I was going TRIAD-crazy until I found THIS.

[@guitarfriendtim]

I help self-taught guitarists escape the boredom of learning alone: www.guitarfriendtim.com

[@gergemall]

If your don’t use it you lose it is so true . I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND TEACHING STYLE . Old cobwebs are getting dusted off in my aging brain. A thousand thx 😊

[@jackworthington5205]

Your editing is better than 99% of KZbinrs. Keep making vids

[@guitarfriendtim]

Wow, thank you - making more for sure

[@gergemall]

Finding Tim has helped me in more ways than anyone else will ever know. He’s amazing.

[@davidweier]

Stumbled across this video and will subscribe to your channel. You're funny, explain things very well. The animation is great and the visuals to show what you are teaching really helps. Can't wait to watch more of your stuff.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Hey thanks so much - just getting started, and that means a lot!

[@adamsasso1]

You basically just wrote word for word what I was about to type. Luckily, your comment was on top - saved me the time lol. Great video, Tim

[@haymakersboston]

The CAGED robot is hilarious!

[@seanc.5310]

Good stuff! I love a different perspective. Don’t let the trollbots get you down.

[@adamf.4823]

First time I actually loled during a YT guitar lesson. Internet approves. Subbed.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks! Gonna keep it goofy up in here

[@theq937]

Goodness I had no idea guitar content like this existed. Incredible job, very creative and your approach is unique. Super funny and on point with the robot blasting you for not doing CAGED lol

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks for finding us - channel's just getting started!

[@josephgerhardt4828]

i usually never subscribe to small channels but I am completely surprised you don't already have at least 100k #subscribed

[@guitarfriendtim]

Hopefully we're on our way - thanks!

[@thomasbechard]

Wow. Glad I found your channel. I hope this blows up. In a good way.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Let's blow it up in ALL the ways🔥

[@wadessouthernsounds3631]

Best vid on triads, nice and simple. Thank you

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks so much - always aiming to keep things clear and approachable

[@SRHMusic012]

Good approach. (It's close to how I teach triads, too!) A practical use is to 'work' two inversions of the same chord along the neck, useful for finding good lines for soloing.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Love that approach!

[@frankm2588]

Good and funny one, especially about CAGED. I thought I knew every teacher on KZbin, but just found you. So many teachers don't put diagrams up on the screen, most of us are visual learners. I like triads on strings 1-4. I never realized the switch from the 3 note top of the A shape to that F chord you show at 1:03. I would normally go from the A shape to the D shape on strings 1-3 at the same fret for the F.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks, and absolutely - your recipe sounds good too. i find there's a plentitude of options, and a fav go-to pair can help me feel ready for the changes in a song as they come up.

[@frankm2588]

@@guitarfriendtim I really have to roll my index finger over to the "thumb side" to get that G string to sound when switching to the 3-finger higher triad. But that works. If the finger is flat that G string is muted. Did you mention if you just slide up 2 frets you have the V chord.

[@rickystuart9]

Dude, so glad this popped up in my feed. This is hilarious. Awesome video sir. Very useful stuff here.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Glad you found us Ricky!

[@rickystuart9]

Me too, I look forward to diving into your videos, and checking out your site.

[@jeremydoody]

Fantastic video! Something I have found very useful is the idea “one is to four as five is to one”… so that if you get the C to F triad pair, and say it’s the I and the IV, you can move it to the V chord of that key and now the exact same move is V to I (G to C) 😮🤯🤓

[@guitarfriendtim]

One of the most poweful ideas, and I'd love to unlock that for everyone in a furure vid - thanks!

[@chrispy350]

I'm sorry - you are the best excuse for the internet that I've seen in years. Subscribed, and keep it up, please....

[@galenmaynard]

Boom! This is so great. Can't wait to see the other pair.

[@guitarfriendtim]

It's gonna blow yer flippin mind

[@guitarfriendtim]

Cooking up triads part 2 as we speak...

[@mikedr1549]

Nice to meet you Tim! Thanks for the lesson and the levity - looking forward to future CAGED, er uh, movable chord shape shenanigans!

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks so much Mike! Free range chord shapes. Pasture raised pentatonics.

[@mackvismusic8622]

My new guitar friend shows up unexpectedly! Yes!

[@guitarfriendtim]

Howdy!

[@Flyright07]

Build it and they will come. Great vids

[@guitarfriendtim]

Field of Dreams style!

[@Cinnamonster83]

I'm glad I stumbled on to this video, you earned a new subscriber today sir

[@guitarfriendtim]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ue4058]

LOL the CAGED Robot cracked me up ... subscribed!

[@guitarfriendtim]

🤖welcome🤖aboard🤖

[@chemo86]

Great video! Thanks man, subscribed!

[@codforlife]

Bite sized digestible information! If you keep making videos this channel will get big. God bless you sir 🙏❤

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thank you so very much!

[@ambroseharper8316]

Very useful - and entertaining! 😁

[@guitarfriendtim]

Glad you think so!

[@cjvickery]

Genuinely delightful editing, man! I too have gone triad crazy and find your tips to be acceptable despite the absence of CAGED.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks so much (and don't tell anyone but i fully support the ideas and usage of caged, but also that robot scares me)

[@michaelcotner2871]

😶🤔🧐😳😲 Your Page is Amazing, and with all you put into your Vids.. There will be alot of 😄😄😄and alot of 💡💡💡. love the CAGED-Bot character.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@gergemall]

I’m enjoying the first videos you made last year. Impressive work. I’m slowly learning the theory ( that I Never learned) ALWAYS GOLDEN NUGGETS FROM YOUR LABOR OF LOVE AND YOUR PASSION FOR TEACHING. ❤. VERY GRATEFUL TO BE STUDYING WITH YOU.

[@tonymartino7892]

Ok man, 1:48 in and THANK YOU already for this video. Liked and subscribed and now gonna watch the rest. I appreciate people who are real and practical. Hope all is and goes well with you. 👍😎

[@guitarfriendtim]

That means a lot, thanks Tony!

[@johnnyboy6480]

5:50 mind blown 🤯 bro wowwwwww thank you!!!

[@QuikdethDeviantart]

I am also a guitar friend, and my name is Tim. I just had to sub!

[@guitarfriendtim]

Tims unite!

[@Frentakis]

A really usefull and very easy addition to your (I) x555xx and (IV) x657xx is the fitting (V) x345xx . Of course you can have this also with shiftig up the (IV) two frets, it depends the song, which way sounds better.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Nice - i 1000% agree

[@jameshiggerson3591]

Loved this man, super easy for people to follow!

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thank you so much!

[@SWHoward]

I love these videos.

[@AmbientMelancholy]

First time coming across one of your videos. I was already enjoying this one and then at 1:15 that Internet bot popped up! Instant sub! That was hilarious 🤣 Great teaching concepts as well!

[@guitarfriendtim]

CAGED BOT approves this message🤖

[@GuitarME]

This is awesome! Haha, you are gonna go far my friend. Hilarious 😂

[@guitarfriendtim]

Aw thanks so much man - just bein' my weird self!

[@dadadrew]

Love the caged robot. New sub.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Caged bot returns with a vengence in the new vid (spoiler alert)🤖

[@apisdude]

man, can I relate about working on stuff until your brain freezes. new sub.

[@guitarfriendtim]

We must thaw the brain freeze to let the tasty riffage flow🌊

[@radio_rice]

Wow awesome lesson! This dude is going to get subscribers

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks so much!

[@Dreamdancer11]

You can just learn intervals and triads along with arpeggios(not to mention scales) sort themselves out pretty easily.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Nice insight - and I hear ya, I'd love for people to see where all these ideas overlap and suddenly it all "clicks"🔥

[@babycheesus666]

Got great tip and advice from this video. Also anxiety from the editing

[@guitarfriendtim]

Making the edit almost melted my brain too

[@JamesMurphyProducer]

keep putting out vids like this.... subbed!

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks James!

[@MusicMotivator]

Great stuff Tim!! Internet bot is awesome! LOL

[@guitarfriendtim]

🤖appreciation🤖detected⚡️

[@friendryan]

Dude, very funny video. Loved it.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks! Keepin' it goofy

[@thedaver8]

oh man, the Angry Caged Gatekeeper Robot talks to you too?!

[@guitarfriendtim]

CAGED bot haunts ma dreamz

[@ronaldchagoury-africainves968]

Dude made it fun

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks!

[@Ronsharo]

Good luck buddy.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks 👍

[@davidblanche7961]

Very entertaining. I’ll be back.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thank you🏄🏼‍♂️

[@jonlarsen3090]

Good stuff

[@DrTWG]

"I can't remember all the triads " says professional guitarist . Yeah . I get it because triads are really esoteric & arcane . As my mother used to say - 'don't bullsh*t a bullshi**er' .

[@RaemusGuitar]

Hehe funny guy! Lovely lesson. Thanks! :)

[@guitarfriendtim]

Thanks so much!

