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21: The 4 Types of Triads Explained · The Guitarjet Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Guitar Jet podcast, where you'll skyrocket your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of theory, techniques and fundamentals for guitar. Hey, it's Miles,
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the podcast. I'm going to be talking to
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  Speaker 1: you about the four different types of triads. I wrote
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  Speaker 1: an article about this called Learn Guitar Triad Fundamentals in
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  Speaker 1: five Minutes, and I'll link to that in the description below.
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  Speaker 1: But of course with the podcast, I'm trying to help
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  Speaker 1: you learn guitar theory on the go. So let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about the four different types of triads in music theory,
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  Speaker 1: and those are major, minor, diminished, and augmented. To build
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  Speaker 1: a major triad, you'll put it together with a route,
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  Speaker 1: a third and a fifth, and that gives you the
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  Speaker 1: formula one, three and five. And to turn that into
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  Speaker 1: a minor triad, you'll flatten the third so that gives
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  Speaker 1: you a minor third, which gives you a minor triad,
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  Speaker 1: and that formula is one flat three five, and then
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  Speaker 1: you'll go to the diminished try and a diminished triad
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  Speaker 1: is like a minor triad with a flat and fifth,
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  Speaker 1: or you could call it the diminished fifth, and that
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  Speaker 1: gives you the formula one flat three flat five, and
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  Speaker 1: then we move to the last of our four triads,
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  Speaker 1: which is the augmented triad. The augmented triad is like
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  Speaker 1: a major triad with a sharp fifth or an augmented fifth,
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  Speaker 1: so that gives you the root the third, and the
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  Speaker 1: sharp five the augmented fifth. So let's recap those formulas
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  Speaker 1: for all four triad types. The major triad formula is
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  Speaker 1: one three five, minor triad formula is one flat three five,
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  Speaker 1: the diminished triad formula is one flat three flat five,
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  Speaker 1: and the augmented triad formula is one three sharp five.
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  Speaker 1: And that's it. The easiest way to start playing these
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  Speaker 1: own guitar is to start with a major chord, then
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  Speaker 1: identify where the root, major, third, and fifth are, and
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  Speaker 1: then start modifying those intervals in order to create the
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  Speaker 1: other three types of triads, minor, diminished, and augmented. And
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  Speaker 1: that is it for today's podcast. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for listening to the show and follow along on whatever
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  Speaker 1: podcast hosting platform you use, and I look forward to
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  Speaker 1: catching you in the next episode, and I hope you
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  Speaker 1: have a fantastic day. Rock on