Learn & Master Guitar is the ultimate teach-yourself guitar method available today! May 12, 2008
1: Triads of the Major Scale
I'm gonna make a few videos showing what triads are and how to use them. They are excellent to get under your fingers for playing smaller chords fast and easy… and… for playing leads and solos. All the top pros use triads extensively. They are relatively easy to master and provide a complete map of the fretboard.
Here's the first video. I'd appreciate it if you went to my YouTube page and voted for my videos too. 
Enjoy. If you have any questions, just leave a comment.
Next video will be the 1st inversion triads. Then we'll do the 2nd inversion and then some examples of how to use them.
Comments on 1: Triads of the Major Scale »
Michelle @ 5:28 pm
Really cool. Would like to see your fingers doing the chords too….in addition to the graphics.
JB @ 6:42 pm
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Richard @ 3:36 am
Hi Your youtube video on root inversions is great - I understand how you construct the triads from the scale - but is there any relationship between\the chords that result from the triads? In the key of C you develop the chords/triads
C maj
D min
E min
F maj
G maj
A min
B dim
what's the relationship - or have you just shown what (and how to derive) chords are in the major scale?
JB @ 4:14 am
The 'relationship' is that ALL those 7 chords belong to the C Major scale only!
They are all created with the 7 notes from the C major scale.
BUT… those individual chords can also be created in other keys/scales too.
For example… the C major chord can also be found in the F major and G major scales.
F major scale - F Gm Am Bb C Dm Edim
G major scale - G Am Bm C D Em F#dim
The Dm chord can be found in Bb major and F major scale.
Bb major scale - Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim
F major scale - F Gm Am Bb C Dm Edim
And so on…