You need to know how to practice triads on guitar.
The best way is to know an exercise, where you can do a full triad workout for guitar, instead of going through all triads separately.
The benefits of knowing triads on guitar
Knowing & practicing triads on guitar is probably one of the most effective ways to really get a grasp on music.
Due to the complex nature of the guitar as an instrument, it is harder for a guitar player to understand music theory than it is for a piano player.
Therefore, most guitarists shy away form the basics. Triads are one these neglected basics.
But once you know how to play triads, everything else is gonna be less confusing by a factor of 10x or so. Period!
Because then, you can make sense of scales, chord progressions and many other concepts of music theory.
So triads are really worth your practice time.
In the following I’m gonna show you an awesome way to practice triads.
Because there are some many of them, you can easily get lost and you most likely don’t know where to start.
If you are completely new to playing triads on guitar, then you might want to go through one or two triads and learn them all over the fretboard on every group of strings first. Here is the guide for how to play triads on guitar.
It’s not necessary to do the following exercise but you will get a lot from this and you will understand the anatomy of triads on a deeper level.
Be diligent and have fun practicing!
Full Triad Workout For Guitar
The sequence of descending fifths on guitar
Descending Fifths Sequence: Triad Walk Exercise
Exercise No. 2.1: Descending One Octave From Root Position
Exercise No. 2.2: Descending One Octave From 1st Inversion
Exercise No. 2.3: Descending Two Octaves From 2nd Inversion
Exercise No. 2.4: Descending Two Octaves From Root Position
Exercise No. 3.1: Ascending & Descending With Inversions On High E, B & G String
Exercise No. 3.2: Ascending & Descending With Inversions On B, G & D String
Exercise No. 3.3: Ascending & Descending With Inversions On G, D & A String
Exercise No. 3.4: Ascending & Descending With Inversions On D, A & Low E String
Hi respected tutor,
Glad meeting you….I have found your channel very informative…
I would like to request that would you kindly send me in pdf the triads practice in my email…Thanking you…
Sure, Kai. It’s already in your inbox. Glad you find this helpful!
i found your youtube about a month ago, which led me here and i have to say this has been a game changer in my practice routine. thank you so much for making this!
That is awesome! Yeah, practicing triads can really be extremely beneficial for a lot of things. I’m glad this has been a game changer in your practice routine. Thank you for sharing your success here.
I just found your channel, I’m amazed, this is so helpful for me. Thank you very much!
My pleasure! Glad you find this helpful. Thanks for letting me know!
HI. wonderful work you did, i am impressed. Is it possible to get the tabs on PDF from Ex 1.1 – 3.4? Can’t find a download but these exercises would help me tremendously for fretboard orientation combined with triads knowledge