Keep It Simple! - Use Triads to Find the Right Notes

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Hey Friends! In this lesson we cover playing over simple diatonic, triad based chord progressions. We'll go over how to identify a diatonic progression and how to easily map out triads that fit the chords. I'll show you how to build a melodic solo by visualizing the triads as part of the major scale.
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[@Guitargate]

Tell em’!!! Both you and tim pierce just dropped a video demonstrating the importance of connecting triads w melodies. The universe is in alignment :)

[@JackRuch]

Tim knows what's up. It's all about the triads!

[@kendipietro6855]

Adding to your statement, Tomo Fujita uploaded a video titled, "Chord Melody a la Joe Pass" a day or two after Jack shared his Joe Pass lick. From those of us who love to learn, the universe seems to be cooperating for once. ;)

[@seiunbklicky4364]

Micheal and Jack on the same "page"---- My two favorite guitar teachers!!!!!

[@misterknightowlandco]

Either that or KZbin algorithm is in alignment lol

[@annunacky4463]

Yep, it’s a disturbance in the Force unfolding. Nice!

[@sheedog7242]

When I learned guitar 35 years ago I did it with a Mel Bay 'Learn How to Play Guitar' book from my local music store. I then subscribed to Guitar Magazine and waited anxiously every month for a new issue so I could learn more songs and study the lessons inside. In between I listened to records and tried to learn songs with my favorite guitar players by ear. We live in a world today were in 15 minutes a guy supper talented shares with you ideas that took YEARS to learn. Heck, in 3 hours of KZbin lessons a beginning guitar player gets the CAGED systems, triads, pentatonic shapes up and down the fretboard, etc. I'm so grateful for having access to this material today. I hope anyone starting out appreciates the FREE lessons available by great instructors that have spent years learning this stuff only to pour that knowledge out for us to digest in minutes not countless hours. It's awesome. And no...I'm not a boomer. I started guitar when I was 10!!!

[@bandit4915]

Finally....Someone who makes it easy to understand . A great teacher

[@RayMancha]

Jack Ruch is so good at explaining and demonstrating music concepts. Plus he shows us at the beginning of the video that he can actually play what he's about to teach us, In bite size chunks. He's so inspiring and I wish him much success! Thank you Jack Ruch for your shining uplifting spirit of high quality way of teaching.

[@JackRuch]

Thank you Ray! I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@larryfarkas]

100%

[@peterconnors6977]

Just had a look at the comments and I can only reiterate what others have said, your melodies, playing and instruction are awesome Jack, keep them coming.

[@BenBreeg1138]

Simple but really powerful. I can see why so many good players constantly emphasize knowing triads all over the neck. For a while I just nodded and moved on. Once I started really trying to learn them things started to open up, although I still have a long way to go.

[@johnnydeeme]

Holy grief... when you played just out of the scale, o lord I went tone deaf sounded just like me playing. These breakthrough moments in understanding is what I live for. Thanks again!

[@JackRuch]

You're welcome!

[@asarcadyn2414]

Yup. I thought he must have been sneakily listening to my practice sessions 😁😁

[@mikerathgeber8057]

I learn't this solo several months ago and I never tire of playing it. Thanks Jack!

[@Scratch_Monsters_Golf]

Haven’t heard you play in a month or so and those first notes reminded me why I shouldn’t let that happen. Tone, touch, and taste is always just perfect. Great stuff, man.

[@JackRuch]

Thanks John!

[@robhead22]

Great!! This is the lesson i will work on repeatedly!! I think its an incredible gift you are giving me!! Thank you!

[@jone5591]

I've been playing guitar for years, and this has to be one of the best explanations of triads, how to solo over the right notes, etc. that I have ever heard.

[@JackRuch]

Great! Thank you

[@chookstar0260]

Super helpful thanks Jack. I'm seriously on the verge of a major breakthrough with my playing.

[@kurweider]

Man... I just had a switch inside my head by following your triads tuto for rythm guitar skills and then watching this is just mindblowing I finally understand how are build solos ! I I can see the triad progression, the shapes, the notes around them and the mix of lead and rythmic guitar.. TRIADS ARE SO UNDERRATED !!! Thanks you soooo much ! I will work hard to get to know thoses shapes in my fingers

[@kerwoodspruce]

CAGED is the fretboard's super highway. Thank you for continuing to share some of your routes, Jack. I think we all wind up creating various fretboard roadmaps relative to how we initially learned to play -- by ear or by theory. I haven't met many players who felt they did both at the same time. I'm from the play by ear camp who backtracked to tackle theory many years later. And the biggest gift that that unending journey offers? Theory gives me a deeper understanding of what I have already assembled by ear (i.e. chord tones, scale choices, triads, modes, different chord voicings -- long before I learned what CAGED was etc.) while continuing to open new avenues of possibility and connection. As I continue to apply theory to what I already know, new knowledge is synthesized and new or better roadmaps are created or become accessible. This is one reason why I have such respect for players/people like you. I appreciate your willingness to both show and to tell, how and why it is that any one of your roadmaps -- in your glove box of road maps -- gets you where you want to go. Many thanks, Jack.

