Guys like this make RUclips great. He went out of his way just to help other players. He isn't some Millenial going to a graveyard to laugh at dead bodies. Maybe he is doing it for the Google $ and fame, but I don't get that vibe from him. He seems like he just wants to help others. Thanks Tom!
No, I'm totally in it for the money. Haha. No, actually if you watch my intro video on my channel page you can see why I started doing the videos. I am happy to make a little money. About enough to pay for my coffee every month. Thanks so much for your kind words.
DADGAD Tuning - fingering for 24 chords of the Circle of Fifths To get started, most of the chords can be made with two simple finger positions, with small variations for using minor chords. Example: A - xx2242 and Am xx2232 or A - xx7677 and Am xx7577 You might see performers using this tuning and applying the middle finger to the top bass strings on some chords where I have it as xx (looks like they're giving the bird) There are other ways to make these chords, but these are the simplest. After learning these you will be able to play Pachelbel's Canon, or Hotel California with ease. Fingerstyle picking is fun too! D - xx0200 or xx7797 G - 55oo2o (big stretch needed) or xx5455 C - x32032 or xx5575 F - xx3233 or xx10101210 Bb - xx3353 or xx8788 Eb - xx1011 or xx99119 Ab - xx1131 or xx6566 Fm - xx3133 or xx10101110 Cm - x32o31 or xx5565 Gm - xx5535 or xx12121112 Dm - ooo201 or oo7787 Am - xx2232 or xx7757 Em - xx2022 or xx99109 Bm - xx4454 or xx9799 F#m - xx4244 or xx11111211 C#m - xx6676 or xx1191111 G#m - xx6466 or xx13131413 Ebm - xx8898 Bbm - xx3343 or xx8688 Db or C# - xx6686 Gb or F# - xx4344 or xx11111311 Cb or B - xx4464 or xx9899 E - xx2122 or xx99119 A - xx2242 or xx7677 Scales are a bit different in DADGAD, but that is for another lesson. Cheers! and Your Welcome!
Hi Tom I’m a pro player and teacher and songwriter in the UK and I ave to say that’s a great video on DADGAD ! will recommend it to my students . Rock on Gary
I've been playing the guitar and singing (neither very well) for decades and only recently come to DADGAD. This is genius - lessons 1-20 in the space of 15 minutes. Thanks.
I've been playing guitar for a long, long time, but never really got into any alternative tuning stuff until recently. You gave me the basic building blocks to use DADGAD. Thank you. It's videos like this and people like you that make YT a great resource. Peace.
Hi Tom. I just found you last week and am hooked! I'm a retired high school band director and let me tell you-you missed your calling. You are a fantastic teacher and you have such a great presence; you're a natural! thanks so much for putting all this info out here for us. I was a wind/percussion guy so guitar is still new(ish) for me. I was totally wowed by discovering all these alternative tunings. Please don't stop! byron
Haven't used DADGAD tunings since the late 60's and forgot a lot in the mists of time! But thanks to you I'm in a relearning phase, really enjoying your videos. Thank you Tom!
WOW. What a great video. It is so refreshing to see someone providing actual information, not just whipping through something to try to sell their instruction videos. I understand that people have to make a living selling stuff, but this was very generous and useful. Maybe I will give DADGAD another try.
Best teaching method for this tuning I've seen yet. Clean, clear, easy to understand, and those tabs in the corner are extra kind. I like that you number backwards, it makes more sense. Keep it up.
Brilliant tutorial. I now actually understand how to music using DADGAD rather than hitting random strings. (Bonus points for including the extensions on the open strings in the description. I realised that only after spending time trying to work them out in my head.)
I've been playing for over thirty years and you taught me something new within 5 minutes. I've subscribed. Many thanks to you sir and may good luck come your way.
Oh wow, I've been watching all your DADGAD videos. It's new to me but I'm getting used to chord sounds now. The F and A chord in DADGAD is just beautiful, makes my guitar really sing out loud. I'm a strummer, not a fingerpicker and I think I'm going to find it hard going back to standard. Thank you for these lessons.
