Triads - Technique Lesson

Here is a video lesson on triads, which are the first, third and fifth degree of a scale. They are useful for
1. improving technique and coordination
2. learning tunes more quickly
3. improvising
So a G major triad would be G, B, D. Or G0-2-D0. The second octave would be D3-A1-A3.
If you practice this a lot and get it into your ear, the other triads will follow.
If you don’t know how to play a major scale, watch these videos first:
D scale and variations video: • D Major Scale Using Rh...
G major scale 2 octaves with variations: • G Major Scale Adding V...
In this video I play parts of tunes that use triads. If you liked the sound of those songs you can find video lessons for them here:
Tobin’s Jig Basic Version video: • Tobin's Jig - Basic Fi...
Swallowtail Jig Basic Version video: goo.gl/XXQite
Berdichiever Khosid-Basic Fiddle & Violin Lesson: • Berdichiever Khosid - ...
Ashokan Farewell Basic Version video: • Ashokan Farewell | Bas...
I made some “Learning Chunks” on the FiddleHed site to help you do this. These focused exercises contain sheet music, tabs and mp3 snippets to guide you on each step of your fiddle journey.
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Alrighty. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for making music 🙏
Now, go fiddle with it...
Jason 🎻

[@edgarwalk5637]

Obla-di , Obla-da, life goes on, brah. Love your lessons!

[@iannahmulungi3114]

Thank you! You are the best!

[@rikstavale]

Another excellent lesson! You're right, making the connection between scales, triads & tunes they are played in is enormously helpful. Thanks again for your efforts to help us noobs get going. Also, I'd be really disappointed if you stopped the jokes, it really defines you. cheers.

[@fiddl3hed]

My pleasure!

[@ceciliagreene8981]

Another fantastic lesson, I have fallen in love with you Fiddlerhed, bad jokes and all ! Thank you from the bottom of my heart ! I am still a beginner but determined to succeed ! I love how you simplify everything, it is really essential for us beginners !

[@lukepooop]

Thanks again for another great lesson!

[@nyalwalker6372]

Great lesson. I like doing triads and arpeggios.

[@fiddl3hed]

+nyal walker thanks :)

[@nyalwalker6372]

Have a question: When you do a triad and continue to the next tonic, say G0, G2, D0 then D3 then come back down D3, D1, G3, G0 is that an allowed arpeggio? or is it better to do D3, D0, G2, G0?

[@jasonkleinberg9790]

not sure i understand the question.
a G major triad would be G0-2-D0, then D3-A1-3. it would be the same going up and down.
is that what you were asking?

[@nyalwalker6372]

Thanks for the reply. I guess what what I'm asking is: If you start with any tonic, can you go both directions with a third and fifth and still have correct triads? I take it that you can't. It only works going up scale?

[@fiddl3hed]

correct, you start with the tonic, go up a third and then the fifth. you can play these notes in different orders and invert them. but to FIND AND FIGURE OUT the triad, start with the tonic and go up.

[@lukepooop]

I have a question. Near the end of the video, when showing notes from Ashokan Farewell, You say "open A", but you are playing the A on the G string, then D0-2. That A on the G string doesn't fit into the 1,3,5 pattern. Yet it's still in the D major triad? It does sound right though. Just wondering...

[@elliottshapiro8601]

very nice

[@asb2929]

i love bad jokes (: