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DADGAD
Jun 1, 2019 15:46:19 GMT
Post by Onechordtrick on Jun 1, 2019 15:46:19 GMT
Can anyone recommend a good DADGAD chord book?
Thanks
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Post by andyhowell on Jun 3, 2019 6:55:26 GMT
I’ve never seen a DADGAD chord book but there DADGAD chord downloads on the net. I may have got one somewhere - I’ll have a look later today.
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DADGAD
Jun 3, 2019 7:51:24 GMT
Post by martinrowe on Jun 3, 2019 7:51:24 GMT
I was watching a Martin Simpson lesson recently about Open/Altered Tunings and he made a point that made a lot of sense to me. His thinking goes like this: a good way to begin to understand a tuning that is new to you is to start with what you already know. So if you are tuned to DADGAD you ask yourself which strings are tuned to the same notes as when you are tuned to standard tuning.
So EADGBE DADGAD
With DADGAD the 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings ( the ADG) are tuned the same. So you now have half of the strings under some sort of control. (If you're used to playing in Dropped D then you have 4 strings under some sort of control)
So, to follow this logic, one way to start to understand the tuning is to play the parts of the chord shapes (that you already know from standard tuning) on the three strings that are tuned the same. e.g. a D chord is very easy - open 5th, open 4th and fret at the second fret on the 3rd string - it is easy to move up the fretboard as well. The 'fun' bit then becomes mentally finding the fretting places for the other strings that work for that chord.
It may be that developing this level of understanding is better/quicker than letting someone else do the thinking for you by getting the shapes from a chord book - I don't know. (I'm fed up with 'absolute' answers so perhaps there are a lot of ways to skin a cat and that different methods work for different people.)
I'm only repeating what someone else has said but it makes a lot sense to me. If you already knew this then no harm done. Hope it helps Martin
(I'm trying to learn the standard tuning Wilco Johnson stuff from videos posted on youtube at the moment - great fun)
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Jun 3, 2019 9:00:01 GMT
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Post by andyhowell on Jun 3, 2019 9:12:10 GMT
Chords are pretty easy to find in DADGAD. As Martin says the bottom 4 strings are the same as Dropped D. The trick to getting rid of that weird feel is to not fret the top two strings at the beginning. It is say to get a D,G,A and so on. DADGAD also works quite well for G using the dropped D G shape as the root. The C can be a bit interestesting — just finger the 5 and 4 strings and see where you go from there. I have no idea about F but I suspect I always play that as a single note! DADGAD is very popular with Irish-music strummers. The trick is to get away from complicated chord shapes — I often only fret two or maybe three strings. Try a chord at the 12th fret — fretting the bass and then seeing if you can fins a sympathetic fretting on the 2nd or 3rd strings a fret or two up the neck (towards the head stock). Descend this shape to A and G F# and E. For A and G you may find the other fret interval may have to change from 1 interval to 2. This shape can go all the way down to F# on the E I tend tool back down the next to a kind of Em shape. This might sound complicated but it is easy to experiment with on your guitar. Your just playing a descending bass line (using a Dropped D G shape) and fretting one other string on the 3rd or 2nd. My song Richmond Road is based almost completely on this chord sequence: www.andyhowell.info/Guitar-Pages/Richmond-Rd-Master-March%2019.m4a
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Post by lavaman on Jun 3, 2019 11:02:28 GMT
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Post by dangad on Jun 3, 2019 15:29:00 GMT
I have a massive pdf of DADGAD chords...which tbh I rarely use...But you can download it for free here and take a look.... Hans Speek's DADGAD CHORD book
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Jun 3, 2019 17:49:11 GMT
Post by ocarolan on Jun 3, 2019 17:49:11 GMT
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DADGAD
Jun 3, 2019 18:40:34 GMT
Post by martinrowe on Jun 3, 2019 18:40:34 GMT
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DADGAD
Jun 4, 2019 0:54:11 GMT
Post by doc on Jun 4, 2019 0:54:11 GMT
dangadThanks for that. Now if only I could download skill.
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DADGAD
Jun 4, 2019 9:01:35 GMT
Post by Onechordtrick on Jun 4, 2019 9:01:35 GMT
Thanks all; plenty of food for thought.
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Post by andyhowell on Jun 4, 2019 12:24:05 GMT
Thanks all; plenty of food for thought. While that child chart looks scary remember — you only need three.
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Post by vikingblues on Jun 4, 2019 18:21:01 GMT
I reckon that the chords that sound best to me in DADGAD are the ones that are geared up to that particular tuning, especially where utilising open strings. Those chords that are variations on the ones we're used to in standard tuning but where that variation gives a wonderfully different flavour. If we get to close to replicating the standard tuning chords we might as well play in standard.
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Runs of chords like the one (all 6 string chords)that keeps the top 2 strings open. 000200 D5 222000 Em11 333200 F6 555400 Gadd2 777600 Aadd4 999700 Bm7 Or make the 4th string open too for a subtlety different voice. Or with partial chords change the 1st and or 2nd string notes to be on the same fret as the 6th and 5th strings.
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Post by andyhowell on Jun 12, 2019 9:48:29 GMT
I reckon that the chords that sound best to me in DADGAD are the ones that are geared up to that particular tuning, especially where utilising open strings. Those chords that are variations on the ones we're used to in standard tuning but where that variation gives a wonderfully different flavour. If we get to close to replicating the standard tuning chords we might as well play in standard. Mark Quite! DADGAD needs those open strings to reveal its distinct tonal palate. I've said this before but each of the tunings I use has a different feel or even personality. Each of these tunings seems to have a leaning towards one type of music or another!
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Post by davewhite on Jun 12, 2019 10:12:03 GMT
I reckon that the chords that sound best to me in DADGAD are the ones that are geared up to that particular tuning, especially where utilising open strings. Those chords that are variations on the ones we're used to in standard tuning but where that variation gives a wonderfully different flavour. If we get to close to replicating the standard tuning chords we might as well play in standard. Mark Quite! DADGAD needs those open strings to reveal its distinct tonal palate. Then again Pierre Bensusan's use of DADGAD has hardly any open strings in play
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