Thanks for this Tom. So many instruction videos about what DADGAD is, but very few about how to use it, chord construction etc, so this is really helpful.
I think the real magic of this happens when: 1) you use the whole step interval between the G and high A strings and find scales that use adjacent strings for each note. This gives the effect of a piano with the sustain pedal held down. Pierre Bensusan plays exclusively in DADGAD and uses this technique in almost every song to achieve incredibly rich melodies. I believe he even has a tutorial about it. 2) you use DADGAD to begin playing in other keys and get "painted into a corner" harmonically. you will wind up either discovering something incredible, or else hammering out what you really want: either way, it is great chops for building musicality. 3) you find that the outside chord shapes lend themselves almost supernaturally to resolving as IVminor-I, rather than V-I Serious inspiration time: Vicki Genfan, Pierre Bensusan, Tony McManus Thanks, Tom!
To me it's the first time in 45 years I hear about something else then EADGBE. It's great how you discribe the fingersettigs like 333200... You've made it easy for me to try it.
Thank you. Checking out tutorials for when I try DADGAD. There is so much useful information here. The chord tabs and names shown on upper right of screen are so appreciated.
Tried playing these after the video and realized that for many of the chords you can just leave the low D open and play an E shape for the major chords and drop your index finger down one fret for the minors. i.e. A would be 077600 and A minor would be 077500. To really play it open you can just use the 3rd and 4th strings for several chords. Nice.
How can anyone dislike this lesson? It's awesome! Tom is giving a free lesson and all information on guitar and music is very much valuable. I'm totally doing this to get inspired with songwriting.
Love it. Been playing for almost 30 years, and I’ve never experimented with DADGAD - but this has really made it accessible and intriguing (plus the fact that you used Radiohead AND Weezer as examples, got me onboard straight away!). Thank you. Gonna leave one of my guitars in this tuning and work on alternate keys/voicings for some worship songs too...
Such a good tuning for a guitar, you can play easy songs that sound amazing or make it as hard as you wish. Always reminded me of a Beatles sound with George’s influence.
Open tunings sound so interesting but in the past I have found it a struggle to figure out the chords in those voicings. Thanks, Tom. I subscribed and am looking forward to all the videos on this channel.
Finally an Eye Opening Tutorial ! I have always wondered how to play chords in alternate tunings. I have played at playing guitar for many years getting to the intermediate level with much practice . i had a stroke about two months ago which has caused my left hand to be very uncooperative re: chord formations as I know them and this type of playing has opened another door for me ! Thank you Tom! I will scour You Tube in search of all your videos to expand my universe of guitar playing.
I just inherited a slap guitar tuned in 'dadgad' been playin guitar since 1983 but this tunin is different 2 me so been lookin it up and ur vid explains more that the others , u made it easy so hats off 2 u sir and thank you
Thank you so much. This is that special feeling I have been looking for in my songs. I hear my boys ‘America’ in these chords! I want to write something that will last forever and bring tears to the eyes of the special ones that can feel it. -So Brown eyes I hold you near, because you’re the only song I want to hear. A melody softly flowing through my atmosphere “❤️. I’ve been through the desert with a death cab for cutie and we were driving through the USA. Yey- Yey.
After playing guitar for many years, I'm just now starting to figure out DADGAD tuning and writing for the (new to me) shapes. Thanks for this excellent instruction Tom. Cheers!
I've been playing with DADGAD for a long time... great tuning... Never heard Desperado played in it... Sounded GREAT..TY I never gave much thought, until now, on transcribing other tunes into it...again...Thank You
Great video, Tom. My old acoustic duo played quite a few songs in DADGAD, and I even did a few covers with it back in the old days of HC/MWGLF Recordingfests. I always try to show my own students how it's so much more than a "Celtic" tuning and it's such an easy sonic hack to add depth and colour to the same old chord progressions.