[@JackRuch]

I agree!

[@alessandroserio7276]

The best teacher I ever heard in my life

[@salsplace]

Another wonderful lesson. Not to advanced. Right up my alley.

[@JackRuch]

Glad to hear it!

[@Ggman770]

This is phenomenal. 90% of the songs I enjoy and cover have basic major and minor chords. Well explained. Very helpful

[@jessemontano762]

Wow. Crystal clear. Learned something cool today.

[@pridgenwatkins2867]

What a soul sound! The opener here reaches right out to you. I don't know how I'm going to tackle this, but here goes.

[@iantaylor827]

Thanks so much Jack. Just in the last day or so great players like yourself, Guthrie Trapp, Tim Pierce have put information up about this. I started looking at the neck this way after an earlier video Guthrie put up around the same time as Tom Bukovac did something on it and it's just opened up the guitar for me. Very grateful for the info - the lower string triads in your video made those clearer for me.

[@JackRuch]

Great to hear!

[@mecscott8413]

I love this channel, because you speak slowly and in a understandable way. Thank you Jack! You’re an amazing teacher and a fantastic guitar player!

[@stevegamiello6476]

Love the way you explain things. It just makes it so much easier to understand.

[@sonnycooper702]

Hey bro, glad I found your channel. Just want to say you’re doing a great job. Thank you Man for giving us the time of day and the lessons👍🏿💯🎸

[@jtd3421]

Jack, I would pay $ to hear a song built from that intro. You should record one! I can’t get it out of my head. Beautiful.

[@kevinhines3487]

Just transcribed the example and it made me appreciate how many times you slid into a note for that smooth effect. Very nice 👍

[@JackRuch]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Dwoed]

Very tasty guitar sound and playing. Lessons are great, saw your clip yesterday recommended to me by YT.

[@dobiqwolf]

At 3:40, you know you are too good at playing guitar when you try to show how some notes shouldn't sound correct yet it still sounds beautiful.

[@JackRuch]

Thanks!

[@stevestokes1963]

1st time hearing this cat! Wow I like this melodic playing this is me! My new guitar hero.

[@georgebennett2243]

INSPIRING...CAN YOU IMAGINE KIDS GROWING UP TODAY, WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY AN IMMENSELY GIFTED GUITARIST.... LIKE YOU JACK

[@drewbarries]

This is truly beautiful and I had to immediately get started with it. This tone is just absolutely textbook perfection too, nice and clean and when you dig in, especially on those double-stop hammer-ons it drives into this wonderful crunch, you really have it dialed in so right.

[@JackRuch]

Glad you like it!

[@sergiofigueroa9705]

Great demo

[@rickozaccess4832]

Mr Ruch, th is deserves a standing ovation. Thank you for your time.

[@JackRuch]

Thanks Rick!

[@codyroberts8324]

out of about 100 ppl ...I fi nd your way of breaking things down and teaching method the best...total best! thankyou jack

[@JackRuch]

Wow, thanks!

[@thcertified]

This makes so much sense... Thank you good Sir 🤝🏼

[@jimc6687]

The one general great aspect I consistently gain from carefully watching and working then reworking Jack's super lessons is the overall confidence I've gained in my playing. It's a ton of work and repetition along with patience with callouses but so worthwhile! Jim C.

[@JackRuch]

Great to hear!

[@srinip]

I could be way off base with this comment, but I'm going to start with the premise that your opening solo is just so marvelously delicious and tasty. The phrasing and licks are so delightfully melodic and expressive, those growling double stops adding just the right sassiness - man I could listen to that solo all day long! That said, I'm wondering whether studying that solo involves far, far more than the triadic concept you explained so well. My sense is that there is a certain magic in that solo that is impossible to capture by breaking down the note choices. It sort of reminds me of the way Larry Carlton teaches. Sure, you can follow his explanations, but his solos involve so much more than that - just like yours. Correct me if I'm wrong!

