Introduce major triad shape
“The AAB verse has three lines — and three lines times 4 bars = 12 bars. The form IS the poem. When you play a major triad over the I chord, you are harmonizing the "call" — the opening statement of the verse.”
Track the three-part verse in Sweet Home Chicago: first A line → guitar responds. Second A line → guitar responds. B line ("to my sweet home Chicago") → turnaround. Your major triad today goes in those guitar-response bars.
Muddy Waters — Mannish BoyWeek 2 of Month 1. Building stable form, time, and groove.
Day 7 of 26 in this phase.
AMF Systems Today
E major triad, root position
Play E-G#-B on strings 4-3-2, slow and clean
Triad over I chord, 4 bars
Arpeggiate E major triad over bars 1–4 only
Root on 1, triad fill in bar 3–4
Root beats 1-2, triad arpeggio in the call-back gap
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“Mannish Boy”
How a single riff repeats with increasing harmonic weight