What a great video - like finding a bit of guitar treasure!!, After mastering Open G and Open D/Dm for blues and slide guitar a few years ago, I have been put off DADGAD for some reason, But your teaching is really great to make it much easier to learn quickly, a really great lesson
thanks for the upload -- i had to learn all these variations cause it was bfore free tutorials. somehow that made it more fulfilling but it's good folks today can learn it this way.
I'm still working on ii-7b5/ 7 / i ... with drop two chords in all keys from your much earlier video. I don't know why it's taking me so long. Probably 30 years of playing chords rooted on the 6th and 5th strings. Love You man! You're looking good. Thanks for the video!!!
I have found that expirimenting with open tunings makes it feel like you got a whole new instrument. :D Certainly cheaper than going out and buying another guitar. :D I had only over tuned to an open G previously but recently started playing with the DADGAD and it can be hypnotizing Thanks bro for sharing! This will be helpful!
I'd love to learn to play in some alternate tunings, this would be a good place to start!😁 You mentioned a fast way to transpose, I used to apply the numbers to the progression, then pull the correct letters from the scale of the new key to transpose, but I found a much faster way-- just count the steps from the key you're in to the key you're going to, and then do the math for all the chords 😉💖 Example: C to F is 4 , A to C is 3, etc-- so if you're in C, going to F, add 4 to all the chords in your original key, and boom, you're there! Granted, you have to know the scale, to get the sharps n flats right, and understand how the numbers work, but once you get the hang of it, you can transpose REALLY fast! I can use an app like Chordify, where the progression is on the screen and moves in time to the music they're playing, and actually play the song in a different key simultaneously,even ones I've never played before ! It's a REALLY useful trick, and I've never heard anyone else ever talk about it!😁💖
Thank you very much Tom. Just started learning DADGAD but finding all the theory books a bit daunting & some of the old Irish & Scottish DADGAD tunes they use as examples a little boring. You have put the fun & enjoyment back into my learning.
Glad to show it. Just in case, for the standard tuning of a 5 string banjo in Open G, a capo 3rd fret is Open B, a capo 5th fret is Open C, etc. Once you capo up to the the 7th fret open D, you'll see no need to tune up the high G 5th string as all strings are covered. However, it's rare bluegrass goes past Open A 2nd fret capo. Again though, after knowing DADGAD guitar, you will surprise yourself with a banjo in ANY open tuning and want to pick. New Doors will open, including a guitar going Open G. Then it's Rolling Stones. Haha. And I only figured out Kieth Richards played lots of Open G guitar after learning Scruggs, Bella Fleck and Jerry Garcia bluegrass banjo. Have fun!
Drama...dynamics yes yes yes! Thanks Tom! Apply this teaching to regular chords and find the matching chords up the neck and also 3-4 string "chords" not to mention various strumming and also loud/soft...single notes etc. Plan to tune one of my guitars to this and play around! New subscriber! Cheers!
For fingerstyle of the two I definitely prefer DADGAD because you can go in either a D major tonality or a D minor tonality. Open D is not nearly as flexible. I do however prefer Open D for slide.
@@TomStrahle Thank you for your helpful reply! I started learning OPEN D, but because of your recommendation I am switching to DADGAD because I play finger style guitar! You are the BEST! Mike J. Baron
I love this tuning. I highly recommend listening to Lawrence Juber, former guitar player with Wings, who plays almost exclusively in this tuning in his solo acoustic shows. Of course he is a virtuoso but you can still glean a lot from his playing even if most of the intricacies are over ones head.
Great stuff! Very helpful; useful for getting started and making some quick headway in DADGAD, without having to learn too many different chord shapes. Well done.
I have my acoustic guitar tuned this way and love it. 👍 It may never be tuned back to the standard tuning again. I want to get a 12 string and tune it in DADGAD. Even when strumming open it’s a beautiful sound. ❤️ Would be interesting to see a lead guitarist play it in DADGAD. 🤔
Hey, I play banjo and guitar. Pick up a banjo and start picking. Banjo 5 string standard is open G. Or GDGBD. Capo 2nd fret is open A, capo 7th fret is open D. Just take the 5th string up with it. I'm guessing you might surprise yourself and want to start picking. From open D guitar, you'll float right into open G bluegrass once you get to picking. Often times I take my guitar and go DADGAD to do bluegrass guitar picking. It is bass heavyweight and interesting without the high G 5th string and with the 2nd string A. Check a banjo, you'd fit right into open G after knowing open D. Just get to picking.
