{"id":4920,"date":"2016-10-26T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2021-01-20T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:32:45","slug":"gypsy-jazz-guitar-triads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/gypsy-jazz-guitar-triads\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsy Jazz Guitar – The Magic of Triads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember myself struggling with jazz improvisation. It was so complicated! My teachers demanded that I played tensions, substitutes, super-imposed chords, while I was having a hard time just keeping the form… During my travels in Europe, I played with gypsy guitarists and learned from them. One of the most important things I learned was that making music can be simple.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a few chords<\/a>, three shapes to remember, and that\u2019s all!<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s not all, but all the rest is the interesting stuff \u2013 embellishments, trills, sound, feel, rhythm, MUSIC!<\/p>\n

This method of improvisation became the core of my playing.<\/p>\n

Playing music became simple: connecting all the arpeggios, tensions and substitutes I knew to one easy formula.<\/p>\n

In this lesson, you will learn how to use triads to build a framework for your guitar solos.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin by learning all the basic triad shapes and inversions…<\/p>\n

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