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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to incorporate a few simple triad shapes into your blues lead to create a more sophisticated lead sound. You’ll be targeting those chord tones as the chords pass by.
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It’s good to see you and hopefully you’re feeling much better. I love slow, simple and using triads. Thanks for another great lesson
Hey Brian, welcome back! Hope you and the family are well. This weeks triad lesson is one I look forward to learn and use.
Thanks, Mike
Very nice guitar lesson. Cool guitar.
By the sound of your voice I would say your still a little bit under the weather. Even with that you manage to create another awesome lesson! Now go eat some chicken soup and go back to bed! Ha ha!
Happy to hear you are feeling better Brian. I had a nasty cough for a month after my covid infection. So it is good to see you are in such good shape already. Thanks for this lesson, it is like an essential building block helping me to get to a new level of playing. It is not too technical to get discouraged and it added so much the moment I started playing it. I am a big fan of your style of playing and personality.
Brian, Another good lesson that will help us a lot.Lessons like these are easy to remember and easy to use in a lot of different places and easy to remember these triads.Thanks for this great lesson.Easy to put to use. Hope you are fully recovered. Dave
Great to have you back, Brian. Hang in there and don’t overdo it. Love this lesson, slow, simple and melodic.
Cool lessen, I’m going to use a lot of this. I was looking through your lessons for triplets, like say at the end of freebird. eP203 had some good ones I’m going to look at. Do you have a lesson on triplets?
Ross, look at EP362 on triads… good precursor material to this lesson. It was transformational for me.
I’m probably not saying it right, but repeating triplets, like during a lead. Bands like Lynard skynard almond bros use for those long solos
Thanks for the lesson heads up on triads too.
Good to see you looking better. I am a real doc and could tell right away last week you were sick. I can still hear a little residual but glad you’re on the mend. And love this lesson. Thanks.
Nice lesson jazzy sounding. Glad to see you back in good health.
I’m glad you are doing much better Brian. Good to see you back.
Interesting choice of the C shape for the E. You could have just slid up two frets from the D. I don’t think two frets brings us excessively far away, and I would have been for me easier to remember. I think the real motivation here is the desire to avoid repetitiveness and put out a different shape and strategy for each chord. I do think the result is much better, richer and more coherent and complete coverage of that section of the fretboard. In any event, I think the choice is worth noting, and any comments on it would be well worth hearing.
Glad you are back and feeling better best regards Brain.
WELCOME BACK BRIAN. THANK YOU FOR DEVISING AN EASY TO LEARN , BUT, REALLY ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO – WHICH TRANSLATES TO ONE TO FULLY MASTER. TONY
Brian, nice to see you discussing intervals of the chord changes in the fundamental A, E and C CAGED shapes. That’s not something you usually emphasize but I think it can provide new lightbulb moments for many members. I would like to have seen you discuss why moving down 2 frets gives the dominant sound as well.
Glad to see you looking better but I can hear you’re not 100%. Thanks for your dedication.
John
Good to see you feeling better. Covid can be a bitch for some, I had coworkers die from it. I’m glad you were not too sick. Take care of yourself.
Well, you know how to come back strong, Brian! Another good one, really enjoying this.
Please continue with your recovery.
Brian,
Watching this video reminds me of how much tangible value you have given us with each of your many fine videos.
May God bless you with a speedy recovery and renewed strength.
You are a champion my brother!! We in the great state of Texas salute you and wish the best for your family!!!
Thanks for a great lesson regarding triads. Really a nice breakdown for this intermediate player.
Hi Brian
You have an uncanny knack of choosing the lessons . I am always excited for fridays. Stay well, I had COVID real bad in 2020
Nothing to mess with
Thanks again for your total dedication to learning guitar !,,
This was an eye opener for me. I have been working on using triads in my leads and this lesson for me just pulled it all together. Sorry to hear that you got sick. Thanks for all you do.
Great! Really helps to see the patterns ( triads ) and get them in the ear.
G’day Brian,
Always, and don’t ever forget, we do care about you.
