Chord Connection 17

The first set of triads you need to learn are the ones on the top three strings, which we
call Triad String Set #1. Read across first, from left to right, then down. As you read
across the page the qua//.t/.es change. Each chord to the right of the major triad has one or
two notes changed, which changes its quality. Listen to the incredible difference even one
note makes. The gray arrows will help you identify the notes that have been changed from
the major triad. As you read down each column, the triads change inversions. Get famil-
iar with the sound of each of these inversions, and learn the fingerings.

C Major C Minor C Diminished

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Inversions

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R35 Rb35 R b3 b5 R3#5

x x x 2 I I x x x I I I XEL x x x 2 3 I

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x x x I 3 2 x x x 2 31 x x x 131

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Below are the triads forTriad String Set #2, which includes the 2nd, 3rd and
4th strings. Play down the page to hear the inversions of each quality, and
across the page to compare the four different qualities. Each row is in a higher
position than the last.

As you read across each row, you will be playing through the different qualities: major,
minor, diminished and augmented. The gray arrows show which note has been changed
from the last chord to make the new quality. This is very important! lt will help you learn
how the different chord qualities relate to one another.

Inversions

2nd

Here are the diatonic triads in I st inversion forTriad String Set #2. Find them in the root
position and 2nd inversion.
Emin FMaj GMaj Amin Bdim CMaj
CMaj Dmin
xx 213x xx 213 x xx 312x
xx20 I x xx213 xx213x xx213x xx213x
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Triad String Set #3 uses the 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings. Play down the page to
compare inversions, and across the page to compare the different qualities.
Each column can begin a chord connections exercise through the cycle of
4ths.

Inversions

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5R3 5Rb3

x 4 3 I x x x 4 2 I x x x 4 2 I x x x 3 2 I x x

R3#5

Here are the diatonic triads for String Set #3 in root position. Find them in I st and 2nd
inversion.

x3
Cmaj
20xx
Dmin
x42 I xx
Emin
x42 I xx x4
GMaj
31 xx x4 2
Amin
I xx
Bdim
x 4 3 I x x xffix
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Triad String Set #4 uses the 4th, 5th and 6th strings. Play down the page to
hear the inversions, and across the page to hear the qualities. play each quality
in a chord connections cycle of 4ths.

CMaj Cmin CO Caug

Inversions 3 4 2 x x x

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5 Rb3 b5Rb3 #5R3

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311 x x x 2 I I x x x 312 x x x 3 2 I x x x

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Here are the diatonic triads for String Set #4 in 2nd inversion. Find the fingerings for root
position and I st inversion.

CMaj Dmin Emin FMaj G Maj Amin Bdim CMaj

342xxx 34lxxx 34lxxx 23 I lxx 23 lxxx 34lxxx 342xxx 342xxx

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