Triads - How To Make Jazz Licks and what to Practice

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Triads are one of the strongest melodies that we have and in this video I am going to show you some triad exercises and how you can use them to make strong and more interesting triad jazz lines. Triads are used all the time in jazz by people from Wes Montgomery to Kurt Rosenwinkel and Lage Lund and everybody else.
For each of the triad ideas I will go over a lick using the inversion or pattern and I will also give you some exercises.
The exercises will test your abilities with both triads and scales since some of them are really difficult to play. Especially the Spread Triads exercise are tricky for your right hand, but the inversions are also good for having an overview of your music theory when it comes to triads.
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@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Do you practice triads like this? Can you play the diatonic spread triad exercise?

@wigleboy 6 лет назад

Yes, when harmonizing a melody between fat chords, if needed. Or playing outside on a well known song (but that can take a while to get right).

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Cool! I find it quite a trick exercise to play 🙂

@shitmandood 6 лет назад

I haven't but I'll be adding these to my practice list. :) I think I can play the diatonic spread exercise. For instance, I can play most of the Holdsworth chords in your Modern Chords series if I play them like a triad/arpeggio, but can't really play most of them if I try to play them as chords. They're tough as nails. There is something about having the middle finger on little E with the ring finger on A or D which is anathema to my left hand. The middle finger has to position itself with the skin & the fingernail to pinch down on the string & it's very uncomfortable.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

I am not sure I follow? You find it difficult to play the spread triads as chords? 🙂

@shitmandood 6 лет назад

I've been binge watching your videos. lol. I think what I'm trying to say is that Holdsworth Modern Chords appear to be playable spread triads. :)

@BrazenNL 6 лет назад

TIP to remember: If the chord is MAJOR (CMaj7), the triad from the third is MINOR. If the chord is MINOR (C-7), the triad from the third is MAJOR.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Very true! Great tip 🙂

@DSpeir-pi6tm 6 лет назад

If the major is minor then would it be corporal ? 😁

@edh1293 6 лет назад

You are mistaken if the major is minor, and the minor is major then...…it would be a sergeant. :)

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

I will leave that to you guys to figure out 🙂

@kamaismusic 6 лет назад

Great lesson again and allways a big source for inspiration what to practise next. Thank you. I wish i had you as a teacher when i was 15.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you! If you have ideas for topics then do let me know! 🙂

@MastanehNazarian 4 года назад

Just love the thoroughness and planning of your work! Thanks Jens!

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

You are very welcome! I glad you like the videos!

@bradkauder5270 2 года назад

Jens' videos are awesome! This is one of the best jazz guitar instruction sources you'll find anywhere. At 8'38" in this video Jens refers to a series of triads as being in 1st inversion but I think they are actually in 2nd inversion. Just putting that out there. Let me know if I'm missing what's going on.

@JensLarsen 2 года назад

No, I just miss spoke :) Glad you like the videos!

@captainkoo 3 года назад

7 diatonic triads per scale , 3 inversions per triad, 12 keys, and 3 main scales ( major, melodic minor, harmonic minor ) equals 756 triads! Yikes ! I better get busy ….

@JensLarsen 3 года назад

Well, some of them (most actually) are pretty similar....

@captainkoo 3 года назад

@@JensLarsen yes and it seems that many will vary by just one note, which helps !

@SamBellGuitar 6 лет назад

Thank you Jens, awesome lesson! This is something that I know I should be practising in the back of my head, but never really get around to it. The way you presented this lesson has inspired me to finally get around to it!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you very much Sam! I didn't know you checked out my videos :) I have seen some of your lessons GuitarInteractive I think! 👍🙂

@narenrai4884 5 лет назад

Hello Jens, do you have books on jazz, Bebop ?

@JensLarsen 5 лет назад

Do you mean if I have written books on Bebop right? I have not, but I have made quite a few lessons on it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Si1kXgl8KTs.html

@josegarcia-jq9dh 6 лет назад

Hello Jens, my cuestion is: Adrien feraud , michael brecker used the melodic minor with altered in x7 , combined one escending , other descending , this is posible ? Wath is you opinion?( sorry for my inglis)

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

No worries! The way you use the altered scale it is the same scale ascending and descending, that's how it makes sense. If you have a written out example of something else then let me know I will check it out 🙂

@edh1293 6 лет назад

Hello Jens, great video lesson on triads. I do have a question though, you have a video on spread triads. Are spread triads anything like octave displacements?thanks for your hard work

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thanks Ed! Spread Triads are similar to octave displacement, but since it is about a chord not a scale or a melody then the concept you want to think of is drop voicings. You could see a spread voiced triad as a Drop2 triad.

