WEBVTT 00:00:08.583 --> 00:00:09.669 So. 00:00:09.669 --> 00:00:10.688 If we take our sequence 00:00:10.688 --> 00:00:13.153 G, C, G, D 00:00:13.153 --> 00:00:16.333 what we need to learn now is how to move our triad shape around. 00:00:16.333 --> 00:00:18.518 So, the very first one that we looked at, 00:00:18.518 --> 00:00:19.845 the very first shape, 00:00:19.845 --> 00:00:21.034 . . . 00:00:21.034 --> 00:00:22.513 the one down on the 3rd fret, 00:00:22.513 --> 00:00:24.229 we already talked about that the root note 00:00:24.229 --> 00:00:26.943 was the note on the thinnest string 00:00:26.943 --> 00:00:28.608 at the 3rd fret. 00:00:29.161 --> 00:00:30.671 So, that chord becomes G 00:00:30.671 --> 00:00:34.457 because the note at the third fret on the thinnest string is the note G. 00:00:34.457 --> 00:00:35.957 So, that becomes G chord 00:00:35.957 --> 00:00:39.297 or G Major, or G Major triad, you can call it what you like, 00:00:39.297 --> 00:00:41.145 or just G is OK as well. 00:00:41.975 --> 00:00:42.901 So, that's G, now. 00:00:42.901 --> 00:00:46.559 Let's say that we want to use that same shape and make it a C chord. 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:47.870 Now, the thing that you... 00:00:47.870 --> 00:00:50.356 The importance of knowing where your root note is that 00:00:50.356 --> 00:00:53.410 all you have to do is move that root note to the note C 00:00:53.410 --> 00:00:55.564 and you've got yourself a C chord. So, 00:00:55.564 --> 00:00:58.139 the root note was on the thinnest string at the third fret, 00:00:58.139 --> 00:00:59.687 that was the note G. 00:00:59.687 --> 00:01:02.081 Now, hopefully most of you are starting to get to know 00:01:02.081 --> 00:01:03.933 the names of the notes on the guitar. 00:01:03.933 --> 00:01:05.369 It's really, really important. If you're not, 00:01:05.369 --> 00:01:07.297 you definitely want to go to check out the web site 00:01:07.297 --> 00:01:09.039 and suss out some ways to do that. 00:01:09.039 --> 00:01:10.955 The note C 00:01:10.955 --> 00:01:13.188 is found at the 8th fret 00:01:13.188 --> 00:01:14.469 on the thinnest string. 00:01:14.469 --> 00:01:16.176 So now we're just going to use that same 00:01:16.176 --> 00:01:17.577 -- I'm kind of going to call it shape one -- 00:01:17.577 --> 00:01:19.887 the same shape that we started off with in G 00:01:19.887 --> 00:01:20.995 down at the 3rd fret. 00:01:20.995 --> 00:01:22.082 . . . 00:01:22.082 --> 00:01:23.965 We now move it up to the 8th fret 00:01:23.965 --> 00:01:25.405 . . . 00:01:25.405 --> 00:01:27.319 And we've got our C chord. 00:01:27.889 --> 00:01:29.399 So, G down at the 3rd fret: 00:01:29.399 --> 00:01:30.557 . . . 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:31.916 8th fret: 00:01:31.916 --> 00:01:33.050 . . . 00:01:33.050 --> 00:01:34.115 C chord. 00:01:34.115 --> 00:01:36.288 Now, we said our progression was going to back to G, 00:01:36.288 --> 00:01:37.857 so back all the way to the 3rd fret: 00:01:37.857 --> 00:01:39.491 . . . 00:01:39.491 --> 00:01:40.644 And now we want a D chord. 00:01:40.644 --> 00:01:42.546 Now, hopefully most of you know that 00:01:42.546 --> 00:01:44.434 D is one tone higher than C. 00:01:44.434 --> 00:01:46.265 So, if C was at the 8th fret, 00:01:46.265 --> 00:01:48.379 D must be at the 10th fret. 00:01:48.379 --> 00:01:49.447 . . . 