One of the exercises I give to my students to practise the triads is this one. I let them play the triads of Em, Am and Dm up and down the neck - bidirectional. While playing the triad on the G-B-E string they alternate also the bass note on the open E, A & D. So the open E while playing an Em triad, the open A while playing an Am triad and the open D while playing an Dm triad.
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Some of you maybe noticed already that all the indicated notes above are the notes of the "A" Aeolian or "A" natural minor scale.
See : Aeolian Scale
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written by Peter Bos
Other exercises available here -> see section on daily exercises see also :
Exercises with triads 1 - Em & Am with open voicing bass root note
Exercises with Triads 3 - Am/F/Dm/Em with open voicing bass note
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