[@RaemusGuitar]

@@guitarfriendtim just some feedback as I see you're a small channel and as someone who's been breaking my head to figure out how to make something worthwhile on KZbin as well, I assume you'd welcome the feedback :) I'm a relatively experienced guitarist so your video was easy for me to understand and I got that the key takeaway was that less is more and perfecting smaller pieces of information is any day better than trying to learn it all at once :) However, my wife is more of a basic guitarist and when I shared it with her, she found it to be too complicated to understand and most of it went over her head 😅 Just some insight which may help you double down on your target audience and continue to make great work. Thanks again for your time and hope you keep making great stuff! 😊👍🏼

[@coopernorman5016]

AND slide that IV chord up two frets and you have the V chird ... I and IV and V

[@guitarfriendtim]

👍Bada boom bada bing!

[@PaulMichaelBrownMusic]

Well made! How is this the first of your videos I’ve seen??

[@mr.joshua657]

Ok, that was pretty good, I'm in.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Happy to have you join us

[@contra4892]

Subscribbled.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Much appreciatterizzled

[@seth5394]

Lmaoooo you are gonna be big someday

[@johnnyboy6480]

Thank you!!!!!

[@ZorenToo]

Timmy! Come back to interactive streaming, please! 😢

[@guitarfriendtim]

ZOREN

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Hilarious 😂and helpful...especially the CAGED robot

[@truthandlies-nl1ri]

First of all Great video. But am I missing something @ 7:39 of the video? I hope that’s just an error. The G-A . If not my thinking is messed up. Anyway going to subscribe and like. Then wander around through all your videos. Have a great day and keep teaching the way you do.

[@guitarfriendtim]

'Twas a typo - good eye!

[@TheCoryAyers]

Where have you been all my guitar… playing life?

[@guitarfriendtim]

Ta daaaa howdy!

[@44scoots]

Keith Richards style.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Heck yes spot on

[@phile.1381]

At 3:17 you played G to C, but your screen text showed G to A. Typo, or you still need to learn those triads? ;-) No worries, details will get you every time no matter how careful we are.

[@guitarfriendtim]

A most keen eye👍you have passed the hidden test (fires editor, aka himself)

[@phile.1381]

@@guitarfriendtim Lol! 🙂

[@IanMylam]

Great lesson. At 3:17 I think you mean G-C, not G-A.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Good eye, thanks, my goof!

[@Kevinschart]

well yeah, but.... you should probably just know some basic triad shapes cold (maj, min, dom, maj7) all over the guitar. and yes it will probably take you months to really own them. and you should be able to relate them to your chord shapes (yes CAGED), scales, and arpeggios. At some point you need to ditch the shortcuts and just know your stuff. Funny video though.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Amen to hard work!

[@metalwrath4]

Literally a bot saying use CAGED lol

[@guitarfriendtim]

🤖🤖🤖!

[@Robowx]

Is this Blues Clues?

[@guitarfriendtim]

I wish that dude's a rockstar

[@MapoftheMoon]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🤖⚡

[@theq937]

No doubt lol

[@johnp.johnson1541]

CAGED = a cage. No one who is an original, high-quality guitarist ever learns CAGED.

[@guitarfriendtim]

Agreed - I don't even remember it being "a thing" when i learned. Pre internet🦖

[@kondorram9073]

Hahahaha excellent

[@gedinchristian603]

L'idée de base est intéressante mais on reste sur sa faim car ce n'est hélas pas approfondi.

[@davidmacdonald9612]

Oh dude you totally have ADHD comes in handy when playing guitar though I know this

[@guitarfriendtim]

Ha maybe so! Guitar + squirrel brain🐿️

[@pazdylan1873]

Good stuff...but why the Sesame Street thing...not many 6 year olds watching this..

[@guitarfriendtim]

C is for CAGED🍪

[@forjas-x6i]

😂😂😂

[@guitarfriendtim]

🏄🏼‍♂️🏄🏼‍♂️🏄🏼‍♂️

[@annemariekaczorowski1863]

😂😂

[@harrisonbergeron5393]

I like how the 'internet' is gyrating ever so subtley :}

[@barflytom3273]

too much b.s.

[@gergemall]

I’m enjoying the first videos you made last year. Impressive work. I’m slowly learning the theory ( that I Never learned) ALWAYS GOLDEN NUGGETS FROM YOUR LABOR OF LOVE AND YOUR PASSION FOR TEACHING. ❤. VERY GRATEFUL TO BE STUDYING WITH YOU.

[@gergemall]

I’m enjoying the first videos you made last year. Impressive work. I’m slowly learning the theory ( that I Never learned) ALWAYS GOLDEN NUGGETS FROM YOUR LABOR OF LOVE AND YOUR PASSION FOR TEACHING. ❤. VERY GRATEFUL TO BE STUDYING WITH YOU.