Create Chord Motion And New Soloing Ideas With Triad Pairs.

In this lesson we’re going to look at another very applicable concept that can help you create more interesting guitar parts, and have a lot of fun while you are at it.

Triad pairs are the focus for this lesson, so let’s look at what that means.

A triad pair is just like it sounds; a pair of triads that you can alternate between over a given harmony. Typically the way to go about this is to pick two triads that fit into the key that you are playing in, and that outline the harmony in a nice way and then change between them in musical ways.

For our examples in this lesson we look at two different common harmonies, one major chord and one minor 7 chord. For the major chord we’ll explore the tonic or home triad, with it’s neighboring triad built from the second notes of the major scale.

When you put these two together you can create some very colorful and inspiring chord motion which can help you develop new ideas for rhythm playing or soloing.

Next we look at one way to play a triad pair over a minor 7 chord, using the triad pair derived from the flat 3rd and 4th note of the scale. These triads are both major, so it implies a dorian scale, and if that sounds too complicated you can just play with it and get familiar with its sound. I think you’ll enjoy it once you get familiar.

Both of these are very useful and you can use your creativity to expand on these ideas.

Give these a try, and then come up with some of your own triad pairs. If you want some more suggestions just shoot me a question about it and I would be happy to share some further practicing ideas.

Thanks for your support,

Trent