Play Little Wing All Over The Neck

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much for sharing my triad lessons. Tomo

[@curiousguitarist]

You are welcome Tomo! Thanks for just being awesome :)

[@gitpa1]

Tomo has expanded my understanding triads.

[@stephengioacchini3946]

"Having triadic knowledge turns you from a guitar player, into a musician,.. who plays the guitar". That one line is so powerful! This is what every aspiring guitar player should be told right out of the gate. And all of us old hats as well.

[@basicforge]

I don't want to dispute this idea really because I think there is a lot of power in it, but it seems a bit of a stretch.

[@stephengioacchini3946]

@@basicforge Maybe a stretch, but I just felt in that moment that it was a solid statement. I wish someone had told me this when I was younger. Growing up playing metal guitar with lots of power chords, this type of playing came to me later. A few years back I started playing with a guy who was same age and background as me. I started sharing info about triads and modes which he was playing, but he had no idea what I was talking about. I was only a few steps ahead of him and we both wished we had leaned theory better when we were young. I'm 55 now and still learning. When I was young, for me, playing guitar was a release of aggression. All about being loud and having a presence on stage and off. Lots of piss and vinegar. When I was 35ish a friend gave me a guitar player magazine with lots of sheet music of George Benson. Lights when on for me then. Later I started playing Mandolin and this opened up new phrasing and picking style. I play sooo different now from when I was in my teens and 20s. (sorry for the long wind. Hope this resonates with someone). Peace.

[@basicforge]

@@stephengioacchini3946 Thanks for the reply Stephen. The guitar is such an amazing instrument! God bless you on your musical journey!

[@dburton7929]

Triads, one of the biggest keys to the kingdom….. They change EVERYTHING !! You will never look at the guitar in the same way again ! Best guitar teacher….. ever!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks D! For everything!

[@bazilbrushrocks]

Props for recognizing Tomo on this. I played that video back several times on slow, you made my life simpler!

[@curiousguitarist]

Happy to help! While I can't do what Tomo does, I can see it and understand it, and TAB it out!!! HAHAHA

[@davidwood351]

Thanks for opening my eyes a little wider . Incredibly simple connection to the barre chords.

[@curiousguitarist]

When I first saw that my brain fell out. I'm totally with you!

[@blindponyband]

Great lesson, Tomo's too...now I know how I'll be spending the next couple months.

[@drewdunn2066]

Chris, you beautiful, bald, beast. Thank you for this. I just recently discovered all your lessons and I love them all.

[@curiousguitarist]

Welcome, Drew! Thanks for showing up!! Its good to have you here.

[@timsellsted521]

So nice I had to watch it twice. I should really do this for every song that I learn. Thanks as always Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

Yeah, I should too!!! HAHAHAA! It's a great drill do do whenever you learn a new tune.

[@tone-glide2402]

Love the Explorer !!! Les Paul once said... "there are many ways to play the guitar" This!..., certainly is one of them. Excellent!!! I Love Triads!! What a brilliant way to easily Master those chords on the fretboard!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Tone! I'm glad you enjoyed this, it's great to see/hear/learn a musical example of how these ideas can be deployed. Thanks so much for your support.

[@scottstevens9323]

When I hear your voice my blood pressure drops! My enthusiasm grows, and all is right with the world again! My happy place! Thank you!❤️✊🏼🤘🏼

[@curiousguitarist]

Best compliment I could get Scott. Thank you, for this, for all your support, and for being curious, Scott!

[@sixstring3r]

I just discovered this channel and I have the same reaction! The video starts, Chris begins to speak, and I find it strangely calming. Love your teaching style and lessons! Thanks for all the dedication and hard work, cheers!!

[@curiousguitarist]

@@sixstring3r you bet, Jon. Welcome aboard!

[@Westerdd]

@Scott Stevens Wow, Are you in love?

[@scottstevens9323]

@@Westerdd and if I am?!? What’s it to you?!?