00:01:49.447 --> 00:01:51.764 We're just going to strum the chord once, 00:01:51.764 --> 00:01:52.974 just so you can hear what is going on. 00:01:52.974 --> 00:01:54.395 So, we'd be going G: 00:01:54.395 --> 00:01:55.250 . . . 00:01:55.250 --> 00:01:57.429 2, 3, up to C: 00:01:57.429 --> 00:01:58.566 C (plays) 00:01:58.566 --> 00:02:00.352 2, 3, 4 00:02:00.352 --> 00:02:01.908 back to G (plays) 00:02:01.908 --> 00:02:03.980 2, 3, and up to D 00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:05.197 . . . 00:02:05.197 --> 00:02:07.525 2, 3, 4. 00:02:07.525 --> 00:02:08.629 G (plays) 00:02:08.629 --> 00:02:10.486 2, 3, 4 00:02:10.486 --> 00:02:11.985 Up to C (plays) 00:02:11.985 --> 00:02:13.896 2, 3, 4 00:02:13.896 --> 00:02:15.177 Back to G (plays) 00:02:15.177 --> 00:02:17.247 2, 3, 4 00:02:17.247 --> 00:02:18.452 And up to D (plays) 00:02:18.452 --> 00:02:20.800 2, 3, 4. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.023 Now, what you want to try and have it a go at now is 00:02:23.023 --> 00:02:24.770 getting your mate or, you know, 00:02:24.770 --> 00:02:27.231 your buddy or, if you've got a recording device, record yourslef 00:02:27.231 --> 00:02:29.234 just playing G (plays). 00:02:29.234 --> 00:02:31.110 In fact, I'll play rhythm guitar now. 00:02:31.110 --> 00:02:33.831 I'm changing the lesson all the way through this time! This is quite funny. 00:02:33.831 --> 00:02:35.756 So, I'm going to play now the sequence 00:02:35.756 --> 00:02:38.299 G, C, G and D 00:02:38.299 --> 00:02:39.949 And what I want you to try and do is 00:02:39.949 --> 00:02:41.386 move your chord and go: 00:02:41.386 --> 00:02:43.794 G from there, up to the C (plays), 00:02:43.794 --> 00:02:44.946 back to the G (plays) 00:02:44.946 --> 00:02:46.039 and up to the D (plays). 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:46.600 So here we go: 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:47.250 3 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:47.924 4 00:02:47.924 --> 00:02:48.861 G 00:02:48.861 --> 00:02:50.160 . . . 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:51.449 To C. 00:02:51.449 --> 00:02:52.570 . . . 00:02:52.570 --> 00:02:53.691 Back to G. 00:02:53.691 --> 00:02:55.332 . . . 00:02:55.332 --> 00:02:56.479 And up to D. 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:57.240 . . . 00:02:57.240 --> 00:02:59.616 Now, I'll do it again, so you should be in third fret now. 00:02:59.616 --> 00:03:00.559 . . . 00:03:00.559 --> 00:03:02.448 and then you're going to move up to the 8th fret. 00:03:02.448 --> 00:03:03.339 . . . 00:03:03.339 --> 00:03:04.529 Back to the 3rd fret. 00:03:04.529 --> 00:03:05.682 . . . 00:03:05.682 --> 00:03:06.802 And then up to the 10th fret. 00:03:06.802 --> 00:03:10.421 . . . 00:03:10.421 --> 00:03:11.850 And you finish on the G. 00:03:11.850 --> 00:03:14.178 Now, you can either just strum this chord, 00:03:14.178 --> 00:03:15.484 just like here (plays): 00:03:15.484 --> 00:03:16.543 2, 3, 4 00:03:16.543 --> 00:03:17.458 And then up to C (plays). 00:03:17.458 --> 00:03:18.516 Or you can make a pattern, 00:03:18.516 --> 00:03:19.666 You could go: 00:03:19.666 --> 00:03:20.546 . . . 