[@jahstafari4606]

I was just watching some video that popped up, on Bret Pappa's channel about triads ....and it gave me link to this video so i just came to say ....amaising sound and amaising playing 👍....i just jamm like that to balance my self ...your playing is something closest to mine, it gave me instant therapy like when i play it for my own soul ...soft and nice for ears ...supergood and supernice

[@danieldoke7725]

Jack, the last few YT drops over the past couple weeks have been "right on point" for my fretboard discovery journey. Im thankful to be at a point where all my woodshedding time (couple yrs) on CAGED/Triads/Intervals, etc. and connecting it all with melodies are paying off. The way you teach/explain this information is pushing my knowledge boundaries without loosing me. My membership to your Patreon platform is paying off in sweet music.....Love your approach, vibe and the delivery of the knowledge. Thanks a bunch!

[@JackRuch]

Thank you Daniel! I'm glad it's helping

[@rumchaserJ122e]

That solo is so beautiful thank you

[@anexiole]

smart and makes sense. Thank you, Jack.

[@fhidalgo]

This lesson is pure gold to improve improvisation. Thanks for it !

[@timtime9167]

One of the best at explaining guitar. Thanks Jack!

[@ianbrackenridge1724]

A wonderful teacher

[@druwk]

Sharing how you’re visualizing the shapes (both Triad, and Scale) together is a great tip. I’m trying to do both visualization (mapping) and listening. Actively listen to the melody, and letting the next note come out of that is great. Having a fret board map, can help you not get lost. Folding all of these concept together gives a structure to hang improvisation…endlessly interesting

[@JackRuch]

Awesome!

[@glennrocky7403]

I never knew about this until I found this video. Thanks to you! You have explained it so well and it is easy to understand. God bless!

[@crimfan]

Wow, this is yet another great lesson on playing really practical lead guitar.

[@ichwilldasvideo3]

This video is really important for my progress! thank you!

[@stringman509]

I haven't been playing very long but what a great lesson thanks Colin UK 👍 😊

[@StarlightGuitars]

Thank you Jack for some really useful and great stuff. Easily one of the best teachers out there.

[@davidt9841]

Nice Jack! Personally, I don’t think you could ever go over the Triad relationships/breakdowns too many times. Great information, the right pace, demonstrations, and length of lesson. I look forward to more! Take Care, and Have a Great Day! 👍🎸✌️😎

[@JackRuch]

Great point! Thanks

[@keithmankz]

The intro is 🔥

[@altadena57]

Just started to watch this video, and by 0:41, I paused the video, and went immediately to subscribe to your Patreon channel. Thank you for such soulful and inspiring music.

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!!!

[@electron7373]

Beautiful playing - so fluid and emotive.

[@JackRuch]

Thanks for listening

[@TheBoomtown4]

Just can’t deal with this guys playing. Too good. Looks like he has such a soft touch. He makes it sound like he’s digging in so hard on certain notes but is barely touching the strings. Plays so nuanced. Wow.

[@BisoKuna]

Great video thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@NoCoverCharge]

Just started learning triads it’s a game changer for sure

[@andresaraguz7664]

thank you Mr Jack

[@Fernando146]

This guy deserve more subscibers

[@johnnydeeme]

Whoa.... that's more than knowledge, I would call this more of an intimate relationship with your instrument. Jack makes it look easy as usual so good man!

[@chrisboule970]

I can only hear Wind Beneath My Wings over this! Damn you Bette!

[@sudhirchoudhary4823]

you are d best teacher jack

[@JimmyDel]

Really useful lesson and definitely really important to get down. Great for coming up with melodies over progressions too. Thanks Jack!

[@JackRuch]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@coreymihailiuk5189]

This style of soloing requires impeccable timing to pull it off, and that is evidenced in your playing!

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!

[@mickymiller6130]

Sweet! Love your playing.

[@JackRuch]

Thanks a lot!

[@Nikoo033]

That was great Jack 🥰. Personally, I like playing a sharp 4 (7th of the I) when the IV chord comes ☺️ either leading to the I chord (like here) or to the V chord in other progressions.

[@guitareck]

Just found your channel, great lessons!

[@kevinhines3487]

Excellent lesson. I am stuck somewhere between the second and final example. I can play the chord tones as the chords go by but not musically. I'll keep plugging away. I think a big part of it is internalizing the harmony so that you are anticipating the changes. Then being able to hear a melody that you can get out. Takes a lot of listening to good players and then being able to access the vocabulary. Slowly but surely I'll get there. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@JackRuch]

Absolutely! Anticipating the chords is very important

[@wcbibb]

Good stuff, as per usual!

[@FerrisFlyer]

Great lesson jack. I'll be putting this one in the looper later! Connecting chords, triads, pentatonic and major scale really seem to be the key component a lot of you great player use. Thanks for the valuable insight.

[@JackRuch]

You're welcome!

