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Hi John,
In time you will see three positions of a triad and recognize where the root note is in each one.
For now (and in future) it helps to see the triad within a 5 string or 6 CAGED shape or just relate the shape of the 6 to 9 move with each shape of the parent major chord, ie the E shape, the C shape and the A shape (see…there’s all that CAGED stuff coming in again).
It can be problematic to know which triad is the relative minor of a major chord without just memorizing them, ie for G it’s E, for C it’s A and for D it’s B. You can find them by going 3 frets down from the root of your major chord.
The composition is a major 1, 4, 5. Brian made it sound bluesy by incorporating the 6 sound which is a major chord with an added major 6 (that western swing/jump blues kind of sound) and the 9 chord which is a dominant chord as it has a flat 7 as well as dominant 7 chords. It all hangs together with some lead that mostly uses G major pentatonic with some flat 7 sound.
This all gets easier when you start to see triads and CAGED chord shapes as well as get to know your note names and intervals better.
John
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