Rockmaster Chord Change Formula 7L: Triad Substitution Method
How to use the Rockmaster Triad Substitution Method to change chords
Chord Change Formula 7L: Triad Substitution Method is a Standard chord changing method (Left Hand Chords)
By using triad substitution you can reduce the number of chord shapes that you need to remember to play a song.
The 5th of the chord is not essential to the quality of the chord and can be omitted without losing chord quality.
In G Major it might look like this.
Most of the chords fall under just two triad shapes
Example in G Major
All Of Me – Left-Hand Chord Changes
All Of Me is almost like a 3-chord song.
The song has many chords, but you can play most of the song – using Triad Substitutions – with just 3 chord shapes.
G B7 G/B
Em E7
Am A7 Am/C
Dm D7 Dm/F
Cm
There are 3 other chords used just once each:
D+
Dbdim7
Cm/A
Listen to the song
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Chord Change Formula 7L: Triad Substitution Method
