12 Major Triads - inversion 12

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the last in our series of 12 major triads.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

Play through all 12 of the major triads and try modifying them in the following ways:

• Minor - lower the 3rd a semitone
• Augmented - raise the 5th a semitone
• Diminished - lower the 3rd and 5th a semitone

Experiment playing through songs you know just using this triads, or playing through a simple I IV V progression.

To extend this even more, we can include some triadic superimpositions. These are simple chord substitutions where we play triads off notes other than the root note. Here are some examples:

Instead of C maj7 (C E G B) play Em (E G B), G (G B D)
Instead of Dm7 (D F A C) play F (F A C) or Am (A C E)
Instead of G7 (G B D F) play Bdim (B D F) or Dm (D F A)

Even though the triads are harmonically simple you can still get interesting chord using this technique.


Tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord Of The Day

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the last in our series of 12 major triads.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

Play through all 12 of the major triads and try modifying them in the following ways:

• Minor - lower the 3rd a semitone
• Augmented - raise the 5th a semitone
• Diminished - lower the 3rd and 5th a semitone

Experiment playing through songs you know just using this triads, or playing through a simple I IV V progression.

To extend this even more, we can include some triadic superimpositions. These are simple chord substitutions where we play triads off notes other than the root note. Here are some examples:

Instead of C maj7 (C E G B) play Em (E G B), G (G B D)
Instead of Dm7 (D F A C) play F (F A C) or Am (A C E)
Instead of G7 (G B D F) play Bdim (B D F) or Dm (D F A)

Even though the triads are harmonically simple you can still get interesting chord using this technique.


Tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord Of The Day