[@anthonythompson334]

Groovy, this lesson made my day. Thanks for your hard work and dedication to share your passion and knowledge.

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome, Anthony! Thanks for being here.

[@tonyevans4822]

You blew my mind just with the Em & G. I don’t know if I would have seen that! Thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course, Tony! Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@watercolour7606]

Thanks to Chris and Tomo. I tried this out out the same chord on the different three neighbour strings on the song I had been working on since the lockdown. The triads added variety to keep my musical brain interested. This lesson is very important to add spice to your guitar playing.

[@curiousguitarist]

They also helped to unlock the fretboard initially for me, did you experience that too watercolour?

[@watercolour7606]

Yes Chris the triads area opening up the fretboard for me. Triads, especially on different sets of 3 strings, makes for more variety and musical expression. Well worth the effort of learning triads from your lessons. I learn so much from your lessons.

[@curiousguitarist]

@@watercolour7606 I am so glad to hear that watercolour!

[@kdavis63]

Awesome lesson...love the Explorer!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you liked it, Kevn. It's on loan/just visiting and belongs to a guitar mate/friend/patron. It plays and sounds great!

[@whiskersb5296]

Very cool. I saw that video. Good to have this one added on.

[@curiousguitarist]

I loved the Brett/Tomo vid...so great! Glad you enjoyed this follow up!

[@loopie007]

Thank you. This is a great practice exercise that will keep my head spinning for quite a while.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks for your support, and I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!

[@matthewcasey892]

Yes, this will put my triads in the crucible!

[@curiousguitarist]

Indeed!

[@CBGypsy03]

Tomo is the man !!! And glad I found your channel .

[@curiousguitarist]

I agree and welcome aboard!!

[@sirzembla4512]

Sorry , yesterday my comm was ready to go but i was watching something else , and it was too late when i 've tried to send it ... My comm was a positive review , if some folks wouldn' t know Little wing i just wanted to say that it's much more complicated ... You're a good teacher , it's a good lesson , well explained .... Have a good day ...

[@edhencher780]

Absolutely brilliant as always! The great thing for me was that I recognized the triad shapes from the work you gave me in our lessons ( yes I've been working on them) thanks for all you do

[@curiousguitarist]

YES!!! That's it Ed. You'll see this stuff more and more, and other guitar YT vids will make sense now too!

[@edhencher780]

@@curiousguitarist you mean there are other YT vids besides yours? Who knew 😀. Looking forward to modes and another lesson at some point

[@splashesin8]

Morning Chris! Thanks! 😊

[@curiousguitarist]

You are welcome Audrey!

[@DrumAndStrum]

Thank you! Looking forward to practicing this.Love how all the previous triad lessons are all coming together.

[@curiousguitarist]

You're so welcome, Salil! got most of them into a playlist now too!

[@jasonmurkin3364]

Hey Chris greetings from the UK. Exactly what I want to become, a musician that plays the guitar🎸

[@curiousguitarist]

You're already on your way watching stuff like this!! Thanks, Jason!

[@silvanonaretto]

What a lesson! Thank you

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@chrispeleshenko9226]

As always, good stuff. I say this all the time, but I wish I got this in my 2nd year of guitar, not my 34th.

[@curiousguitarist]

You and me both Chris! If I had this info back in the day, well...maybe I would have succumb to the perils of rock and roll instead of having gotten a real job :D

[@sim82]

exactly my story... this is the thing to learn as soon as you can press down more than one string at a time.

[@EclecticEssentric]

I did almost exactly 3 decades of "strum strum, ho hum" before learning theory. Now I'm a guitar god compared to my 30th anniversary of playing. It's never too late "get your mind together", as Jimi says it. Every day is like a miracle now.

[@MrMarkar1959]

I'll take the "Delicate" Jackyl Chainsaw🌹🎸 approach every time👍🏼

[@curiousguitarist]

Haha!

[@slohart]

Thanks Chris, great lesson.

