Music Theory For Guitar Triads (Major - minor - Augmented - diminished Triad Families)

When you learn music theory for guitar triads and triad families should be high on your list of things to understand. this helps you to see relationships between intervals in chords, scales and arpeggios. In this video I show you the relationship between Major triads and minor triads and how they relate to augmented and diminished triads.
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I just want to say that this video is absolutely amazing. I am just learning guitar, (I’ve been playing for about 3 weeks) and I searched up “guitar theory; what are triads” and it brought me here. This video explains and visualizes triads so clearly I am astonished. Thank you for making this video, it’s insane how good this was. I’m bookmarking this for sure.

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Wearing L-plates since May 2020, a Lockdown guitar newbie, I almost always end up here when I have music theory questions to think about. Between you and Gracie Terzian, you explain music theory in plain English and keep it interesting too. You also put theory into context and show its beauty by interlinking concepts. KZbin needs a "Gracie & Ricky Show" ! Thank you .. 😎

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[@Dave-gf3kd]

This is one of the best music theory videos I have EVER SEEN! So simple and clear…WOW. Thank you!!!!

[@regieduran9634]

Easily the most comprehensive teaching of the augmented and diminished chord and their relationship with the major and minor tonalities. I love this ricky! The visualization really helped a lot. Highly recommended channel on teaching guitar both for theory and practicality. 5 thumbs up! And 5 stars rating!

[@williamweiss3620]

Oh man! Just had the ah ha moment. Great video! Again thank you Ricky. I think we should all buy a t shirt from you!!!! Love you all Bill.

[@rickysguitar]

Cheers Bill! If you do buy a T-shirt, please send me a picture of yourself wearing it and I'll share it on my community post!

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@@rickysguitar I will my friend. You truly are a blessing to all of us. Now I have to pick out my shirt. Love you all Bill

[@rajeshgumber363]

Welcome back Ricky. Nice to see more great lessons. Thankyou

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You beet me to it. I learned this and completely understand the concept in 1 video, and I've " heard the concept brushed over before and I guess I just wasn't listening..lol I wanted to listen because HE MADE IT RELEVANT..great job.

[@rickysguitar]

Thanks for watching. Hit SUBSCRIBE and LIKE! PDF link here: bit.ly/triadfamilies I also mention 5R3 in this video. Here's the link to that video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGe9d5hrltKWlbM

[@southsideronnie]

Keep the lessons coming because we are loving them!

[@thunderace4588]

Hi, Ricky, it is good to see a video from you. To me the A Major sounds happy, the A minor sounds sad, then A augmented sounds bold and confident, and the diminished sounds dark and sinister. Thank you for taking the time to make this interesting lesson for us. I look forward to seeing more lessons from you.

[@rickysguitar]

Well done! You get a virtual certificate for the refrigerator for doing your homework! I'll be doing an exploration of these 4 triads to give even more context. Thanks for supporting my work by watching!

[@robertakerman3570]

Diminished needs other around it to really be appreciated. It could very well sound dark/sinister, but I guess it's the peripherals that shade it.

[@amitm1]

Took a year to understand this which you explained in 10 mins. Thank you 🙏 Also welcome back. Much awaited.

[@rickysguitar]

Thank you Amit. Good to be back :) thanks for continuing to watch my videos :)

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@@rickysguitar Love watching the videos. They are informative and easy to understand for an intermediate player like me. Thanks

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oh wow. loved this. thank you so much!

[@DrunkenRhinoceros]

Diving into the how and why music works and sounds is a real breakthrough for all musicians wanting to learn the theory. Once you see the shapes and can relate to the names is helpful. Perhaps a lesson of how to structure where those triads fit into logical progressions would help as well. You are a wonderful instructor. I hope more people find your channel, as it provides so much more pertinent information.

[@Idiots_Savant]

Pure gold, once again!

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

Wonderful explanation. Always a treat to get a lesson from you. I find the A Major to be very bright and happy. A minor is quite melancholy to my ear. A Augmented is tense, but the A diminished is insanely tense like you'd hear in a murder mystery.

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Good to see you back!

[@rickysguitar]

Good to see you in the comments and that KZbin is still showing my vids to you! More vids incoming!

[@franknisi1998]

Thanks. Handwritten method is fantastic because we watch how you build the example.

[@benjaminbrink5098]

Hi Ricky, re: homework this video: A major: IS, being, base, confidence, happy A minor: anticipation A Augmented: doom/gloom A dim: worry

[@WimBlock]

Thanks Ricky!

[@drchikosi]

I hadn’t seen it this way for my many years of playing. Very good way of explaining to the relationship of the Big 4.

[@tonycarchedi3312]

I never understood the make up of Augmented and diminished Triads until your lesson, thank you for that “ah ha” moment👍👏

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[@rickysguitar]

Eee by gum! I am back! Thanks for watching and splendid to see your name in the comments :)

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Nice to see you back Ricky hope your well. Enjoyed the lesson THANKS 😊

[@rickysguitar]

Hey JB nice to see you back too! Thank you for watching buddy :)

[@Giovanni_Frau]

Very useful! Thank you very much!