Hey, open g guys, there's an instrument called Russian guitar. It's 7 stringed and tuned DGBDgbd. There's big tradition behind it. ruclips.net/video/6uXABdGK5aw/видео.html
Guys like this make RUclips great. He went out of his way just to help other players. He isn't some Millenial going to a graveyard to laugh at dead bodies. Maybe he is doing it for the Google $ and fame, but I don't get that vibe from him. He seems like he just wants to help others. Thanks Tom!
No, I'm totally in it for the money. Haha. No, actually if you watch my intro video on my channel page you can see why I started doing the videos. I am happy to make a little money. About enough to pay for my coffee every month. Thanks so much for your kind words.
Trent Mason, you make your point there. im with you.
And help others he did. This really opened up a new world for me.
Trent Mason pointing out a generation is pointless, it’s on the individual. It’s not like any generation is perfect either.
Couldn't AGREE MORE!!
DADGAD Tuning - fingering for 24 chords of the Circle of Fifths
To get started, most of the chords can be made with two simple finger positions, with small variations for using minor chords.
Example: A - xx2242 and Am xx2232 or A - xx7677 and Am xx7577
You might see performers using this tuning and applying the middle finger to the top bass strings on some chords where I have it as xx (looks like they're giving the bird) There are other ways to make these chords, but these are the simplest. After learning these you will be able to play Pachelbel's Canon, or Hotel California with ease. Fingerstyle picking is fun too!
D - xx0200 or xx7797
G - 55oo2o (big stretch needed) or xx5455
C - x32032 or xx5575
F - xx3233 or xx10101210
Bb - xx3353 or xx8788
Eb - xx1011 or xx99119
Ab - xx1131 or xx6566
Fm - xx3133 or xx10101110
Cm - x32o31 or xx5565
Gm - xx5535 or xx12121112
Dm - ooo201 or oo7787
Am - xx2232 or xx7757
Em - xx2022 or xx99109
Bm - xx4454 or xx9799
F#m - xx4244 or xx11111211
C#m - xx6676 or xx1191111
G#m - xx6466 or xx13131413
Ebm - xx8898
Bbm - xx3343 or xx8688
Db or C# - xx6686
Gb or F# - xx4344 or xx11111311
Cb or B - xx4464 or xx9899
E - xx2122 or xx99119
A - xx2242 or xx7677
Scales are a bit different in DADGAD, but that is for another lesson. Cheers! and Your Welcome!
Wow man . Great comment! Been playing guitar for a year now . This has truly helped me!
Thank you for these notations, Steven!
Thanks bra...
Thank you kindly.May all that is good come your way.
Top info! Like my comment so I can come back to this please.
Hi Tom I’m a pro player and teacher and songwriter in the UK and I ave to say that’s a great video on DADGAD ! will recommend it to my students . Rock on Gary
Thanks so much Gary. That means a lot.
I've been playing the guitar and singing (neither very well) for decades and only recently come to DADGAD. This is genius - lessons 1-20 in the space of 15 minutes. Thanks.
I've been playing guitar for a long, long time, but never really got into any alternative tuning stuff until recently. You gave me the basic building blocks to use DADGAD. Thank you. It's videos like this and people like you that make YT a great resource. Peace.
Peace!
Hi Tom. I just found you last week and am hooked! I'm a retired high school band director and let me tell you-you missed your calling. You are a fantastic teacher and you have such a great presence; you're a natural! thanks so much for putting all this info out here for us. I was a wind/percussion guy so guitar is still new(ish) for me. I was totally wowed by discovering all these alternative tunings. Please don't stop! byron
Haven't used DADGAD tunings since the late 60's and forgot a lot in the mists of time! But thanks to you I'm in a relearning phase, really enjoying your videos. Thank you Tom!
