Master Triad Inversions With THIS Exercise!

[@jfreemannd]

Wow! What a great way to explore not only triads, but to think about and learn the notes on the fretboard and their relationships. Thank you, thank you! Great Lesson!

[@mattfranceschini]

So glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@dannyropero4216]

Cool lesson! I was just fiddling with this and realized that if you move it in thirds (C-Em-G-Bdim, etc.. ) the triads move backwards! Thanks for the lesson!!

[@mattfranceschini]

Yes! Sixths and thirds are mirror reflections of eachother so as you say they can work in reverse!

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Thanks!

[@mattfranceschini]

Started with my first ever super from you this morning only to get my second ever again this afternoon, thank you!

[@uberjam-sam8512]

What an honor! I love how this exercise forces you to think about the note names and intervals which you said in the video lol. I was doing it as you were going through it stoping the video along the way to test my knowledge and it was the good kind of difficult.

[@djh6970]

Thanks Matt, that’s a super exercise for consolidating triad inversions and using them in a chord progression 👍

[@mattfranceschini]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheRealSandleford]

super groove exercise.... I put the V7 in front of each and sounds fantastic ..does though without them

[@mattfranceschini]

A whole lot of cadences! A beautiful sound for sure!

[@mortalflower1]

Nice one! I'm going to practice this!

[@mattfranceschini]

Thanks for watching, best of luck with it!

[@jash500]

Dude, first off, sick guitar 🤙🏼. 2nd, the algorithm sent this my way and it’s the perfect level of difficulty for where my theory is currently at. I agree with one comment below, a companion video with practical application would be wildly cool. Maybe just do a few styles like a simple Neo-soul passage (if that exists 😅), a well known pop song, then maybe something shreddy? Anyway thanks for putting this out there!

[@mattfranceschini]

Glad you dig the partscaster and enjoyed the video! It'd be kind hard to use this in a practical example because no song that I know of uses a chord progression that strictly moves in diatonic sixths. The biggest utility in this exercise is having a systematic way to practice that uses all of the inversions of triads on a string set while flexing your theory muscles. That said, I'll try to come up with some creative ways to demonstrate playing these different inversions in different music styles but in essence you can apply the triad shapes from this exercise to virtually any chord progression! Will the voice leading be as silky smooth? No, but the possibilities are endless! A little curiosity goes a long way when experimenting with this stuff. Thanks for watching and happy practicing!

[@jash500]

@@mattfranceschini full disclosure i play regularly at church and this exercise is a GREAT general fit for “modern P&W” due to the voice leading concept, but I figured I’d make some suggestions had wider appeal :)

[@nicklindner2506]

Best Triad lesson!

[@mattfranceschini]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@beerbikesandblues]

Its the type of practice even the neighbors can enjoy. Seriously, though, Ill try this out a bit.

[@mattfranceschini]

Haha! Yes, this is certainly one of the more pleasing practice sounds that we can make. Hope you have fun with it!

[@TheRealSandleford]

For people with shorter necks I would advise finding your same triad you are on at the d/g/b to continue your climb until you have all of them. I guess an octave down if you are on the top 3

[@mattfranceschini]

Totally!

[@wagonet]

Yah im not clear how to use these triads eithrr. Thanks 👍

[@mattfranceschini]

Sorry you’re unclear of what to do with them. As I’ve highlighted in other comments this is merely an exercise that helps you have a systematic way to practice your triads in a musical way that also makes you think. As for how to use the voicings, anywhere you see a C chord you could play one of the C voicings from this video. Same story for A minor or any of the other chord types

[@tomm5023]

Funny. I invented this exercise myself in order to improve my voiceleading in one position and it does work. To add, I also play the scale along and you can extend it to arpeggios to cover all triads on all strings. Monster exercise but rewarding!

[@tomm5023]

But that’s just the start 😂. Takes months to years to do this without thinking

[@mattfranceschini]

A fantastic way to expand/work on your chord/arpeggio knowledge!

[@tomm5023]

@@mattfranceschini I believe this is a life journey exercise, because 135 triads are just the basics. I can spend half an hour on just one position in one key. Or even one arpeggio. And the next day again…It is also a fantastic finger workout and not even talking about rhythm. … But you feel it when playing repertoire it makes you grow. The act of doing it already improves you

[@ParkerMassing]

Sir why so many switches on ur guitar imma start tweakin out

[@mattfranceschini]

Every pickup on the Strat can be coil split individually (one switch per pickup) and the other two allow for extra pickup combinations that aren’t possible on a standard 5 way switch

[@mamutakada]

funny how logic this is in its essence but I would never be able to think it out on my own. I've barely done learning notes on the fretboard (still very slow, but I can do it) and exploring the triads. I am ever so more comfortable doing cmaj all over the neck but I still struggle when I start incorporating other chords. i am trying I-IV with an intent of introducing V later on, but one thing at the time. However, I am struggling to do it systematically. I start with I but I never know which variation of IV I'll play next. Once I go vertically, other times I move horizontally and it is really making my brains pulsating. Any recommendations on what would be good exercise to develop this? cheers and thanks for a great video!

[@mattfranceschini]

Glad you enjoyed it! As for moving around between voicings, everything doesn't really need to be systematic as there will always be two voicelead ways to get to the IV chord, one ascending and one descending. I don't have any particular exercises to get through every single way you could do it so the best that I can recommend is to just explore with an open mind and over time the voicings will start to jump out at you more clearly. If you are looking for a way to speed up your process of finding notes on the fretboard I have a video explaining the method that I teach to all of my students that comes with a free diagram available for download from my website here kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqLYin6PnLCVhLM

[@mamutakada]

@@mattfranceschini thanks for your time. I'll check out the link!

[@stratocumulusnimbostratus328]

That’s great, and love you vids genuinely but you don’t explain why or how this is useful / applicable other that some theoretical musical exercise. Exercises etc really really really always should relate back to a musical application. So yeah we have another pattern, but how to apply beyond the classroom? Thank you. ❤

[@mattfranceschini]

Appreciate the feedback, I'm always trying to make these videos as useful and easy to understand as possible. I do touch on the benefits (or at least some of them) in the video but I'll pin this comment and reply with the benefits broken down. Benefits of this exercise: - A systematic way that forces you to play every type of inversion on a given string set (Root position, Third in Bass and Fifth In Bass) - By practicing this in multiple keys you are reinforcing your knowledge of chords within a key - By repeatedly practicing these voicings on any string set you are reinforcing your knowledge of where you can play these chords when reading a chord chart making it more likely that you'll grab one of these triads rather than the voicings that you regularly play. - By using this technique which mixes up chord inversions you will be further drilling into your head where notes are in these voicings E.G. "Where is the fifth of this chord and what is the scale tone above it". Knowing what notes are where and their relation to each other is essential for confidence when playing chords. Obviously no exercise can apply to every single musical situation so this is simply a great way to explore triads and push your knowledge of where these voicings are, what notes are contained in each chord and how are they arranged.

[@stratocumulusnimbostratus328]

@@mattfranceschini makes sense thanks for replying

[@CobyBassett]

​@@mattfranceschini I was going to comment something like Stratocumulus -- they did it more eloquently than I would have! -- so I appreciate your follow-up notes. Are there any other similar tricks like "Move one note of a triad and it becomes _____"? I'll look forward to your future lessons.

[@FrankAlexanderMiddendorp]

❤

[@mattfranceschini]

Thanks for watching!