I've been working on my Triads for a little over a year now. All the shapes on all the string sets, playing them in every key, jumping off the triad into the pentatonic, seeing the CAGED shapes etc. So intellectually/technically I know all the mechanics, but man, trying to slow down and playing them all completely clean with proper thumb position, no noise and no sliding has been so difficult, it's really been a revelation in slow, deliberate practice versus putting on a backing track and zipping around the neck in a sloppy way.
I shot a video this morning to see what I need to work on:
I can completely relate to. this. Its been the same for me, learning to slow down and pay things more cleanly , that goes for all my chords ,scales , triads etc
I personally find slow practice very challenging but its also very rewarding.
Theres a lot to be said for going slowly at guitar, I think of it now like yoga! to hold poses or postures , or in our case guitar chord forms, triads, scales,ect to hold them down slowly builds tremendous strength and control that we would would otherwise not build through playing songs.
Its made me realise just how difficult it is to play cleanly flawlessly on a guitar. Even to play simple things cleanly is difficult, we was talking the other day about the open. chords and how difficult it is to play open chords cleanly and gracefully.
Thats some solid work on the triads very inspiring and great work.
Love the prs, the doves on the fretboard look awesome
Thank you for bringing up a great topic! It is very important and it is very hard to play slow and clean! You are doing a great job playing these triad inversions and paying attention.
1st one…. 2nd inversion. You need to sustain a little longer and you need to mute with right hand palm muting before you move your 1st finger. Then Root Position and 1st inversion. Use more right hand palm muting then you can release your left fingers.
For electric guitar, you can play one octave.
You can play F minor triad inversions from C Major triad inversions.
Tomo
Guys let's focus on stage 1 (knowledge) and 2 (patience) first! Thanks for sharing Shaun and Tomo!
Hugo