Always use voice leading!

Most common triad substitutions

Major triad built off of the b7 (ex. F triad/G) = 7 (9, 11)
Major triad built off of the b3 (ex. Bb triad/G) = m7
Minor triad built off of the 3 (ex. Bm triad/G) = maj7
Minor triad with b7 in the bass (ex. Am/G) = relative major 6 chord
with 5 in the bass (ex. C6/G)
Minor triad built off the 5 (ex. Dm triad/G) = 7 (9) (ex. G7 (9)
Minor triad built off the 6 (ex Em triad/G) = 6 chord (ex. G6)
Diminished triad built off the 3rd (ex. Bdim triad/G) = 7th chord

You can substitute diatonic triads to add color (for example, over a
C, you can play Dm, Em,

Dominant 7th “triads” (remove the R or the 5)

Example of using extensions

Contexts in which to use triads
Songs with fast chord changes (such as “Everybody Needs
Somebody to Love)

Within funky grooves (such as in Oz Hoy’s Shining Star type groove

or Rock Your Baby)

Ways to play them

Chinks
Strummed
Arpeggiated
Sliding
Hammered or pulled extensions