00:03:20.546 --> 00:03:21.666 And then to C: 00:03:21.666 --> 00:03:22.868 . . . 00:03:22.868 --> 00:03:23.762 4 00:03:23.762 --> 00:03:25.290 1 and, 2 and, 3 00:03:25.290 --> 00:03:26.020 4 00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:27.616 1 and, 2 and, 3 00:03:27.616 --> 00:03:28.226 4 00:03:28.226 --> 00:03:29.372 You can do it anyway you want. 00:03:29.372 --> 00:03:30.151 You could go: 00:03:30.151 --> 00:03:35.477 . . . 00:03:35.477 --> 00:03:36.512 It doesn't really matter. 00:03:36.512 --> 00:03:38.880 You can kind of play about with the rhythm a little bit yourself. 00:03:38.880 --> 00:03:41.227 In fact, that's one of the things that will keep it interesting 00:03:41.227 --> 00:03:42.500 if you're jamming with your buddy 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:43.805 and he's playing the chords 00:03:43.805 --> 00:03:45.769 and you get to play about with the triads, 00:03:45.769 --> 00:03:47.014 it kind of makes it fun. 00:03:47.014 --> 00:03:50.086 You'll find that the sound that I've got has a little bit of delay on it 00:03:50.086 --> 00:03:51.895 and I think a little bit of chorus as well. 00:03:51.895 --> 00:03:54.625 And that kind of sound is nice one: 00:03:54.625 --> 00:03:55.820 a clean guitar sound playing triads, 00:03:55.820 --> 00:03:58.814 while an acoustic guitar plays the chords: 00:03:58.814 --> 00:04:00.556 Bellissimo! 00:04:00.556 --> 00:04:01.628 Beautiful, beautiful sound. 00:04:01.628 --> 00:04:05.557 So, that's something you want to have a little bit of play about with. 00:04:05.557 --> 00:04:07.367 Just experiment with the rhythm that you use. 00:04:07.367 --> 00:04:09.215 Now, that's just using shape one, 00:04:09.215 --> 00:04:11.081 but we've got three shapes that we can deal with. 00:04:11.081 --> 00:04:12.400 So, the second shape 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.856 that we looked at was the one... the G chord 00:04:14.856 --> 00:04:16.651 based around the 7th fret. 00:04:16.651 --> 00:04:18.832 . . . 00:04:18.832 --> 00:04:22.742 Now, in that shape, the root note was on the second string. 00:04:22.742 --> 00:04:23.874 . . . 00:04:23.874 --> 00:04:27.814 That's the note G, and the reason that this is a G chord, 00:04:27.814 --> 00:04:28.696 or a G triad, 00:04:28.696 --> 00:04:32.084 is because third finger in this case is on the root note, 00:04:32.084 --> 00:04:35.216 which is the note G at the 8th fret of the 2nd string. 00:04:35.216 --> 00:04:38.427 Now, we are going to stick with our same little chord sequence 00:04:38.427 --> 00:04:40.701 G, C, G, D. 00:04:40.701 --> 00:04:42.512 So, if we want to move this one 00:04:42.512 --> 00:04:44.062 to a C chord 00:04:44.062 --> 00:04:46.717 we have to put the note on the 2nd string 00:04:46.717 --> 00:04:48.574 onto the note C. 00:04:48.574 --> 00:04:50.618 So, those of you who now, get to it now. 00:04:50.618 --> 00:04:52.112 Those of you who don't 00:04:52.112 --> 00:04:54.684 we're going to now move that third finger 00:04:54.684 --> 00:04:57.480 up to the 13th fret 00:04:57.480 --> 00:04:58.660 of the 2nd string. 00:04:58.660 --> 00:05:00.141 . . . 00:05:00.141 --> 00:05:01.530 That would now be a C chord. 00:05:01.530 --> 00:05:03.667 So, your hand is now up to the 12th fret. 00:05:03.667 --> 00:05:05.085 . . . 