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Chord Studies: Evolving Triads Vol. 1
Theory and harmony instructionals filled with chord construction strategies and applications
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About this course
In this first volume of Evolving Triads, you'll work through a series of triad chord studies where you'll learn how to voice lead (using common tones across a series of different chords) a 1-4-5 progression in the key of A and a 1-6-5 progression also in the key of A.
Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).
Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.
However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.
Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.
Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.
Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.
About the Chord Studies Series
If Forest Gump’s shrimp-loving Bubba played guitar, his take on chords might go something like this, ”You can strum ‘em, fingerpick ‘em, arpeggiate ‘em, mute ‘em, alternate tune ‘em, voice lead ‘em. Dey’s uh, barre chords, altered chords, extended chords, moveable chords, cluster chords, slash chords, inversions, triads, diads. There’s jazz chords, power chords, blues chords, cowboy chords, block chords, open chords…”Bubba would be right — there’s a wide and wonderful world of chords for we guitarists to explore. But what’s the best way to do that? Chord dictionaries might be handy references but there’s no context (and really, when’s the last time you looked at one of those?).
Theory and harmony instructionals are filled with chord construction strategies and applications and we highly recommend digging as deep into the science of chords as your left brain will allow you.
However, learning new chords, progressions, applications and right-hand techniques in a musical context (songs, etudes, jamming with other players, etc.) is the most popular approach and that is the educational premise behind Brad’s Carlton’s Chord Studies course seres.
Each edition of Chord Studies features 15 play-along and jammable chord studies, which are focused on a particular chord type, chord progression or chord application. While Brad does touch on rhythmic qualities, this is not a rhythm guitar course — these studies are specifically designed to significantly expand your chord know-how and vocabulary.
Brad covers a range of styles, levels , chord types and progressions across 10 editions: CAGED Chords, Jazz Blues Progressions, Open String Chords, Rock and Pop Progressions, Slow Blues Progressions, Evolving Blues, Evolving Triads, Slash Chords, Power Chords and Beginner Chords.
Each of the 15 Studies within an edition includes an overview from Brad followed by a performance and play-along of the chord study over a rhythm track. Chord grid charts and a chord lead sheet accompanies each study. Plus, you’ll get all of the practice rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
Reference the chord charts to become familiar with the voicings and their fingerings, and then use the lead sheet to play-along with Brad’s video performance. Try different rhythmic patterns over the supplied rhythm tracks and then take it all to your own playlist of songs and jam tracks.
What you'll learn
- Execute smooth chord transitions using guide and pivot fingers
- Play 1-4-5 progressions in high register positions
- Use multiple fingering options for the same chord voicings
- Use rolling finger technique to maintain sustain while changing chords
- Implement classical barring techniques for better finger positioning
Release date: 09/05/2014 • 0h 58m runtime
Sample lessons
Evolving Triads Vol. 1
Overview
Inverted Start
Overview
Inverted Start
Playalong
Higher Powers
Overview
What's included
32 lessons • 15 charts • 15 Jam Tracks
Chord Studies: Evolving Triads Vol. 1
Hi. This is Brad Carlton. Welcome to this Guitar Lab edition focused on evolving triads. Each individual edition in this Guitar Lab series features 15 studies focused on a particular application of chords. I designed this series to provide you with unlimited creative options fro crafting interesting and compelling rhythm guitar parts. Across the series we'll explore essential and exotic chord voicings, all purpsode substitutions, creative approaches, and performances techniques. In this set of examples you'll be learning how to voice lead a 1-4-5 progression in the key of A. We'll talk about how to play the different chord voicings on the first second and third strings, second third and fourth, and the third fourth and fifth strings. I'll break down and demonstrate the chord studies over rhythm tracks in a variety of styles. commonly encountered in that style. You'll also get chord diagrams that will clearly give you the left hand fingerings and you'll get the jam tracks for you to work with on your own. So, get your guitar and let's make some music.
