Triad Arpeggios

Music Theory Triad Chord Theory & Practice
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So this means that when we play arpeggio we tend to play all the root, 3rd and 5th note in the whole chord grip whether it’s in order or not? am I starting to get it? and when we are just arpeggiating we don’t play all the notes we fretted for the chord, we just pick the notes that we tend to play

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I think your getting the terms mixed up.

An Arpeggio is like a scale. The Major scale contains all the notes in a Key. An Arpeggio contains all the note in a chord. Just like scales when you practice them you play all the note until you know where they are and what they sound like and Just like a scale when you play them you use them to make music and play them in what ever order you like.

The term Arpeggiating just means playing a chord one note at a time instead of strumming the whole chord at once.

Have you watched the video of this topic? Justin explains the difference in the first minute of the lesson video.

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Ohh…I get it now. Thanks @stitch @roger_holland

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Good question and the answer is no.
You could hold a 6-string chord and play it using an arpeggiated technique but not necessarily play all six strings. And not necessarily in ascending or descending order of pitch.

Here is a simple chord progression E → A → E played with strumming then arpeggiating.

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So…what about the third triad shape that we learned on the 1-2-3 strings–the D-shaped triad? Does that shape become incorporated into any arpeggio?

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Hey mate,

The D shape triad is part of the D Shape arpeggio.
It is also part of the C Shape arpeggio.

Cheers, Shane

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I guess I am asking why isn’t the D-shape triad used in this particular exercise? After listening to the lesson again I am thinking it is because that shape is not in R-3-5 order like the other two.

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Hello all. I’m finding that ‘Triads’ are my favourite things to play and to learn about. I’ve repeated this module a few times as I enjoy it. Does anyone know if there is a deeper dive on triads at a later point in this theory course. If not I will look to supplement it elsewhere. Because I’m only a little further down the road of module 4 I’ve clearly not learned enough theory to make the most of triads. However I wonder if there is anything on how to tie in pentatonic scales or something by which I can extend the chords with melodic embellishments/fills. Justin has touched upon this before but very briefly. Thanks and good luck with your guitar journeys.
Glen

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Thanks very much for this Richard. This is perfect for me. I will work my way through all of them!

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Thank you for a great module. Best explanation of triads ever, awesome exercises, and they really make sense now also in the bigger picture.

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I am heavily into triads at present. What I find useful is to play songs already learned using triads for all the chords. Good way of getting to know them in a playing situation as opposed to simply learning the shapes. The shapes being learned first of course.

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