Electric Guitar 101: Part 10 - Triads

By The MusicRadar team
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"Tri" your hand at these three-note combos

In the final part of Electric Guitar 101 - our series of beginner guitar lessons, courtesy of JamPlay.com - we're looking at triads.

Watch the videos below to see how tutor Chris Liepe explains the concept. You'll also find some PDF notes to accompany the lesson and a backing track on the following links.

Triads lesson notes PDF (right-click to download)

Triads practice track notation and tab (right-click to download)

Triad practice track MP3 (right-click to download)

Check out the video lesson below and if you like what you see, head over to JamPlay.com for more online guitar lessons.

1. Triads explained

2. Positioning

3. Breakdown

4. Practice track

Catch up on the rest of the series on the links below:

Electric Guitar 101: Part 1 - Your first guitar lesson

Electric Guitar 101: Part 2 - Learning your first chords

Electric Guitar 101: Part 3 - More easy open chords

Electric Guitar 101: Part 4 - How to read tabs, chord charts and music

Electric Guitar 101: Part 5 - Single string scales

Electric Guitar 101: Part 6 - Minor and barre chords

Electric Guitar 101: Part 7 - Strumming patterns

Electric Guitar 101: Part 8 - Understanding intervals

Electric Guitar 101: Part 9 - Intervals quiz

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