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Keep it going Rick, super lessons. I’m all the way in Switzerland. Some of it is a little difficult but I keep trying. Al

[@cammophatz1357]

An great explanation for me.

[@NDFlyFisher]

Super lesson. Really clear explanation of something that I didn’t understand.

[@rickysguitar]

Glad it was helpful Rick! Thanks for watching. Some more follow up videos to give even more context soon! :)

[@brandtfj]

an a-ha moment! like an epiphany

[@joycegrove5602]

Brilliant primer on these 4 foundation triads! Nice one, Ricky!

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[@antoniohillario9770]

Diminished makes me think of a western cowboy movie. The bad guy walks into a saloon. Everyone stops what they're doing. It gets dead quiet. Suddenly, the dreaded diminished cord is heard. That lets you know that someone's about to get hurt.

[@reghudson5444]

Major is bright and cheerful. Minor is darker, moody and sad. Augmented sounds unresolved. Like something needs to happen musically after it to provide resolution. Diminished is also unresolved. If you follow the augmented and diminished with an A Major chord, then they resolve, but to my ear, augmented sounds major and diminished sounds minor.

[@ui4287]

Hi Ricky...did the homework and found that the Major and minor are full sounding and the Aug & dim don't offer a peaceful resolution. This exercise is bringing together my music theory fundamentals. Thought at one point theory would continue to fly over my head. But now, the pied piper of theory (Ricky) has led me to the light. Thanks Ricky! BTW...I ordered. your spiral bound book...looking forward to receiving it! Is it in order of complexity...how is it organized?

[@bobbrown8155]

Excellent…. At the end I was thinking about the A7 chord. In that one it looks like the root is modified (flattened). I was going to say bR, 3, 5 seems to be the formula but the root is flattened twice making the note A a G in the chord A7. Can we say bbR, 3, 5.

[@richardbartholomew8152]

Why weren't KZbin tutorials available 50 years ago - specifically yours Ricky! (P.S. I haven't done the homework yet, but when I do, I'll enjoy it!)

[@timothymathew1540]

Love to see you back.......from newbie 101 lol

[@rickysguitar]

Cheers Tim! Good to be back! Thanks for watching :)

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[@rickysguitar]

Thank you for your kind words! I'm just building 2 courses which will be going up on my revamped website soon. Working very hard to get it done! (It's harder to do than I thought!).

[@rustyl.6358]

Very visual. Excellent way to show the triad variations. PDF link?

[@rickysguitar]

Thanks for watching Rusty! Will upload soon

[@rickysguitar]

Uploaded buddy! Link in the description

[@rustyl.6358]

@@rickysguitar Got it! Thanks! Already a Subscriber, waiting for your next one, patiently.

[@TommyNitro]

Major sounds happy or pleased Minor sounds sad Aug sounds suspenseful (like you don't know what's about to happen) Dim sounds sinister to me (without any other context for the triad added)

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Where you been buddy? Great lesson 👍🏻🇬🇧🎸

[@rickysguitar]

It's a long tale...needless to say everything has changed in the last year hasn't it? Doing what must be done to keep life and limb together! Stoked you enjoyed the lesson :)

[@skintslots]

Augmented means you add (+) and dimished means you take away (-) something in the literal sense of the word. Makes a lot of sense,especially if you can't get boobs off your mind!! lol

[@rickysguitar]

Dagnammit! I was trying to avoid that train of thought lol. I KNEW somebody would do it for me though haha. Good to see you in the comments :)

[@franknisi1998]

ROTFL

[@ReneBPena]

Thanks Ricky, you are a super teacher, wish you were my Algebra teacher in HS over 50 years ago. I played the chords carefully in the homework and I think the Augmented and diminished chords sound pretty ugly, are they used much in rock and pop music? René in USA

[@rickysguitar]

Ah René! Context is everything. You know how sometimes some that tastes awful on its own becomes an essential flavour to make a classic recipe. That the Augmented and diminished sound. It’s what comes before and after that give it meaning and context!

[@dukeofearl4117]

The Major and Augmented are a pair and minor and diminished are a pair. First two are bright and happy and the second two are sad and somber.

[@rajeshgumber363]

Is there a link for the 5R3 chords you mention? Thankyou

[@rickysguitar]

Hey Rajesh. The link to the video is at the end of this video in the endscreen. However I'll add it to the description of this video.

[@rajeshgumber363]

@@rickysguitar Thankyou Ricky!

[@rickysguitar]

@@rajeshgumber363 Yes that's the one!

[@hillbilly4895]

Too simple...brain burning...taking a nap

[@jamesstead4448]

The Augmented......awful, and the diminished.....awful. In my auditory view.

[@rickysguitar]

Now then James! Well done for doing your homework! You have to give the Aug and dim a chance lol. I've got a follow up video which will hopefully give some context to their usage in a practical manner on guitar :) Thanks for watching buddy!