#32 Things that have helped me make progress on guitar #guitar #crazytrain #guitarlesson #fyp

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]How's everybody doing? This is number 32 in the things that have helped me make progress on guitar. Today we're going to look at the triads on the D, G, and B string.

[00:00:10]>> [music] >> We're going to be doing A major on tune standard today. The notes in A major are A major triad or A, C sharp, and E. So, if it's in root position, that means the A note is in the in the bottom of the lowest note. So, the first one is A, C sharp, and E.

[00:00:29]>> [music] >> It's kind of like part of this big major major bar chord.

[00:00:33]So, the shape is that kind of diagonal.

[00:00:36]And then just a minute I'm going to show you a very famous song that uses these inversions that most people have heard.

[00:00:42]So, you have this A, C [music] sharp, and E. The next inversion is putting the third in the bass, which is the C sharp.

[00:00:48]So, you have C sharp, E, and A, which is this shape.

[00:00:55]So, this is root position.

[00:00:57]This is first inversion.

[00:00:59]And then the other one is second inversion, which has the fifth in the bass, which is note is E.

[00:01:05]This is E, A, and C sharp.

[00:01:09]Kind of like this one as well, same thing.

[00:01:12]>> [music] >> So, this is one shape, this is the other, and this is the third.

[00:01:18]This is called root position, first inversion, and second inversion.

[00:01:24]>> [music] [music] >> All right, so that was of course Crazy Train, the rhythm part when it goes to a more of a major sounding key. The beginning was like F sharp minor.

[00:01:43]But when it goes to the it goes to this, >> [music] >> the very first chord I just talked about.

[00:01:51]But then it does an E in first inversion, but it's the same shape as this one that I just mentioned.

[00:01:58]But it's right here.

[00:01:59]Then you just move that down two frets.

[00:02:02]That becomes a D major.

[00:02:05]And then finally it this.

[00:02:07]One cool thing too is that lick at the end that I think super cool kind of starts on the end of the beat and it's pulling off.

[00:02:14]>> [music] >> So anyway, it's basically A major in root position.

[00:02:20]>> [music] >> Then E major, D major and A.

[00:02:28]So basically it's A, E, D, A.

[00:02:32]But you know, Randy Rhoads, the late great Randy Rhoads was a he was real versed in music theory and classical guitar and he used these inversions.

[00:02:42]>> [music] >> So check that out and hope you learn something.