[@curiousguitarist]

My pleasure, Larry.

[@UziRyder1]

Looks like a useful and musical way to practice triads. Great idea for a lesson.

[@curiousguitarist]

All the credit goes to Tomo!! Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@popsfereal]

This video came at the perfect time in my learning curve, thanks.

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad it helped! Are you working on "Little Wing"?

[@popsfereal]

@@curiousguitarist I have tootled around "soloing" over it for awhile. I try to play all over the fret board while doing so, but this at once confirms and opens up what I am doing. AWESOME.

[@johncoyle8209]

Listen to Chris, kids. I was a student of his long ago in Santa Fe, NM and he promised me that triads would really open up my playing ... and boy did it ever! Thanks, Chris. Good to see you haven't lost your chops, like you did your hair! 😉BTW, what happened to "Dale?" I see it's no longer on the back wall.

[@curiousguitarist]

Hey John! I have to rotate the guitars in and out due to space. But I just moved the studio into a larger room, so subsequent videos should have all of them in there! Hope all is well!

[@jeffpodrug8942]

So beautiful!!💕 Thank you again, Chris! I'm still fighting this nerve issue. Having an EMG ( Electromyography) MRC Spine with and without Contrast on November 25th. Still trying to play. I'm praying for a great Thanksgiving. This is such a beautiful song, and the breakdown makes it even more beautiful, if that's possible. Thanks again!! ❤️

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome, you're in my thoughts, Jeff!

[@rajeshgumber363]

New Guitar Chris? Nice!

[@curiousguitarist]

This Gibson Explorer is a "guest", on loan to The Studio for now. It belongs to a friend/Patron/Guitar mate.

[@rajeshgumber363]

@@curiousguitarist Nice!

[@vilareusser8593]

Tomos Blue Monk was unexpected. Sounds great.

[@curiousguitarist]

I love Blue Monk. Did you see my cover of in here on the channel? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYObXop4mJ1_mMk

[@vilareusser8593]

All that Jazz from one chord. I had a great band teacher in Jr. high. Any chance that you have Honk-Tonk tabbed out also? Thanks for the lesson. Awesome cover!

[@SyntagmaStation]

40k subscribers. Love it!

[@curiousguitarist]

Wooohooo!

[@joycegrove5602]

Love Little Wing! Just tried these triads out - lots of fun! Going to try on the other string sets - what have you done to me?? :)

[@curiousguitarist]

...sent you down a road full of wonders that you cannot unsee :) Thanks for everything JG!

[@joycegrove5602]

@@curiousguitarist Truth!!

[@ryansilver5497]

Very cool . I reckon triads are also even more handy for allowing you to AVOID traveling all over the neck . One guitar instructor on KZbin pointed out how melody notes get lost with all the traveling and staying in one place was the ticket to pulling out melody notes within chords since your only shuffling a few notes around per chord. With all the traveling, the sound is not as beautiful apparently? I personally like traveling all over the neck . It gives me more energy as a player but to me a better triad illustration would be playing Hey Joe in literally one spot on the neck , say the 3rd fret , where you do zero traveling but still play the entire song using triads versus illustrations via traveling. Circle of 5ths is the only reason I chose hey joe but you could play any song apparently in one spot which is indeed a cooler illustration in my opinion? (Maybe because I already knew all the triads you illustrated but would possibly struggle playing that tune in one spot , say the 5th fret )

[@curiousguitarist]

Thats a great idea! Playing it all over the neck, AND in one spot. That'll be the next video I do on this subject for sure!

[@ryansilver5497]

@@curiousguitarist Give me a shout out if you do ! It will make my year which needs something bright :) I play and practice all the time so you would be adding more energy to me :)

[@Duchante-b2i]

These chords are correct but they our all open chords play this song in bar minor chords and triads and youll have the song thanks for the knowledge great refresh

[@myhauntedlife421]

Yes .. love this episode.. and tomo is a gentle monster.. he is a Dr Jekyll n Mr Hyde .of guitar playing.. he's humble.. but will devour ur skills..haa

[@curiousguitarist]

Haha! Love that description!

