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Post by Martin on Jan 30, 2016 16:19:36 GMT
I had once mentioned that I usually put guitar-related books in two different sections: one is the tune-based, where it's mainly the tunes that are relevant (like the all-famous Traveller's Tales or the Butterfly Arrangements), the other one is the theory-based, where the main topic is the what and how, and tunes are used as an academic tool. One of my favourites belonging to the latter part is Doug Young's Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar You could walk this book through from beginning to end, and you can also flip through the pages (or the CD) to watch out for things that are of interest to you. As a newbie, could you explain the acronym DADGAD to a novice please, and any other ones I might come across on the forum? DADGAD refers to the tuning the guitar is put in before playing. Standard guitar tuning (from bottom to top) is EADGBE, whereas for the above book you would tune the strings D-A-D-G-A-D instead. Produces a very different sound, and there are quite a few members on here who play the tuning extremely well. What other acronyms have you bamboozled?
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Post by vikingblues on Jan 30, 2016 19:02:35 GMT
WARNING : Tinkering with DADGAD can become an obsession and you and your guitars may never experience standard tuning again! Like a drug, if you like it, you'll start trying other tunings too like Open G and Csus2, and many others. Mark (DADGADaholic)
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Post by K Tresp on Mar 6, 2021 17:11:55 GMT
Anyone know where Mark Thomson’s sheet music or tabs are available?
Greg
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Post by jonnymosco on Mar 6, 2021 19:11:40 GMT
Anyone know where Mark Thomson’s sheet music or tabs are available? Greg Contact davewhite. All of his pieces/arrangements are fantastic. Jonny
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Post by K Tresp on Mar 6, 2021 20:40:29 GMT
Thanks Jonny
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Post by Matt Milton on Mar 7, 2021 22:11:56 GMT
Since Christmas I've been, on and off, working my way through a book called Swing and Big Band Jazz Guitar by Charlton Johnson. However, it's subtitle is much more descriptive of the content: "Four to the bar comping in the style of Freddie Green".
I would never have believed before I tried it how much fun learning and playing these three-note chords is (which is like a whole new language and way of thinking in terms of where to put your fingers, and adding brisk little chromatic chord-shifts in between them), four to the bar. I also bought and downloaded a few Vinnie Raniolo tuition lessons from Stefan Grossman's guitar lessons site; and they make great companions.
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