00:05:05.085 --> 00:05:07.648 Now we go back to G, which is based around the 7th fret. 00:05:07.648 --> 00:05:08.883 . . . 00:05:08.883 --> 00:05:10.886 With the root note on 8th fret, of course. 00:05:10.886 --> 00:05:12.385 Not forgetting where the root note is. 00:05:12.385 --> 00:05:14.967 Knowing the root note is the most important thing about this exercise. 00:05:14.967 --> 00:05:16.373 . . . 00:05:16.373 --> 00:05:18.084 And then, if we want to go to a D chord, 00:05:18.084 --> 00:05:19.813 Well, we've got our little D chord (plays) 00:05:19.813 --> 00:05:21.012 Hey hey! 00:05:21.012 --> 00:05:21.864 You already know... 00:05:21.864 --> 00:05:23.043 You probably already familiar with D chord, 00:05:23.043 --> 00:05:25.245 at least you should be, if you're now doing this lesson on triads. 00:05:25.245 --> 00:05:26.112 So. 00:05:26.112 --> 00:05:28.078 And that one would be, of course, the root note 00:05:28.078 --> 00:05:30.295 on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string. 00:05:30.295 --> 00:05:31.319 And... 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:34.447 I mean, it wouldn't hurt if you played the open D string as well, 00:05:34.447 --> 00:05:35.698 like a regular D chord, but 00:05:35.698 --> 00:05:37.697 for this exercise I'd recommend that you don't. 00:05:37.697 --> 00:05:39.711 Just play the three strings that your fingers are on. 00:05:39.711 --> 00:05:40.973 So, in this one, 00:05:40.973 --> 00:05:44.348 you use the same sequence as before, 00:05:44.348 --> 00:05:45.627 we're going to have G 00:05:45.627 --> 00:05:46.684 . . . 00:05:46.684 --> 00:05:48.077 2, 3 00:05:48.077 --> 00:05:48.876 Up to C. 00:05:48.876 --> 00:05:51.467 (plays) 1, 2, 3 00:05:51.467 --> 00:05:52.349 Back to G. 00:05:52.349 --> 00:05:54.828 (plays) 2, 3 00:05:54.828 --> 00:05:56.102 And then all the way down to D. 00:05:56.102 --> 00:05:58.468 (plays) 2, 3 and 00:05:58.468 --> 00:05:59.439 Through that again: 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:01.969 (plays) G, 2, 3. 00:06:01.969 --> 00:06:03.184 All the way up to C, 12th fret, 00:06:03.184 --> 00:06:05.247 (plays) 2, 3 00:06:05.247 --> 00:06:06.523 and then back to the 7th fret, 00:06:06.523 --> 00:06:07.827 . . . 00:06:07.827 --> 00:06:09.128 for the G chord, 00:06:09.128 --> 00:06:10.182 and then down to the 2nd fret for D. 00:06:10.182 --> 00:06:11.467 . . . 00:06:11.467 --> 00:06:14.096 And then through this. 00:06:14.096 --> 00:06:14.806 And so on. 00:06:14.806 --> 00:06:16.581 And again, you could change just the rhythm of it. 00:06:16.581 --> 00:06:18.311 You don't have to just do this one strum, 00:06:18.311 --> 00:06:20.704 if you want to change the rhythm or pick out the notes individually 00:06:20.704 --> 00:06:21.945 that will sound cool. 00:06:21.945 --> 00:06:24.253 Now, I'm going to play the chords again for you, 00:06:24.253 --> 00:06:25.752 just so you can practice 00:06:25.752 --> 00:06:27.319 moving that little triad shape 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:28.791 from one part of the neck to the other. 00:06:28.791 --> 00:06:30.615 So, we are using the one that looks like a D chord. 