How Do I Use Triad Pairs?

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In this episode, Brent addresses a question from Chris Hercules about improvising with triads. He begins by explaining the concept of harmonizing triads within a diatonic context. Brent breaks down how different triads can be derived from the scale, providing insights into understanding and utilizing triads effectively. He then introduces the concept of triad pairs, which involves using two triads generated from a diatonic scale to improvise. He demonstrates how triad pairs can be a...

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0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode here of the Learned Jazz Standards podcast, answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing jazz and to shorten the learning curve to unveil the mystery that is jazz jazz improvisation and
1:13.0	everything in between today we have a really excellent question here from chris hercules
1:19.2	one of our inner circle members let's give it a listen hey brent this is chris hercules from
1:24.5	toronto thank you for everything you've done in the LJS in a circle.
1:31.2	I have a question for you.
1:33.8	I'm really into these days.
1:36.0	I'm really into learning about 1357s.
1:40.0	I'm doing that in minor,
1:41.8	doing that in major, dominant, diminished, 1,357.
1:49.0	That's my favorite thing to go to.
1:51.6	But I kind of stumble when it comes to just playing triads.
1:57.9	So I did do some YouTube searching, and I found something called triad peers where I can use like the C, E and G, and then I could use the B-flat D and F and then just, you know, create something around that.
2:16.6	I wanted to get your thoughts and on ideas
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