BAGDAD - Iraq's tuning
Hmmmm.
Goes off with a bang apparently. LOL
Ha!! 😂. Brilliant. I gotta steal that. I’ll give you credit though.
Indian Pulse hahaha! Thank you for that laugh!
🤣🤣🤣
WOW. What a great video. It is so refreshing to see someone providing actual information, not just whipping through something to try to sell their instruction videos. I understand that people have to make a living selling stuff, but this was very generous and useful. Maybe I will give DADGAD another try.
Glad it was helpful!
Best teaching method for this tuning I've seen yet. Clean, clear, easy to understand, and those tabs in the corner are extra kind. I like that you number backwards, it makes more sense. Keep it up.
Brilliant tutorial. I now actually understand how to music using DADGAD rather than hitting random strings. (Bonus points for including the extensions on the open strings in the description. I realised that only after spending time trying to work them out in my head.)
I've been playing for over thirty years and you taught me something new within 5 minutes. I've subscribed. Many thanks to you sir and may good luck come your way.
Thank you so much.
Super helpful! Thank you for not throwing stupid additives nobody needs to hear about.
Absolutely one of the best videos I’ve ever seen to break out of the box and explore new voicings with the greatest instrument ever!
I'm casually intermediate, looking for that next "aha" moment. 1st intro to DADGAD... beautiful sounds and progressions. Thanks.
This might be the best lesson I've ever seen.
I agree!
Don't apologize for your singing! It helps quite a lot and I wish more tutorials had _someone_ singing-if only in the beginning.
I think I was mainly apologizing for my lack of forethought. Thanks for watching.
You have just changed my life in a very positive way!! I totally love DADGAD. Thanks Tom,look forward to playing in DADGAD!!
Oh wow, I've been watching all your DADGAD videos. It's new to me but I'm getting used to chord sounds now. The F and A chord in DADGAD is just beautiful, makes my guitar really sing out loud. I'm a strummer, not a fingerpicker and I think I'm going to find it hard going back to standard. Thank you for these lessons.
I've been using DADGAD off and on, but I never saw anything like this on YT, or anywhere. Good stuff!
Thanks. It’s actually easier to play forms of major and minor triads in DADGAD. The drones make it interesting. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Thanks for this Tom. So many instruction videos about what DADGAD is, but very few about how to use it, chord construction etc, so this is really helpful.
I think the real magic of this happens when:
1) you use the whole step interval between the G and high A strings and find scales that use adjacent strings for each note. This gives the effect of a piano with the sustain pedal held down. Pierre Bensusan plays exclusively in DADGAD and uses this technique in almost every song to achieve incredibly rich melodies. I believe he even has a tutorial about it.
2) you use DADGAD to begin playing in other keys and get "painted into a corner" harmonically. you will wind up either discovering something incredible, or else hammering out what you really want: either way, it is great chops for building musicality.
3) you find that the outside chord shapes lend themselves almost supernaturally to resolving as IVminor-I, rather than V-I
Serious inspiration time: Vicki Genfan, Pierre Bensusan, Tony McManus
Thanks, Tom!
Thanks so much Alex!
To me it's the first time in 45 years I hear about something else then EADGBE. It's great how you discribe the fingersettigs like 333200...
You've made it easy for me to try it.
Just found this, your teaching is right at my level and its appreciated...so many are so slow and tedious. I know your language!!!! Thank you!
Thank you. Checking out tutorials for when I try DADGAD. There is so much useful information here. The chord tabs and names shown on upper right of screen are so appreciated.
Tried playing these after the video and realized that for many of the chords you can just leave the low D open and play an E shape for the major chords and drop your index finger down one fret for the minors. i.e. A would be 077600 and A minor would be 077500. To really play it open you can just use the 3rd and 4th strings for several chords. Nice.
How can anyone dislike this lesson? It's awesome! Tom is giving a free lesson and all information on guitar and music is very much valuable. I'm totally doing this to get inspired with songwriting.
