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Let's talk about minor triads.
A minor triad has a minor third between the root and the flat third.
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And then a major third between the flat third and fifth.
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You've learned that a major triad has a major third [PLAYING NOTES]
between the root and the third and a minor third
between the third and the fifth.
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So all we're doing, really, is switching those intervals around.
So instead of having a major third and a minor third, [PLAYING NOTES]
you have a minor third and a major third.
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Let's play C minor.
We'll use our fourth finger to play C on the eighth fret of the E string.
We'll use our second finger to play E flat on the sixth fret of the A string.
And we'll use our first finger to play G on the fifth fret if the D string.
So the arpeggio sounds like this.
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If we move that to the fifth, fourth, and third strings to play F minor,
it's going to look exactly the same.
So fourth finger on F, eighth fret of the A string.
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Second finger on A flat, which is on the sixth fret of the D string.
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And first finger on C, which is the fifth fret of the G string.
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So that sounds like this.
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Now we'll play A minor on the D, G, and B strings.
So this is going to introduce something that you may not be used to yet,
but it's a good thing to be able to do, which is take this first finger
and be able to bend it to cover two strings.
So eventually, with your fingers you want
the top joint of each finger on your left hand
to be able to cover more than one string at a time.
You're probably thinking, my finger will never do that.
It will.
It will bend like that.
It just takes practice.
So, with the D, G, and B strings, you're going to put your third finger on A,
on the D string.
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And then your first finger is going to cover both the G and B
strings on the fifth fret, so it's going to be barring those two strings.
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For the top three strings-- the third, second, and first-- we're
going to play D minor.
But we're going to go back to using three fingers.
So your third finger's on the seventh fret of the G string to play D.
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Your second finger's on the sixth fret of the B sting to play F.
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And your first finger is on the fifth fret of the E string to play A.
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So, to review, bottom three strings, we have C, E flat, G.
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We have F minor, which is F, A flat, C. Backwards, A flat and F. With A minor.
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And we have D minor.
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So practice all of these minor triads all over the neck.
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Now that you know how to play minor triad arpeggios as well
as major triad arpeggios, you can use them
to play songs, such as "House of the Rising Sun," a lot of Beatles songs.
They all incorporate arpeggios like this.