Lesson 22 of 43GuitarIntermediate

Group C: Chords

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Work through Group C of your Rockschool Grade 5 exercises with James Barratt: the major and minor triads in three inversions, played in time - compact chord voicings that come in handy for funk.

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    • 01. Intro to technical exercises

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    • 02. Rob Luft on how to practice exercises

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    • 03. Group A: Scales

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    • 04. Group B: Arpeggios

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Lesson transcript

Major and Minor Triads: Group C

Okay, the last thing we're going to look at today is Group C: the major and minor triads in three inversions.

Playing Instructions

  • We need to play this in the exact same rhythm that is shown in the book.
  • I'm going to demonstrate it for you now.

Importance of Chords

These are really, really useful chords in genres like funk, when you want to make the chord voicing smaller rather than bigger.

These are great chords to know.

So, let's count together:
1, 2, 3, 4.

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