Thanks Benjamin. I wonder that sometimes myself, sometimes I just rub people the wrong way. It's a fun way to think of DADGAD
Had not played this tuning before but this lesson catapulted me onto another level. Opens up a lot of options.
This is the most useful video on DADGAD I have ever seen! Thank you very much!
Love it. Been playing for almost 30 years, and I’ve never experimented with DADGAD - but this has really made it accessible and intriguing (plus the fact that you used Radiohead AND Weezer as examples, got me onboard straight away!). Thank you. Gonna leave one of my guitars in this tuning and work on alternate keys/voicings for some worship songs too...
No matter what others might say ..this is the best dadgad lesson i ever seen..i love this tuning ..but learnt the chords etc..thanks Tom...10 Stars
Such a good tuning for a guitar, you can play easy songs that sound amazing or make it as hard as you wish. Always reminded me of a Beatles sound with George’s influence.
DADGAD is one of my favorite tunings, thanks a lot!
Open tunings sound so interesting but in the past I have found it a struggle to figure out the chords in those voicings. Thanks, Tom. I subscribed and am looking forward to all the videos on this channel.
I love your humbleness n politeness 🤗🤗🤗
Finally an Eye Opening Tutorial ! I have always wondered how to play chords in alternate tunings.
I have played at playing guitar for many years getting to the intermediate level with much practice .
i had a stroke about two months ago which has caused my left hand to be very uncooperative re:
chord formations as I know them and this type of playing has opened another door for me !
Thank you Tom! I will scour You Tube in search of all your videos to expand my universe of guitar playing.
So sorry. Glad you are fighting back and thrilled to have had a hand in it. Pun intended.
Way to stick with it Mr. Sabatino! You're an inspiration!!!
I just inherited a slap guitar tuned in 'dadgad' been playin guitar since 1983 but this tunin is different 2 me so been lookin it up and ur vid explains more that the others , u made it easy so hats off 2 u sir and thank you
I tried DADGAD a few years back had some picking fun, but now i see some really viable sounds.
Thanks Tom very interesting and informative will definitely be looking into this further love the sound of those chords.
Thank you so much. This is that special feeling I have been looking for in my songs. I hear my boys ‘America’ in these chords! I want to write something that will last forever and bring tears to the eyes of the special ones that can feel it. -So Brown eyes I hold you near, because you’re the only song I want to hear. A melody softly flowing through my atmosphere “❤️. I’ve been through the desert with a death cab for cutie and we were driving through the USA. Yey- Yey.
After playing guitar for many years, I'm just now starting to figure out DADGAD tuning and writing for the (new to me) shapes. Thanks for this excellent instruction Tom. Cheers!
I've been playing with DADGAD for a long time... great tuning... Never heard Desperado played in it... Sounded GREAT..TY
I never gave much thought, until now, on transcribing other tunes into it...again...Thank You
A couple of majors can be played by simply beating over three strings with the thumb over the the fret
E G A
Awesome lesson by the way thank you
Great video, Tom. My old acoustic duo played quite a few songs in DADGAD, and I even did a few covers with it back in the old days of HC/MWGLF Recordingfests. I always try to show my own students how it's so much more than a "Celtic" tuning and it's such an easy sonic hack to add depth and colour to the same old chord progressions.
What a great video - like finding a bit of guitar treasure!!, After mastering Open G and Open D/Dm for blues and slide guitar a few years ago, I have been put off DADGAD for some reason, But your teaching is really great to make it much easier to learn quickly, a really great lesson
thanks for the upload -- i had to learn all these variations cause it was bfore free tutorials. somehow that made it more fulfilling but it's good folks today can learn it this way.
Got further with you in 2 lessons than any book has shown me❤️ thanks for sharing!
Best dadgad chord progression lesson!
I have been searching for a DADGAD lesson so long. You did a great job. please post more videos.Thank you
I'm still working on ii-7b5/ 7 / i ... with drop two chords in all keys from your much earlier video. I don't know why it's taking me so long. Probably 30 years of playing chords rooted on the 6th and 5th strings. Love You man! You're looking good. Thanks for the video!!!
