12 Major Triads - inversion 12

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the last in our series of 12 major triads.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

Play through all 12 of the major triads and try modifying them in the following ways:

• Minor - lower the 3rd a semitone
• Augmented - raise the 5th a semitone
• Diminished - lower the 3rd and 5th a semitone

Experiment playing through songs you know just using this triads, or playing through a simple I IV V progression.

To extend this even more, we can include some triadic superimpositions. These are simple chord substitutions where we play triads off notes other than the root note. Here are some examples:

Instead of C maj7 (C E G B) play Em (E G B), G (G B D)
Instead of Dm7 (D F A C) play F (F A C) or Am (A C E)
Instead of G7 (G B D F) play Bdim (B D F) or Dm (D F A)

Even though the triads are harmonically simple you can still get interesting chord using this technique.


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12 Major Triads - inversion 11

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the penultimate major chord in our series of major triads,

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

The notes of the G Major triad are G, B and D.
This is a second inversion chord as it has the 5th as its lowest note.
The note order is: D (5th), G (root), B (3rd).

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12 Major Triads - inversion 10

Continuing our series of triads, today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the next inversion of our G Major triad on the bottom 3 strings of the guitar.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

This guitar chord is a first inversion as B (the 3rd) is the lowest note).
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12 Major Triads - inversion 9

Continuing our series of major triads, today's Guitar Chord of the Day is a 1st inversion of the G Major triad (the notes in ascending order are B, D and G). Knowing the major triads is useful for soloing and rhythm.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

Try playing through a I IV V progression (e.g. C, F, G, F) staying in one position using these 6 major triads we've played so far. You should be able to do this in several positions on the guitar's neck.

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12 Major Triads - inversion 8

Continuing our series of triads, today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the next inversion of our G Major triad.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

This inversion is in root position: G, B, D
All 12 of the major triads can be modified in the following ways:

• Minor - lower the 3rd a semitone (G, Bb, D)
• Augmented - raise the 5th a semitone (G, B, D#)
• Diminished - lower the 3rd and 5th a semitone (G, Bb, Db)

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12 Major Triads - inversion 7

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the next chord in our series of major triads, moving our G Major triad to the A, D and G strings of the guitar.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

This triad is a 2nd inversion, as it has the 5th as its lowest note: 5, 1, 3
In a G Major triad these notes are : D, G and B.

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12 Major Triads - inversion 6

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day continues our series of major triads with another inversion of our G Major triad.

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

The notes of the G Major triad are G, B and D.
This is a second inversion chord as it has the 5th as its lowest note.

Try playing through a I IV V progression (e.g. A, D, E, D) staying in one position using these 6 major triads we've played so far. You should be able to do this in several positions on the guitar's neck. 

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