[@Camazotz57]

Hey Chris, been awhile since I commented. Thanks for making this video! I was wondering. Do you track these Triads according to the key or according to the root of the chord? For example, locating 1 and 4 chords in C maj, Finding the C major and F major. I see C and typically would see my 4th interval and would build my triad off of the 4. But for such a long progression like this especially when it doesn't stick to a key, I could see that being much more challenging. Any advice as I progress with trying to be able to visualize these chords? I also like to embellish chords and I feel it's more challenging when I think of each chord individually as it tends to take me out of the key of the song. Thanks again so much for the video!

[@curiousguitarist]

Great question! I use both, sometimes I'm thinking in chord "functions" like "I IV V" but a lot of the time I'm also thinking in "local roots" like "Aminor, now F, Now C then G" type of thing. get both skills, they are both valuable!

[@Camazotz57]

@@curiousguitarist Thank you Chris. That's typically the answer for knowledge, why not both?! Thank you for the help! Too generous!

[@EclecticEssentric]

Fun new(?) guitar! I know what I'm gonna be fn with today: Makin' some spicy little wings.

[@curiousguitarist]

Yeah it's a Gibson Explorer that is on loan to me for a bit :)

[@ElmanAuthement]

I watched Tomo with Brett when he did that episode. 😅I didn’t get it because he moved so fast, he was loosing me. Thanks for explaining it slowly what he was doing.

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet, Elman!

[@ofirlanger6263]

Can you make a video on walking bass?

[@curiousguitarist]

Sure! It might be a while as I have a long list at this point to get through!!!

[@ofirlanger6263]

@@curiousguitarist ok. Thanks!

[@IndyRockStar]

Do you like the Explorer? I've been mulling over buying an Explorer 70s in Ebony. My 2 favorite guitars I have now is my Gibson LP R9 and the McCarty 594 Core. How does the Explorer compare in feel in your opinion?

[@curiousguitarist]

The explorer is the most well-balanced guitar I've ever played standing up. And it's still lighter than my Les Paul. But if I could only have one, it would be the LP R7

[@sirzembla4512]

(It's Bb , not Bbm , but it's not important , it's a lesson about triads )

[@curiousguitarist]

Indeed, thanks for that catch!

[@sirzembla4512]

@@curiousguitarist You're welcome , it 's good to feel " usefull "once in a while lol ...^^

[@curiousguitarist]

@@sirzembla4512 I know the feeling!!!

[@sirzembla4512]

@@curiousguitarist Indeed : but you are sincere : the icing on the cake ..... You're a cool guy , you look humble , and you are polite .... I'm gonna keep an eye on your channel , and i have no doubt you play "Little Wing " way better than me , go figure , i can play it while Jimi plays it and it sounds like a second guitar , but the intro , and Jimi's special embellishments : i can't play that early in the morning and even after 2 hours of training it's still really complicated : " both strings , not only one , come on !! " .... He was a real phenomenom , the " Castles made of sand "'s solo : recorded backwards , you can try to play it , with the special violin sound , good courage .... I've been wondering for so many years how Jimi could play this violin solo with a guitar : recorded backwards , it's very " simple "lol .......

[@curiousguitarist]

@@sirzembla4512 I love that solo, one of my favorites. But above all his works my favorite is Axis Bold As Love.

[@matthewblue7839]

Hmm, good in theory, but if in a way, the whole vibe of the song is changed, that is not inherently better, just busier.

[@curiousguitarist]

It’s not meant as a performance per say, but really designed as a demonstration of how flexible and useful triads can be. It really has much less to do with the song and much more to do with that idea. I hope you enjoyed the video, Matthew.

[@paolunna]

I can’t resist. Bm Bb Am

[@curiousguitarist]

Resistance is, well you know.