I have always struggled with playing these. I understand the concept. No problem there.
But playing them has always been difficult.
And I finally figured out why.
Nearly ALL of my playing over the years has been in one direction. UP the neck. Towards the bridge. I am stuck in powerchord land. Look at the shape of a powerchord, they go up the neck. Index finger always on the root.
Scale shapes. Always starting ascending. Towards the bridge.
If I play anything while going down the neck its usually on a single string. Or descending powerchords.
Now look at the major/minor triad shapes on our handout... Look how many have the bottom string out in front of the others.
ALL BUT ONE.
It just doesnt feel right to me. I'm used to everything going the other way.....