00:06:30.615 --> 00:06:32.645 We're going to be moving it... 00:06:32.645 --> 00:06:33.699 I'm going to talk about the root notes now. 00:06:33.699 --> 00:06:35.881 The root note is at the 8th fret for the first shape, 00:06:35.881 --> 00:06:38.452 for the G chord: 00:06:38.452 --> 00:06:39.195 . . . 00:06:39.195 --> 00:06:40.235 The root note is at the 13th fret for the C chord: 00:06:40.235 --> 00:06:41.536 . . . 00:06:41.536 --> 00:06:42.818 Back to the 8th fret: 00:06:42.818 --> 00:06:43.932 . . . 00:06:43.932 --> 00:06:47.163 And down to the 3rd fret: 00:06:47.163 --> 00:06:48.751 . . . 00:06:48.751 --> 00:06:52.111 So, last time through I was describing where the first finger sat. 00:06:52.111 --> 00:06:54.368 That time I'm talking about where the root note is. 00:06:54.368 --> 00:06:55.920 What fret the root note is on, 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:57.794 because that's the bit I really want you to remember. 00:06:57.794 --> 00:06:59.885 So, here we go, I'll play the chords now, 00:06:59.885 --> 00:07:03.163 and I'm going to be calling the fret that the root note is in, 00:07:03.163 --> 00:07:05.038 which is the note that you'll be playing 00:07:05.038 --> 00:07:06.642 in this case with your third finger. 00:07:06.642 --> 00:07:09.168 So. Important: check out the shapes, 00:07:09.168 --> 00:07:10.786 make sure you know where they are 00:07:10.786 --> 00:07:11.688 and then have a go at playing along. 00:07:11.688 --> 00:07:12.504 Here we go: 00:07:12.504 --> 00:07:13.830 So, 3, 4. G Chord. 00:07:13.830 --> 00:07:15.799 . . . 00:07:15.799 --> 00:07:16.789 That was at the 8th fret. 00:07:16.789 --> 00:07:17.769 To C. 00:07:17.769 --> 00:07:19.357 Right up in the 13th fret you should be now. 00:07:19.357 --> 00:07:20.899 Back to G. 00:07:20.899 --> 00:07:21.863 . . . 00:07:21.863 --> 00:07:22.931 To the root note at the 8th. 00:07:22.931 --> 00:07:23.871 To D. 00:07:23.871 --> 00:07:25.300 . . . 00:07:25.300 --> 00:07:25.988 And again. 00:07:25.988 --> 00:07:27.456 . . . 00:07:27.456 --> 00:07:28.771 You should be at the 8th fret now. 00:07:28.771 --> 00:07:29.902 You're going to C. 00:07:29.902 --> 00:07:30.555 . . . 00:07:30.555 --> 00:07:31.465 Right up to the 13th. 00:07:31.465 --> 00:07:32.346 Back to G. 00:07:32.346 --> 00:07:33.208 . . . 00:07:33.208 --> 00:07:34.310 Which had the root note in the 8th. 00:07:34.310 --> 00:07:35.068 And then to D. 00:07:35.068 --> 00:07:36.329 . . . 00:07:36.329 --> 00:07:41.548 The third shape that we talked about, 00:07:41.548 --> 00:07:42.405 I'll be calling it shape 3, 00:07:42.405 --> 00:07:45.968 is the one that's kind of based around the 10th or 12th fret, 00:07:45.968 --> 00:07:47.919 and the root note is on the 3rd string, 00:07:47.919 --> 00:07:49.749 so we've got our third finger 00:07:49.749 --> 00:07:51.763 on the root note, little finger underneath, 00:07:51.763 --> 00:07:53.964 and first finger back in the 10th fret. 00:07:53.964 --> 00:07:55.664 So, it's going 12-12-10. 00:07:55.664 --> 00:07:57.546 And that is the G chord. 00:07:57.546 --> 00:07:59.031 . . . 00:07:59.031 --> 00:08:01.209 Now, if we want to change that one to 00:08:01.209 --> 00:08:02.493 a C chord, 00:08:02.493 --> 00:08:04.527 we need to find the note C on the 3rd string. 