M.j.
Hello Brian
Nice to see you in good shape .This lesson is just great about intervals, chord construction And it’s a good reminder to fix some basics.
It’s helping a lot in my progression.
From France .
Joe .
Thanks for a great lesson on Triads. You’ve provided some great ideas and insights. it’s great to see you’re feeling better too.
Thank you Brian.
Glad to see you on the saddle again !! Insping lesson!
Haven’t started the lesson yet Brian, just wanted to say how good it is to see you’re back…but please don’t try to do too much too soon. I’ve had covid and can’t imagine being able to put together a lesson like this a week later! Take all the time you need and get completely over it. Don’t worry, we’ll wait 🙂
I’m glad you’re feeling better. I had Covid for the first time a few weeks ago. It slowed me down for a bit.
well done Brian for putting out this weeks lesson covid really knocks you out A great lesson once again can see now how useful triads can be glad your back
This may be my favorite lesson ever! I’ve had so much fun with it the last three days. Talk about breakthrough moments … this has been a big one for me. So glad you’re on the mend this week.
I am glad to see you in better health again. Thank heavens!
A fantastic lesson! Wonderfully structured, doable and easy to follow. Great that you show that this lick can be applied in so many places.
Glad to see you are feeling better.
These simple lessons are just sooooo valuable!!! Fabulous!
Glad you are feeling better 🙏🏻
As always , excellent lesson , I love when you break down things in smaller increments.
When I first listened to the lesson track I thought not my kind of music. Too bouncy or something. But then I delved into your explanation and realized what a great amount of info and useful for playing any style of blues, rock. Glad I dove into this as it is extremely helpful down my path of how to play better leads and more melodic leads. Breaking out of the pentatonic scale is a huge goal of mine. Triads, targeting notes and arpeggios are a big help.
Glad you’re back on track again Brian. Great lessons, love the triad ones, as building blocks they have given me a better understanding of the guitar fretboard
Thanks again
Loving you weekly lessons as it helps structure my practice. So to be clear you are mixing the minor and major pentatonic of the key of the sone (A) and not to the chord change? Sorry if I missed that in the video.
So good to see you back in the saddle, Brian!
Glad to see ya back. Learn a lot on this week’s lesson maybe a break thru for me. Thanks!
Another wonderful lesson, this one unlocked for me one of my favourite tracks that I had struggled to figure out and that was ‘ Blue Light Boogie’ by Louis Jordan, it’s a great jump jive track and worth a listen if you have not heard it before, the guitarist who played on it was Carl Hogan who has also been credited with coming up with the basis for the the opening line in Johnny B Goode, have a listen to ‘Ain’t that just like a woman’ from 1946 ..
Thank you so much, light bulbs are going off left right and centre!
Good to see you back Brian, and thanks for sharing your thoughts at the end. You are very much appreciated and the effort that you go into for each lesson is amazing,
Sorry for the late response. This lesson is what I learned to play boogie piano. Always have wanted to be able to play it on the guitar but the fingering always presented a problem. Thanks for another very useful lesson.
Iam confused the tab doesn’t seem to match notes presented or am I missing something? 7 fret, 3rd string…..and 7 fret, 4th string?
Good to see you back in on lessons there. Hope you continue to do well after the big ‘C’. Another great lesson and breakdown that shows how melody/lead playing derive from the chord shapes. Best to you as you recover.
Any chance of looking at Freddie King as with his masterful instrumental melodies. So many examples……….
what is that guitar you are playing, Brian.
Danocaster
Great to see you recovering, take it easy.
If you are going to produce a fab lesson like this then feel free to take another breather.
I’ve got light bulbs going off everywhere on this one.
Will,
Warrington UK.
Great Lesson.
I’m 67 and retired, taking a life long dream and learning how to actually play guitar other than the everyday cowboy chords.
i have been learning shape chords and arpeggios and triads. i now see how to see the chord shapes and follow the chord tones up and down the neck to play lead .
its so easy now. thanks