Thank you Steven. Yeah, I put a ton of stuff up there on the drop 2 chords. Crazy.
You are such a kind guitar teacher, i wouldn't mind attending your live class.......Cheers Tom
I have found that expirimenting with open tunings makes it feel like you got a whole new instrument. :D
Certainly cheaper than going out and buying another guitar. :D
I had only over tuned to an open G previously but recently started playing with the DADGAD and it can be hypnotizing
Thanks bro for sharing! This will be helpful!
Hey Tom, what a lesson on DADGAD. Really informative. Thanks for the video!
Thanks so much for watching Joe.
Good video dude. I wish more people taught alternate tunings and how to work around them.
Thank you Tom! I will definitely try out the DADGAD tuning. Sounds very interesting.
I'd love to learn to play in some alternate tunings, this would be a good place to start!😁 You mentioned a fast way to transpose, I used to apply the numbers to the progression, then pull the correct letters from the scale of the new key to transpose, but I found a much faster way-- just count the steps from the key you're in to the key you're going to, and then do the math for all the chords 😉💖 Example: C to F is 4 , A to C is 3, etc-- so if you're in C, going to F, add 4 to all the chords in your original key, and boom, you're there! Granted, you have to know the scale, to get the sharps n flats right, and understand how the numbers work, but once you get the hang of it, you can transpose REALLY fast! I can use an app like Chordify, where the progression is on the screen and moves in time to the music they're playing, and actually play the song in a different key simultaneously,even ones I've never played before ! It's a REALLY useful trick, and I've never heard anyone else ever talk about it!😁💖
Great!! Your videos were the most useful ones for DADGAD in all of youtube!! BY FAR! Thank you so much!
Thank you for this! Something about this tuning, I just can't move away from the sound it makes.
Some great tips on playing in alt tuning, something I really need to explore more! Thanks for a good video!!
You are welcome.
Thank you very much Tom. Just started learning DADGAD but finding all the theory books a bit daunting & some of the old Irish & Scottish DADGAD tunes they use as examples a little boring. You have put the fun & enjoyment back into my learning.
Your the best dadgad tutorial for me thank you sir God Bless you.
Amazing tutorial !!! thank you for your time !!! regards from Argentina ....
I think i'am fallen in love with this tuning! Cool Video, thanks for that ;)
It's a great tuning that is neither happy nor sad. It just is.
Glad to show it. Just in case, for the standard tuning of a 5 string banjo in Open G, a capo 3rd fret is Open B, a capo 5th fret is Open C, etc. Once you capo up to the the 7th fret open D, you'll see no need to tune up the high G 5th string as all strings are covered. However, it's rare bluegrass goes past Open A 2nd fret capo. Again though, after knowing DADGAD guitar, you will surprise yourself with a banjo in ANY open tuning and want to pick. New Doors will open, including a guitar going Open G. Then it's Rolling Stones. Haha. And I only figured out Kieth Richards played lots of Open G guitar after learning Scruggs, Bella Fleck and Jerry Garcia bluegrass banjo. Have fun!
Just found your channel and now you have a new sub. Love the way you teach.
I love to learn about alternate tunings. Thanks!
Glad to have stumbled across this. Thanks, dude
I've been looking for a video like that on RUclips. Thank you so much.
You are very welcome!
Wow, if only beginner guitar was taught using DADGAD, new students wouldn’t quit so easily!
Thank you, excellent lesson!
This use to be the case in ireland up until recently
Great vid.wud be good to have a cheat sheet listing all these😊
Thanks
Drama...dynamics yes yes yes! Thanks Tom! Apply this teaching to regular chords and find the matching chords up the neck and also 3-4 string "chords" not to mention various strumming and also loud/soft...single notes etc. Plan to tune one of my guitars to this and play around! New subscriber! Cheers!
Great Job Tom!
QUESTION: Which tuning do you prefer: DADGAD or OPEN D...and why?
