What the Pros Know About SPREAD TRIADS | Lesson

Learn These 6 Arpeggios to DOMINATE Instagram :) Spread Triads are the Key To Melodic Guitar Playing. Learn these 24 chord shapes. These are an important part of Pat Metheny and Eric Johnson’s guitar styles.
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Eric Johnson and Pat Metheny mentioned in the same video....instant like.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Spread Triads, and triads in general, are some of the most fundamental at the heart of melodies and soloing! Quite beautiful sounding, and you can expand so much on them!

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I like dyads too.

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Monads are where it's at. Nonads are great when you're sleeping. 😴

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[@ziccuj]

Also remember that every sus4 is also a sus2 up a fourth, so by the time you have gotten your Csus4's down, you'll also have all the Fsus2 inversions free of charge! :)

[@UltraMonable]

Thanks a lot for sharing, would you mind clarifying yhe "up a fourth" please? I'm kind of new and didn't got that, would appreciate (:

[@slammerton]

@@UltraMonable It also took me some time to understand that. The Csus4 shape = Fsus2. Okay so let's assume you have learned the Csus4 shape. Now you play a song which only goes C to F. You could play the Csus4 shape all the time and then only would change between Csus4 and Fsus2. *If you dont know what a fourth is the keyword is "intervalls" which is the foundation of western music and a understanding of this will improve your playing tremendously.

[@dynamo5326]

@@UltraMonable Up a fourth means up 5 frets

[@njrous]

@mon productions the sus4 and sus2 chords are inversions of each other. If we have C (1) F (4) G (5) and we put it in first inversion we have F (1) G (2) and C (5). I show how this relates to the guitar in my latest video!

[@benwalsh2335]

Not "all" inversions

[@SebastianLindqvist]

The ending solo with the PRS is the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long time! I really need to start working on these! Thank you, Rick!

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Excellent stuff Rick! I love the lighting in this video too. It looks so slick!

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I just love how you're using the orchestra like string sound to highlight each chord

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You are in perfect tuning. Beautiful in itself.

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[@LodvarDude]

This is something I've put a lot of work into lately. After watching one of Tim Pierce's excellent videos about the same subject, I've started to look for chord-shapes all around the neck, and playing with and around those. I've only dvelved into basic minor and major harmonies for now, bit this has already done wonders familiarizing me with my neck, understanding scales and harmony-knowledge. If only I knew this when I started playing, my solos wouldn't have sucked as much the last 20 years! Great video as usual Rick. Thanks for all the lessons, and take care in these strange times we live in.

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I have just watched the first minute and I really like how you get to the point so straight-forward!

[@filonome]

Great video Rick! Just a small mis-speak around 3:45ish when introducing the diminished triad you first say "one flat three five" but correct the rest of the time during the examples. just wanted to mention for anyone that may get confused learning this stuff for the first time! Thanks for all the great videos Rick!

[@BKD70]

I caught that too... I must be learning!

[@theobserver8881]

I think he just meant one flat (three and five)

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As always, great stuff! Thanks for getting into the fingerings.

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[@lastdaysguitar]

Thanks for publishing this very important lesson, Rick! One of the great little "secrets" in the ambient/new age genre to create widest soundscapes is literally "expanding" (spreading) the chords. Glad you are such a huge Pat Metheny fan & proponent - I've been a fan since "New Chautauqua" so we share this 6 string hero, lol. Hope you can get Pat as a guest on the show someday! PS: Eric J is amazing too!

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Up tonight till 12pm mapping out this lesson. Thanks so much for including tabs. Looking forward to ordering your book and future lessons. Can't thank you enough. Dan Bonner

[@Recordingcrave]

One of the best lessons on using triads I've come across. Thank you Rick. (And explained so well)

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EXACTLY what I needed to improve my melodicism! Thank you Mr Beato once again 👍🏻

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As always, so nicely done and we'll organized! Thank you Rick!

[@chrismorgan7494]

That Lydian spread is quite a monster. Amazing lesson.

[@antoniomariano3797]

Hi Rick, great lesson as usual! As a way of organizing all the different shapes (3 inversions x 4 types of triads) I like to start from the shape of an augmented triad, as for that one the tonic could be any of the notes, and then lower the 5th, 3rd and 5th again to derive the shapes of the major, minor and diminished triads for the same tonic. Clearly which note is the 3rd and 5th follows from the choice of the tonic. The same approach works for the "closed" triads.

[@myyootube2]

Thanks so much for the introduction of the tab charts! so helpful for these arpeggios when you're learning to get the sound and want to get the distilled fingerings.

[@rcher]

Hey, thank you, Rick, for sharing your knowledge. You are one of the best people/teachers I've come across.

