Triad Arpeggios Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl7th January 2008
  Awesome! For my playing there is no doubt that this, along with the pentatonic scale, is the number one "theoretical tool".
- eddiecat7th January 2008
  Great lesson David.
  Very useful!
  Thank you, Eddie
- DeepRoots7th January 2008
  This is an excellent study of different triad shapes- just what i need to add a bit more melodic playing to my arsenal- Thanks david great lesson and onscreen guide is very useful too
  splendid lesson
- The Uncreator7th January 2008
  Awesome Stuff, amazing lesson!
- Dejan Farkas7th January 2008
  Great work David
- Bogdan Radovic7th January 2008
  Great lesson David ! Good work..
- Pablo Vazquez7th January 2008
  Excellent David!! Cool Lesson!
- botoxfox7th January 2008
  Very cool sounding
- Toni Suominen7th January 2008
  Great lesson David!
- Muris Varajic7th January 2008
  Was that alternate picking Dave?
  Love it!!
- shellshock19117th January 2008
  Awesome! This is just what I needed right now because I'm working on improvising over chords and arpeggios are a good way to start out.
- Tuubsu7th January 2008
  Nice lesson! Gonna give it a go once I get couple of other lessons "Out of the way"
- krudtaa7th January 2008
  very useful lesson. thanks
- David Wallimann7th January 2008
  Thanks for everyone's comments. I'm glad you find this usefull.
  Muris: yes, that's alternate picking.
- Marcus Lavendell7th January 2008
  Very informative spoken vid, Dave! Great lesson!
- jacmoe7th January 2008
  Awesome lesson, David!
  Just what I needed (and wanted) - really looking forward to a follow-up. nag-nag!
- shellshock19117th January 2008
  Lol video 5 was confusing me forever because it says B minor arpeggio yet it is currently tabbed as a D6 arpeggio. You have the note on the B string tabbed as A (10th fret), it should be B (12 fret).
- shellshock19117th January 2008
  Whoops I meant video 6, my bad!
- David Wallimann7th January 2008
  QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jan 7 2008, 04:34 PM)
  Lol video 5 was confusing me forever because it says B minor arpeggio yet it is currently tabbed as a D6 arpeggio. You have the note on the B string tabbed as A (10th fret), it should be B (12 fret).
  
  I checked and am not sure what you mean. If you're talking about the very first triad, even though it shares the same notes as for D6 it still is B min.
  B min triad = B - D - F
  D 6 = D - F - B
  
  Is that where the confusion is?
- shellshock19117th January 2008
  The B minor triad you have in video 6 and 7 is tabbed with B-D-F-A. 10th fret on the 2nd string is A, 12 fret is B, you have it tabbed with the 10th fret. Your fingers play the 12th fret, the tab says 10
- Gerardo Siere8th January 2008
  Wow cool, always new ways of learning while having fun
- Tomy Jeon8th January 2008
  Cool stuff, cool lesson!
- ballistic318th January 2008
  yessssssssssss a arpeggios lesson without sweeping.............cause at the moment me and sweeping hate each others guts.....lol
- Crazyfret8th January 2008
  Oh great lesson David. Always wanted to incorporate the odd arpeggios in to my playing.
  
  Gonna have to learn this one
- David Wallimann8th January 2008
  QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jan 7 2008, 04:54 PM)
  The B minor triad you have in video 6 and 7 is tabbed with B-D-F-A. 10th fret on the 2nd string is A, 12 fret is B, you have it tabbed with the 10th fret. Your fingers play the 12th fret, the tab says 10
  
  Oh ok!
  I got it and fixed it. It should be reuploaded soon.
  Thanks so much for noticing!
- Mark.8th January 2008
  Cool lesson!
- Juan M. Valero9th January 2008
  very good lesson those arpegios are really funny !!
- Paul Coutts9th January 2008
  I've been looking for something like this for awhile
  Thanks a lot!
- Melodicintenions4th April 2008
  yeah they are but helpful!
- PRSBoogie16th March 2009
  I have been trying everyday for the past 3 months to achieve your pace and I must admit to have failed so far. I almost can play at 65bpm but not all the time???
  I have played guitar for over 25 years and wonder what does the rating (#3)means in terms of level.
  Is there anything you would suggest me do to improve speed?
  Thank you.
  Pierre.
- David Wallimann16th March 2009
  QUOTE (PRSBoogie @ Mar 16 2009, 11:50 AM)
  I have been trying everyday for the past 3 months to achieve your pace and I must admit to have failed so far. I almost can play at 65bpm but not all the time???
  I have played guitar for over 25 years and wonder what does the rating (#3)means in terms of level.
  Is there anything you would suggest me do to improve speed?
  Thank you.
  Pierre.
  
  Just checked out this lesson again. I agree, the level is more than 3!
  Maybe a 6 or 7?
  Just keep working on it slowly and with precision and be very analytical of your playing rying to eliminate all unnecesary movements..

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- Tags: Triad, Triads, Arpeggio, Aleternate arepggios
  Triads are arpeggios made out of three notes: the root, 3rd and 5th. In this lesson, we'll develop some ideas using the triads found in the A Major scale.
Welcome to this triad study!

What are triads? Triads are arpeggios made out of three notes: the root, 3rd and 5th.
In this lesson, we'll develop some ideas using the triads found in the A Major scale.
To do that we'll take the notes of that scale and construct triads on each tone of that scale.

That gives us the following 7 triads to work with:

A Major
B min
C# min
D Maj
E Maj
F# min
G# min b5

Memorize the following triad shapes that I suggest and then work your way through the examples.
Triads are fun and very helpful to create melodic leads.

Oh, one last thing, I threw in there a more complex arpeggio on the first lick. Instead of playing a D Major triad, I extended that arpeggio to 4 notes adding the 7th. That's the only exception...

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