Now that we can easily cover every inch of the fretboard with triads (or 1-3-5's) we being the final steps to total fretboard domination by including every other possible note around the triads, the 2's, 7's, 4's, and 6's. This will encompass literally every sound that is possible in music, and will simply allow you to do whatever you want. In Part 4 we will do this in a lead context, and in Part 5 a chord context.
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The 3 Lead Triads
-If we want to play triads as we've been playing them, we know there is only one way to play each inversion around the fretboard. In this series however, we are playing the triads as lead figures which means there are multiple ways to play them.
-Memorizing these 3 "lead Triads" will be step one in total fretboard domination that we are heading towards in Building Chords.
---------------------------------------Creating Exercises
-Basic and Mechanical-
We'll start with some very basic "mechanical" type practice strategies for the 3 "lead triads" discussed in the previous video. These aren't the most musically exciting things to do, but are necessary for our hands/ears/eyes to get comfortable with the topic.
-Playing over Changes-
Using the 3 lead triads, we'll go over a bunch of ways to create exercises based on playing over a variety of progressions. I'll also include some fun and challenging improv-based exercises that will train your hands/eyes/ears/brain to keep track of these sounds as the chords change.
-Making Things Musical-
In the final video of this brief Creating Exercises miniseries, I go over my process of finding something inherently valuable about a topic I'm practicing and how I develop that thing into some exercises that can also double as cool musical tools. The valuable thing I'll be discussing in this video will be Outer String shapes and the new options I have to play them using the 3 Lead Triads. Be prepared for six Power Ups!
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Adding Notes (2's, 7's, 4's, 6's)
-Triads with 2's and 7's-
Using our lead approach to triads, we simply start adding in the rest of the notes in as many ways as possible. To keep it organized, today we will just focus on adding 7's and 2's to a variety of triad types. I will be demonstrating how I approach practicing something like this, and hopefully you can grab some cool things from it!
-Triads with 4's and 6's-
Same as the previous video, except now we are adding in the 4's and 6's to various triad types. I'll be demonstrating some sounds we can gain from adding these notes, as well as explaining a situation that arises when adding in 4's or 6's where the chord can basically turn into a different chord. Something I will refer to as the "Chicken-or-Egg" scenario. Hope you get some cool sounds!
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