Adding a 4th to an Augmented Triad on the Mandolin

Video Transcript

"So, I don't know if you noticed. But, these shapes all look identical. And, I'll demonstrate in a minute. But, first let's add our fourth note. So, we have our G Major Triad with our fourth string. Still, the fifth is here ok. So, I'm just going to keep this open string here and add all four strings. Now, I can do the same thing here. Here's our G major and our fifth is still here. So, once again you still have this diagonal thing happening with your fingers. Identical fifths. And, then we'll come up to our last shape here. And, our fifth is here. The fifth is also here, that's why that was a little different. And, see you have to raise two notes on that shape. But, you get the same shape repeated every major third. So, what is every fourth frets your shape repeats."