00:08:04.527 --> 00:08:07.715 So, again, 00:08:07.715 --> 00:08:09.434 those of you who know where that is, go to it now, 00:08:09.434 --> 00:08:11.783 and for those of you who don't, 00:08:11.783 --> 00:08:14.538 we're going to slide our shape right down here, 00:08:14.538 --> 00:08:16.918 because the note C is the 5th fret of the 3rd string. 00:08:16.918 --> 00:08:18.603 So we are using that same shape again: 00:08:18.603 --> 00:08:21.341 . . . 00:08:21.341 --> 00:08:22.047 And we've got our little C chord. 00:08:22.047 --> 00:08:23.420 And then we go back to G: 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:26.063 . . . 00:08:26.063 --> 00:08:27.283 With the root note on the 12th fret. 00:08:27.283 --> 00:08:28.768 And then we've got to get to D. 00:08:28.768 --> 00:08:30.035 Hopefully you remember, 00:08:30.035 --> 00:08:31.255 D is just one tone 00:08:31.255 --> 00:08:32.956 or two semitones, two frets, 00:08:32.956 --> 00:08:34.383 higher than the C. 00:08:34.383 --> 00:08:36.867 So that would put the root note at the 7th fret. 00:08:36.867 --> 00:08:38.302 . . . 00:08:38.302 --> 00:08:40.122 First finger is obviously going to be in the 5th fret for that one. 00:08:40.122 --> 00:08:42.834 So, it's just going 7-7-5. 00:08:42.834 --> 00:08:46.268 And again, we take it through that same sequence again, 00:08:46.268 --> 00:08:47.569 So this time we have 00:08:47.569 --> 00:08:49.277 G 00:08:49.277 --> 00:08:50.467 . . . 00:08:50.467 --> 00:08:51.174 down to C 00:08:51.174 --> 00:08:52.806 . . . 00:08:52.806 --> 00:08:53.616 back to G 00:08:53.616 --> 00:08:55.363 . . . 00:08:55.363 --> 00:08:56.216 and then down to D 00:08:56.216 --> 00:08:58.120 . . . 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:58.981 Here we go again: 00:08:58.981 --> 00:08:59.894 G 00:08:59.894 --> 00:09:00.604 . . . 00:09:00.604 --> 00:09:01.240 Down to C 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:02.631 . . . 00:09:02.631 --> 00:09:03.634 Back up to G 00:09:03.634 --> 00:09:05.102 . . . 00:09:05.102 --> 00:09:06.048 And then to D 00:09:06.048 --> 00:09:08.017 . . . 00:09:08.017 --> 00:09:09.735 OK, here we go, 00:09:09.735 --> 00:09:11.368 I'm going to play some chords for you now 00:09:11.368 --> 00:09:12.526 to have a go at moving that around, 00:09:12.526 --> 00:09:13.656 Here we go, so: 00:09:13.656 --> 00:09:15.374 2, 3, 4 00:09:15.374 --> 00:09:16.403 G: 00:09:16.403 --> 00:09:18.372 . . . 00:09:18.372 --> 00:09:18.871 Sliding it down to C: 00:09:18.871 --> 00:09:20.953 . . . 00:09:20.953 --> 00:09:21.814 Back to G: 00:09:21.814 --> 00:09:23.754 . . . 00:09:23.754 --> 00:09:24.638 And then up to the D chord: 00:09:24.638 --> 00:09:25.920 . . . 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:26.674 or rather DOWN to the D chord. 00:09:26.674 --> 00:09:27.600 . . . 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.873 G 00:09:28.873 --> 00:09:29.539 . . . 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:30.470 Over the C. 00:09:30.470 --> 00:09:31.351 . . . 00:09:31.351 --> 00:09:33.172 Down the... root note at the 5th string... 00:09:33.172 --> 00:09:34.499 5th fret. 00:09:34.499 --> 00:09:35.299 Back up to G: 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:36.200 . . . 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.623 And then to the D.