Harmonising Hexatonic Scales Into A Pair Of Triads
What and Why Triad Pairs? Harmonising hexatonic scales into a triad pairs provides a fantastic concept for expanding on knowledge of triads and diatonic harmony and find new and intriguing ways of exploring the fretboard. They’re a particularly useful tool for improving triad technique as the patterns are essentially the same as their three-note triad […]
Harmonising Diatonic Scales Into Triads
This post is going to explore how diatonic scales, like the Major or Natural minor scales can be harmonised into a collection of triad chords built off of each note of the scale. The Chords Of A key Harmonising diatonic scales into their respective chords is an incredible tool for learning a variety of concepts […]
Three-note chords across the strings
Why practice moving three-note chords across all of the strings? Moving three-note chords across the strings helps develop the technical intuition to focus on specific areas of the fretboard. Many guitarists would casually say ‘playing in a position’, which is defined by fret position of the first finger. For example, 5th position would mean the […]
Three-note chords along the strings
Why three-note chords? Three-note chords, not only tertian-based triads, are a useful practice tool for developing fretboard intuition as the physical fretting and aural patterns are common within tertian-based diatonic harmony. Understanding triads and other three-note chords enables further exploration of how these sounds can be used creatively and in more complicated situations. Furthermore, moving […]