@Jamtron88 6 лет назад

Great video Jens, thank you! Simple but incredibly important ideas to for any musician to learn and you explained it very clearly.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you very much! I am glad you found it useful! If you have any suggestions for topics or things you are looking for the feel free to let me know 👍

@FranciscoBIdo 6 лет назад

Great lesson. Do you have any materials on enclosures? That has always been a bit of a trial and error thing for me. I'm thinking there might be some good and not so good ways to practice enclosures. Thoughts?

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thx Francisco! How about this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qLUTeiADkow.html

@RedgraveGilver 6 лет назад

Great lesson as always! By the way Jens, just wanted to ask something if it's not a bother regarding the top post in this link: music.stackexchange.com/questions/22709/does-improvisation-in-the-classical-idiom-differ-significantly-from-jazz-and-fol How accurate is the top commenter was saying regarding Jazz Improvisation?

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Haha! He is really full of himself 😄 Jazz and Classical music are very different genres. Instead of him being all high and mighty then tell him to improvise like that in a trio. I await the sound of that recording with hope and joy... It is true that since bebop we reduce the melody to chord symbols, but that does not mean that there are no themes, build up and thread running through solos of 5-10 minutes. As a Jazz musician you practice that as well, we just don't have all these set formulas that they do in classical music. I just spend a few hours analyzing a transcription of one of my own solos and I was surprised to see more connections over several sections of the form (I don't say that to say that I am really good, I say that meaning that if even I do that then just imagine how Metheny, Mehldau or Scofield are able to)

@RedgraveGilver 6 лет назад

Thanks for the answer Jens :)

@rodolfoamaralguitar 6 лет назад

Hi Jens, do you care about practicing diferent fingering for the same triad and same inversion?

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

If you practice them through your scale positions you cover that along the way I think :)

@TheMetalslayer100 6 лет назад

Hey Jens! Great Video ;) Would be extremely cool if you would make a Video about Guthrie Govans guitar playing and what he uses much in his playing, if you want to :) Because I think his playing style is very unique :D

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you! Well, I think that are already really a lot of video on Guthrie and he isn't really a jazz guitarist so I doubt if I will be making a video on him 🙂

@TheMetalslayer100 6 лет назад

Jens Larsen ok thats true, he is more like fusion and so on 😜

@jazzman7165 6 лет назад

This is fantastic! An incredible and dense lesson that will become part of my ongoing routine!!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Glad you like it! Let me know how it turns out!

@mikel917 4 года назад

I've been enjoying your videos for a few weeks now, and honestly, I believe my solos have started to improve. Thanks...This particular subject is very challenging wow.

@kwoktungcheng7493 6 лет назад

Great lesson!! I just got one question concerning the second practice. You used F major to demonstrate but why the second triad you play is a G major triad? Shouldn't it be a minor triad considering it is the second interval in the F major diatonic scale? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Keep up the great works anyway!!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Because I am not playing the triads of F major. I am playing the diatonic triads of C major and there you have an F major and a G major next to each other. Does that help? 🙂👍

@kwoktungcheng7493 6 лет назад

Oh now I get it. Thanks a lot for your prompt reply!!

@KennethGonzalez 6 лет назад

This is jam packed with great ideas, Jens! Fantastic work, sir :-D

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you very much Kenneth! 🙂

@elitecombatfitnesscentral6170 5 лет назад

The one dislike is a Grunge fan.....

@DESIENASHOES 6 лет назад

I loved this lesson-- basic concept but great developed further -- ps there is a tab mistake for the Ab coltrane pattern on example 10 :-)

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thanks Francesco! It wouldn't be a Jens Larsen lesson without a typo :)

@DESIENASHOES 6 лет назад

Jens Larsen ahahaha 🤗🤗🤗

@josegarcia-jq9dh 6 лет назад

Hola Jens , desde España , soy bajista electrico y aprendo mucho de tus videos , gran trabajo, creo que es uno de los mejores canales para aprender armonia.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Hola Jose! Gracias! I am really glad that you can use the videos! (sorry that I don't speak Spanish :) )

@josegarcia-jq9dh 6 лет назад

@@JensLarsen una pregunta jens , es posible con acorde x7 usar menor melodica ej c7. Escala c men melodica. Creo que adrien feraud usa escala alterada ascendente y menor melodica descendente sobre acorde x7 .Es posible?