[@deadpatriot8047]

Sir your smoothness puts you damn high on my players list awesome shit man!

[@JackRuch]

Great! Thanks

[@brianmincher716]

That opener is so silky, I love it.

[@willardjustus2460]

another great lesson .thanks for sharing

[@JackRuch]

Thanks for listening

[@rongcup]

This is refreshing. Simple and nice! Thanks Jack!

[@JackRuch]

My pleasure!

[@williamcobbs3606]

Thank you so much, you do a great explaining triads so we’ll, May God bless you man.

[@JackRuch]

You are very welcome

[@JazzStrat781]

Awesome lesson and video 👍🎸 always a treat to hear you play Jack

[@JackRuch]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@samuelmartins3293]

awesome as usual

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I liked the lesson, and appreciated it. But I just had a conversation with a friend of mine who grew up with a certain EVH. He learned to play guitar and used his ear to figure out songs. I'm trying to learn the piano and the ukulele after my retirement, and a handicap of having two left ears. I can't audiate, I don't have music in my head. I'm beginning to hear what should go together, but I didn't hear all the subtleties you mentioned. I understood it, but putting it in practice won't be an easy process. Oh Well. I'll just have to work at it. I'm better now than two years ago.

[@JavierSanchez-eo8rg]

You are amazing, Jack. Thanks for your super videos.

[@JackRuch]

Glad you like them!

[@saadshah7857]

First time here. Nice phrasing Jack.

[@JackRuch]

Hey, thanks!

[@timchalmers1700]

Very interesting ! Thanks !!

[@GuitarBluesHury]

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

[@GJSsongsmith]

Very nicely done Jack , will certainly recommend this vid to my guitar students … wonderful opening solo too , many thanks 🙏

[@JackRuch]

Awesome, thank you!

[@GJSsongsmith]

@@JackRuch you’re welcome Jack !

[@jimhinkle7245]

Very Smooth!!!! NICE.

[@JackRuch]

Appreciated!

[@tommccarthy1443]

Beautiful!

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!

[@larryfarkas]

Awesome brother.

[@soofitnsexy]

just discovered you greetings from nyc! just got my first tele ever..made by Crook thanks for teaching me

[@JackRuch]

You're welcome!

[@Supermastinflin]

Thank you Jack, just incredible lesson once again!!! Keep on teaching !! Thanks !!!!!

[@JackRuch]

My pleasure!

[@harshitbad]

So gooooooood!!!!!!

[@allenchief6351]

Love this Jack! As always you continue to astound with your amazing lines through very easily digestible instruction!

[@JackRuch]

Thanks again!

[@Corey_G]

Hi, Thanks for sharing ❤ I have a few questions though …. 1) Do you focus specifically on hitting the 3rd on the change of each chord as it changes, or just any chord tone as the chord change sounds? 2) Do you finish your phrase or sentence a half or whole step within the scale before your next targeted note for a chord change? Example : Em to Am ( minor key v to i change , without changing the v to V) So let’s say each chord lasts for 1 bar each in a loop. Em sounds and we hit a chord tone at the same time, then we create a little phrase while it (Em) rings, that maybe resolves to the B note on the “And of 4….. Now Am sounds and I hit a C note as it sounds and maybe make a little scale phrase that resolves to the root note before the Am stops ringing….. Is that kind of how you’re thinking as you’re improvising your leads? Or do you have specific beginning tones or ending tones based more on the functionality of the chord in the progression? Or even chord tones on certain strong beats? I love your phrases and I am trying to get a better idea of how you think about your note choices from chord to chord. Thanks in Advance ❤😊👍

[@williammartin4416]

Thanks!

[@neilmarsh7437]

I feel like Knopfler knows this ;-) brilliant lesson and playing as always Jack!

[@JackRuch]

Many thanks!!

[@jukejointjack]

Sounds great brother

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!

[@AlanBram]

That was fantastic! I learned something interesting and useful.

[@JackRuch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thomasfulton1956]

Thank You

[@RBZ3]

Very smooth...thanks Jack.

[@JackRuch]

You bet

[@timchurchill6975]

lovely feel great guitarist

[@johnsdog5839]

Awesome theory lesson Jack, thanks. Strange discovery - before I reached the end I was looking for notes from each individual scale - chromatic or whole step, to add interest - it showed just how easy commercial music is, seems harder to stick to just the key scale.

[@JackRuch]

Excellent!

[@collaboratoryvitamindminor951]

Love your style man. I subscribed based on your playing and the breakdown also. Thank you sir! Very helpful! Cheers!

[@JackRuch]

Awesome, thank you!

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[@BITESIZEJONES]

Nice tone