For fingerstyle of the two I definitely prefer DADGAD because you can go in either a D major tonality or a D minor tonality. Open D is not nearly as flexible. I do however prefer Open D for slide.
@@TomStrahle Thank you for your helpful reply! I started learning OPEN D, but because of your recommendation I am switching to DADGAD because I play finger style guitar! You are the BEST!
Mike J. Baron
Thanks, this is great. After a while I get tired of those same "drone" notes ringing out on every chord, so a capo helps to mix it up a bit.
You are a great teacher and s brilliant player. I really appreciate this lesson. And ill check out the rest of your youtube collection. Thank you!
I appreciate that.
Thank you for sharing Tom. This is very very helpful as been exploring DADGAD lately
I love this tuning. I highly recommend listening to Lawrence Juber, former guitar player with Wings, who plays almost exclusively in this tuning in his solo acoustic shows. Of course he is a virtuoso but you can still glean a lot from his playing even if most of the intricacies are over ones head.
He's great. I've seen him several times.
I have seen Lawrence from the front row, and you're right, he's amazing!
Jeff Johansen and what you think about Newton Faulkner ?
I like using triads of all these chords and fingerpicking on my Takamine GS330S Cedar top. Absolutely gorgeous tuning DADGAD is.
Great video! The best way I learned how to transpose is by learning the Nashville Number System.
Wow. You are opening new windows for me.
So playing the root, 5th, octave & the first finger is the 3rd, major, one fret down, minor a tone down. Cool, thanks.
great tutorial, I really like your informative, laid back style
Great stuff! Very helpful; useful for getting started and making some quick headway in DADGAD, without having to learn too many different chord shapes. Well done.
Fantastic. Tons of useful info. Great tuning for I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons too.
I have my acoustic guitar tuned this way and love it. 👍 It may never be tuned back to the standard tuning again. I want to get a 12 string and tune it in DADGAD. Even when strumming open it’s a beautiful sound. ❤️ Would be interesting to see a lead guitarist play it in DADGAD. 🤔
Just thing I was searching for thank you sir and I was waiting for the Echord... understood the dadgad thing in one vid
Great lesson Tom, Thank you from the UK
Love the UK!
Hey, I play banjo and guitar. Pick up a banjo and start picking. Banjo 5 string standard is open G. Or GDGBD. Capo 2nd fret is open A, capo 7th fret is open D. Just take the 5th string up with it. I'm guessing you might surprise yourself and want to start picking. From open D guitar, you'll float right into open G bluegrass once you get to picking. Often times I take my guitar and go DADGAD to do bluegrass guitar picking. It is bass heavyweight and interesting without the high G 5th string and with the 2nd string A. Check a banjo, you'd fit right into open G after knowing open D. Just get to picking.
Funny thing is i cannot finger pick a 6 stringer for all the tea in China..But a 3 or 4 string Cigar box guitar no problem..
Hey, open g guys, there's an instrument called Russian guitar. It's 7 stringed and tuned DGBDgbd. There's big tradition behind it. ruclips.net/video/6uXABdGK5aw/видео.html
This is so cool, a new way of play the old songs that we know, and give a new "color" of our gigs.
Thanks.
That was exactly the intent. To play a whole three hour set this way might get old, but it's great for a change up.
Thank you finally unlocked dadgad for me 🇫🇷
This is an amazing lesson and just what I was looking for. Thank you!
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Haha, dang it. Now that's what I'm going to think!!!
Really helpfull love those minor chords
Excellent thank you
Subscribed, love your approach.
Thanks so much!
Fantastic! Just what I was looking for.
I've been wanting to play "desperado", I will certainly try this, thank you..
You are welcome!
Class lesson, thanking you 👍🇮🇪🎸
My pleasure!
Any song in Open D Major. For minor tunes the 3rd fret on the 4th and 5th strings gives you the notes.
Thanks.
Subscribed!
Like your videos. Very helpful and motivational
Thanks so much.
Love this tuning! It sounds so full!
amazing and just so much more in sound. love it