. Learn all you can. - Steve
Good job,Steve..Merry xmas n Happy new year.
I've struggled for too long then I' willing to admit to remember the CAGED system, thinking remembering all that will make for easier improv. I'm not sure I need to keep struggling with the CAGED after watching this video? These triads will ensure I can keep chords closer together and that might free up time to either embellish the triad or add notes from a scale. I kind of hope you can take the triad video to the next level giving examples on how to use the triad shapes as a starting point for either soloing, creating riffs or fills or even just clever ways of embellishing the triad if that is possible. So happy i came across you channel. You are really explaining things in a way even my adhd brain can process. Thank you sir.
Your an awesome instructor. Thanks for all the help . 👍👍🤟🤟🤟🤟
Love the triad lessons. It really pulls so much together. BUT, ... I am SOOOO distracted by that beautiful L5 sitting behind you. I'm drooling ....
How do I keep the guitar from moving around while I play. I spend most of my energy trying to keep the guitar in one place. Love your technique and teaching methods.
This an awesome lesson. And with a practice PDF to boot. Thank you very much. A new subscriber here. :)
JP, honored to have you with us. Learn all you can! - Steve
Great lesson!👍
Thanks! 😃
Thank you,❤️this lesson opened my eyes to these voicing’s
Thanks David, honored to help out. - Steve
Great Information Sir! Subscribed and Thank You!
Thank you Steve!
When you played that with your fingers can you do it with a pick as not to good with fingers yet thanks Colin
Now, I finally found the Triads Prof. Am taking your courses, soon, Sir.
Excelent lesson. Can you explain how you designate the triad shapes to being one or two etc. I assume that each triad comes from a cord shape which you designate to one two or three.
Hi Steve, went through the lesson as I heard about triads, I know as inversion (from the German) and the example of "Sultan of Swing" was a real eye opener, some dots got connected, you are so great in teaching. Was struggling with inversions/triads for a couple of years (my progress is extremely slow, I admit) and now I just got a good path to learn the fretboard, particularly with the exercises you propose. The triads are such an enrichment I could not figure out until now. THX a lot. Looking forward getting to the minor and 7th. Just have to practice, integrate in my playing.
Awesome lesson - thanks Steve!
Thanks Dave! - Steve
Thanks Steve!!👍🎶🎸🎶
This man is mega talented
This is beyond useful!
Great tips and tricks
Learn all you can! - Steve
Autumn leaves was awesome!
Thanks! - Steve
Great lesson Steve - I really enjoyed this one. I'm working on this stuff myself and personally I like to think of triads as a small part of a larger CAGED cord. This approach does remind me of this book I had years ago called Fretboard Roadmaps - and they referred to this as the DAF roadmap - because like CAGED the triads on the 3 highest strings move in the D-A-F order and back to D. There's always the same number to skips in frets between them too - pro tip! I'd just use that as an anchor though - learning the roots like Steve says here is the best approach.
Thanks Landon, Hope all is well with you and your family. - Steve
This is amazing Thank you!
I like the way you play I like learn from you
Excellent. Thanks!
Great lesson!
Hi ,, tnx a lot man , the pdf is awesome & useful 👍 💯
Great lesson! In the 2nd
Set of strings, do you play or
Avoid the highest string? Thanks!
Excellent video.
darn good lesson! thx
Wonderful. Learn all you can!
very good explanation !!!
Thank you Steve! You touch on some of this in the learn and master course but this is really helpful. One of these days I’m going to make out to one of Guitar gatherings, I was thinking it might be this year but my daughter is graduating in June. Cheers thanks again and I look forward to meeting you!
Kevin, it would be an honor to meet you!
On page 7 of the PDF we do a 14151 pattern starting with G, and that makes total sense, but on the next line when we do the same pattern in F, you use the C chord 553. My question; why not 010?
Big stuff so useful thx for sharing
Great lesson ! A dude with farmer fingers playing quality guitar ahaaaaa😊 !
Loved this lesson, so relaxed and straight forward ... thanks Steve!!
Quick question ... Are you deliberately muting the forth string in the first section, and neighbouring strings during the following exercises?
BTW: Just subscribed!!
Phil, I'm so glad you're learning. Learn all you can. Without knowing exactly what section you're referring to, it's hard to know specifically what I was doing but generally when playing triads on the 1-3 strings, then I would naturally try to mute the adjacent 4th string so that it doesn't inadvertently make noise. Hope this helps!
@@GuitarGathering Perfect, I thought that is what you were deliberately doing ... would that also apply to muting the 5th and 1st strings when playing the pattern on strings 2, 3 & 4? Cheers mister!!
Wow, thanks Steve, this is excellent. I was recently thinking about suggesting something like this. I want to learn all those chords I see people play up and down the neck. I missed watching these live because work has been hectic recently. This reminds me of what Ted Greene was covering in Chord Chemistry, but your presentation is much easier for me to understand. I think I’ll work through your videos, then try to get through Chord Chemistry again. This should be fun.
Thanks Tim. Learn all you can. Glad you're part of our guitar family. - Steve
Great lesson! Liked and subscribed.
Thank you for the lesson. It may take a couple hundred dollars for in-person lessons to learn what you have offered in this series.