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Sorry I can't really understand the google translate version of your question? Could you rephrase it?

@freddurst9676 6 лет назад

Thanks for the video Jens. It's useful as always. Hope to have you as a teacher in The Hague in a few years, Greetings from an ambitious guitarist from Hillegom.

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

You're very welcome! I guess you mean at the Conservatory? 🙂

@freddurst9676 6 лет назад

Jens Larsen yes! I would love to study at the royal conservatory in The Hague. Ever since I've been there I've been very enthusiastic about the school. Started getting more and more into jazz, directly started taking piano lessons to go along my guitar lessons. I would be so happy if I would be accepted in a few years. Untill then I just have to keep practicing!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Keep at it! Make sure to come to the open day and talk to the teachers so they know you! 🙂

@giantessmaria 4 года назад

Really odd sounding harmonically, those last 2 triads. the E major and Db. I mean it just changes the way i've always thought about harmonizing. almost like you are playing a half step out of key...

@JensLarsen 4 года назад

It is actually not that far out :)

@giantessmaria 4 года назад

@@JensLarsen yep, i thought about it a bit after commenting Jens...mildly dissonant maybe but all legit.. thanks again for you efforts here!

@exat775 6 лет назад

Very nice vedio~~~but so many things and hard work in less 17 minutes~~

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you! Take them one at a time, you don't have to practice them all right away. Add a new exercise every week or two 🙂

@exat775 6 лет назад

Got it!! Thank you Jens~~

@thefunkynotes8956 6 лет назад

Spread triads with inversions, BAM!!! Thanks!!!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Go for it! Your picking hand will thank you (later.. ) 😄

@DSpeir-pi6tm 6 лет назад

Hi Jens . It's better when you put the music at the top of the page . I can't read dots 🤔 The captions cover up the tab . Great video as always, I will be able to play it like an old pro in about a hour from now . Thank you 😉

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you very much! I will keep that in mind! I didn't realize you used the captions, and never thought about whether that might be a problem 🙂

@DSpeir-pi6tm 6 лет назад

Your English is great, I understand you very well . If I stop the video to read the tab it's blocked by the captions and pop up . Thank again 🙂

@devin5550 5 лет назад

I have this same problem i like music on the top !

@olivierjung913 6 лет назад

Hallo Jens . Bin ja nicht so der Jazzer aber immer an coole Licks und Ideen intressiert die ich in meinen Jazzrock Kontext bringen kann , und da gibt es immer was bei dir zu finden . Danke für deine Arbeit habe dich schon lange abonniert . Peace

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

Thank you very much Olivier! Gald you find the videos useful! 👍🙂

@jinachoi8440 Год назад

😊 thx for the great lessen

@chancho9965 6 лет назад

Hi Jens! First of all a million thanks for your lessons ! In a day with so many videos available it sure is relieving knowing the consistency one gets in checking out your channel. That said, let me complain some: in this lesson you go on about stressing the value of knowing your triads and I'm with you but say about 1:32 you're going over the dmin triad and then say, "I'm using the f major triad". I'm following you in the dmin triad world and get thrown off. I hope I'm understood withput offending you. Then you say," it is good to try out different triad to see what works and what doesn't.." Jens I'm on the dmin triad where the notes are D F A, how many or should I say how many different triads can I "try out" with these notes? Anyway, your videos are the only ones (besides lick videos) that I watch over and over in order to fully understand what's happening, that, my friend , is a compliment!

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

I think you are missing that it is a Dm7 not a Dm triad? So the notes available are the chord tones : D F A C (notice the F major triad?) And of course also the rest of the C major scale : C D E F G A B Does that help? 🙂

@chancho9965 6 лет назад

Oh, ok, yes it does help Presently I'm simply learning my ii-V-I positions and voice leading into the changes while sounding somewhat musical, not an easy task!!!!...so, if you feel led into creating a lesson in this area......

@JensLarsen 6 лет назад

I think I have a lesson on improvising over a II V I with arpeggios already. Did you check out that? 🙂