Evolving Triads Vol. 1
In this set of examples, you'll be learning how to voice lead a I IV V progression in the key of A, which is A, D, E. And also a I VI V, which would be A, F#minor to E. We'll talk about how to play the different chord voicings on the first, second, and third strings, second, third, and fourth, and the third, fourth, and fifth strings. You'll learn each inversion and you'll have it referenced to a chord form out of the CAGED or the EDCAG system. We'll also talk about what you can do with your picking hand. You can hybrid pick to get a keyboard sound. You can palm mute and pick to get bubble parts. You can also arppeggiate the chords. And most importantly we'll talk about good voice leading, which will allow you to sustain common tones between two different chords. That gives you a nice, full sound.
Inverted Start
This is a I - IV -V progression in the key of A. We start off with an A chord in a second inversion triad using your first finger as a barre on the second fret. For good voice-leading we next play the D chord in first inversion. The idea here is getting the hang of these triads so that they can be used effectively in a progression.
Inverted Start
This is a I - IV -V progression in the key of A. We start off with an A chord in a second inversion triad using your first finger as a barre on the second fret. For good voice-leading we next play the D chord in first inversion. The idea here is getting the hang of these triads so that they can be used effectively in a progression.
Falling Flat
Here we are using the same I - IV - V in the key of A from the previous example. Notice that our A form comes right out of the E form from the CAGED system, and then you have to simply flatten your third finger in order to get the D chord. For measures three and four, you drop back and play the E chord, which comes out of the C form of the CAGED system.
Falling Flat
Here we are using the same I - IV - V in the key of A from the previous example. Notice that our A form comes right out of the E form from the CAGED system, and then you have to simply flatten your third finger in order to get the D chord. For measures three and four, you drop back and play the E chord, which comes out of the C form of the CAGED system.
Going Nowhere
Continuing with our I - IV - V in A, we start with a first inversion triad coming right out of the C form of the CAGED system. If you move up one fret and drop your second finger on the third string you'll have root position D triad. Move back down and grab the second inversion E chord with a barre. You'll notice that your hand doesn't move much in this progression, making it an easy one to get going.
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Reviews
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NedimK
Verified buyer
10/07/18
Chords o'plenty!
Brad Carlton never disappoints! He shows that you can take a simple chord progression and do much more with it than you first thought. This has really helped me find alternate chords and it's also enabling me to think outside the box myself, it's helping my own creativity, which means that I am finding chords all over the neck, just by trusting my ear. Triads aren't as simple as they seem, this course really helps to open up for new ways to use triads.
NotQuiteThere
10/01/18
The follow-up to Chord Studies: Inversions Vol. 1
This course picks-up where the 'Chord Studies: Inversions Vol. 1' course leaves-off and builds upon the inversions learnt in that course by showing you how to use them to play chord progressions which use the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th position chords, in whatever key you are using. Triads are a new area for me and having followed this course together with 'Chord Studies: Inversions Vol. 1' I now see a whole new area of guitar playing opening-up for me which offers many opportunities. I recommend both courses as an excellent introduction to this subject. The course itself is well-structured and Brad Carlton is a good teacher: he clearly knows his subject and he explains things in a calm and authorative manner whilst his elegant and refined playing technique allow you to see his fingering. PDF's are also provided which detail that fingering. Pre-requisites for the course are an understanding of the CAGED and eCAGED systems, and also I would strongly suggest completing the 'Chord Studies: Inversions Vol. 1' so you really know all your major triad inversions before starting this course. My only niggle is that personally I would have liked to see a little more theory in the course. Brad almost apologises for having to use theory to explain how to build the 6th position minor triad form from the Root position major triad form. I personally liked learning that very much, and realised that you could use the same trick to generate the second position minor triad from the fourth position major form and the third position minor triad from the fifth position major form. However I guess Brad's experience is that many Guitarists don't like theory and so he minimises it. Also, as with 'Chord Studies: Inversions Vol. 1', it would have been nice to have a brief explanation of CAGED and eCAGED systems, together with maybe a pointer to more detailed courses on that subject, so those who have not already learnt them can follow the course better.
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