[@TLMuse]

Great lesson, and thanks a ton for adding the notation+tab to the video! For BB readers, fretboard diagrams with spread triad fingerings are in the Beato Book on p. 193. -Tom

[@JQbravo]

Thanks, Rick! You’ve made several videos on Spread Triads and each one has helped deepen my familiarity of the guitar. Julian Lage’s “Etude 1” is a dazzling display of spread triads. I’ve been using 4 measure sections as a warm-up. Not nearly as fast as Julian though 🤯

[@bmansk8520]

I love the m7 and maj7 shapes and use them all the time. Also the sus4 triad. Never knew about the other ones! So awesome.

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Thanks Rick. This was exactly what I needed.

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Awesome lesson!

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You are incredible at explaining these things Rick...

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Great lesson Rick!

[@22ddo]

Dude I know ALL about spread triads, that's so basic I was using them in high school. Except I apparently was flat wrong because this was a total revelation!! I love those sounds you're getting and I can't wait to practice them like that tonight. I already know that is going to open up my playing and writing with a new tool in the toolbox. Thank you as always Rick, you're the man!

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Thank you for making this!

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I needed this. Thank you

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Thanks for all your videos.

[@NSalonen]

That sus4 triad run was one of the most beautiful things I've heard.

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Wow. Great lesson. Thank you!

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Thanks for the video, great. You don't need to be musical to really enjoy them and you can't fail to learn. Respect. Be safe to stay well to all.

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Thanks Rick. You always post amazing useful content. I’m gonna work in these. Keep it coming. We love it. Who the hell would give this a thumbs down?? Really. Come on Rick is helping all players with his knowledge. Some people are just haters and are jealous. We love u Rick.

[@AliddekiBrian]

Honestly am really in love with this ,at frist I thought I would do them maybe in order or just a few,but this has been a great idea

[@teresathomley3703]

Beautiful PRS!! And a great video

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This is really helpful, thank you Rick.

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really useful lesson. thanks so much!!

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Pat Metheny is one of my favorites.

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Just wonderful! Thanks a lot Rick!

[@billneill7567]

Loved this episode! Learned a lot from this!

[@dimeone1]

That was excellent and really opens up the scope of playing in a more melodic way! Thank you

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You really break it down, Rick. Very comprehendible!

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I really like this short format of covering these. I think it's perfect for this kind of thing. The whiteboard lessons are my favorite though

[@Thrash155]

Amazing Rick, Thank You for This..

[@marcinosos]

Thanks a lot for the shapes, especially with augmented, sus4 and lydian sound really interesting.

[@tomrabbani]

Thanks Rick. Identifying and singling out triadic notes within major and minor scales, and then incorporating them into my playing is my next step, I hope it will improve my melodic ability, I feel I've gained a better understanding at least.

[@paulsmith6090]

I was just arriving at this in my practice - thanks for showing me how to so it right Rick! 👍👏

[@fattmusiek5452]

these are great, definitely took notes immediately.

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That PRS looks stunning

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oh how i wished i was introduced to this & Rick's other stuff 50 yrs ago when i learnt

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great stuff - thank you Rick!

[@umarustrings]

Thank you for this concept. I started using it and trying to figure out how to apply it to melodic solos. ☺️

[@EixtremeDrummer]

These triads remind me exactly the playing of both Pat and Eric. Thank you!

[@martinrhodes1619]

Wonderful Rick! Thank you. Total eye opener for me...

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Great video man! This is gonna change my playing once I master them

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I can tell Rick put a lot of effort into this vid, thank you for all of the awesome content my friend :)

[@Kagebenji]

Took me 6 hours to learn them correctly. Thanks Rick you made my day !

[@michaelescareno7048]

Amazing analysis!!! And thank you for referencing Eric Johnson and Pat Metheny, two of my top ten favorite artists/bands of all time. And The Beatles are included in that top ten.

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Incredible info Rick. Thank you for sharing!

[@brisleeadams]

2 minutes in and mind blown already! Going back to the music lessons I never really took...

[@marlonswai9969]

This is really great thank you Rick! I've started incorporating this into my routine immediately and can't wait to burn it in. Will check in on this thread in a year to report back.

[@pascalk1922]

Very nice synthesis of the concept, short but with full coverage , and indeed (one of) the best vids you already did on this topic. Inspired me to use introduce a Bb aug. spread triad arp in a G harmonic minor piece I'm playing . Though I most fancy the Lydian Triad arp. Thanks ! Take care & stay safe.

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I like the "new look" of this! Very nice!

[@lancefowler4737]

Great vid Rick. Lydian triads ftw!

[@LM-lv1hh]

Nice. I would have never realized they were the same triads if you didn't explain this. I had trou left hearing different inversions of dominant chords when I was less experienced. Thank you.

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Very helpful, Rick!

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Wow! you youtubers are lucky to have Rick, This reminds me when I studied at Berklee College of Music in 84. At the end of the semester I had to bring all my studies on the airplain, in a big heavy garbage bag. But I had to leave most of it behind, to heavy.

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Great teacher

[@exquisiteoath]

Some great fingerings in there, can't wait to get them into my hands. Thanks for another great video Rick.

[@Manuortizp]

This is a great way to include triads into my playing!