Quartal Triad Comping

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In this tutorial, we'll learn how to construct triads  using the 4th scale degree. The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. All we have to do from here is build our chords in the intervals of a Root - 4th - 5th. Pay close attention to the video and tabs to find these shapes. Then the floor is yours!

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. Inversions come into play when you want to replace the root with another note within the chord. So say we have the triad E Major4. Root position would be E - A# - B. 1st inversion would be A# - B - E. 2nd inversion would be B - E - A#.

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. Here we have our root position triads in diatonic order starting from E-A#-B. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree. Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video for these...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. Here we have our 1st inversion triads in diatonic order starting from A#-B-E. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree. Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video for these...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E. Here we have our 2nd inversion triads in diatonic order starting from B-E-A#. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree. Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video for these...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: When all is said and done...use your ear. Visualizing the fretboard is an eye and ear endeavour. So when it comes to comping in a real life setting, it should be understood that playing off of the soloist and other musicians is the key to standing out as a great rhythm guitar player. I know this concept isn't used with rock so much but it should, and I imple...

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Here is the backing with a solo example. Next page has the backing by itself.

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Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Enjoy the backing track and practice hard!

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