DADGAD Tuning Part 1

[1599maybole]

Davy Graham and Bert Jansch were using it in the early 60s when Bensusan was in short pants.

[neogeoriffic]

Actually, DADGAD tuning dates back to ancient Celtic music.

[ChambreNoir]

@neogeoriffic Ancient Celtic musicians did not have six-string guitars.

[neogeoriffic]

@ChambreNoir The CRUIT, a small harp or lyre, plucked with the fingers was played with a bow about four hundred years before Christ. It was an oblong-shaped instrument, with a neck and finger-board, having six strings.

[MarkFulledge]

its hard to hear the sound of the string when you talk right after you play it

[soberek]

Kashmir!!!

[TribeCalledJake]

I don't need a freakin' history lesson, just show me how to tune!

[ItsMyPrecious]

It doesnt matter who invented it...thats not the point of the video >.<

[skepticalsight]

this is excellent man good job

[PBANDSNOW]

Guys, DADGAD wasnt invented by any of these people. Its a sitar tuning, coming from the far East hundreds of years before these peoples parents were even born.

[ThisIsPardy]

love this tuning wrote many songs in this tuning! DADGAD

[xPsuedo]

shut up with the jimmy page.

[PBANDSNOW]

@xPsuedo Thats like telling Catholics to shut up about god.

[BopsStudios]

Jimmy Page started it lol



[PBANDSNOW]

@BopsStudios No he didnt, he sampled it for a song called swan song, which became Kashmir

[michaelwattsguitar]

Nicely done!

[VacantFishTank]

i broke my 1st E string trying this, is that common?

[iVideosongs]

@VacantFishTank No, it is not common. It can happen sometimes for any number of reasons and it doesn't necessarily mean bad or cheap strings. Try again. If it happens continually, go to a store for assistance.

[richie629]

@VacantFishTank if ur broke ur string then it means ur turning it the wrong way...cuzto get this tunning ur never tightning any string...but losening it...hope that helps

[richie629]

@VacantFishTank if ur broke ur string then it means ur turning it the wrong way...cuz to get this tunning ur never tightning any string...but losening it...hope that helps

[towardstheshadows]

@VacantFishTank sometimes a nut slot that isnt filed right will break the string when u tune it. or the string was just old

[fietsvrouw]

@VacantFishTank Were you tuning down to D? It is not common to break a string tuning the string down? You drop it a whole step. If you were trying to tune it up or if you were accidentally turning the peg in the wrong direction, then yes. That would not be surprising.

[ipodlover15]

@VacantFishTank same here, sometimes it just happens, i would recommend elixir strings or SIGs.

[JosephTDavid]

@ipodlover15 you tune it lower it cannot break ....

[ipodlover15]

@JosephTDavid yes it can. strings can break being tuned up or down. when you tune it up, it can snap. and when tuning down, if the string is weak, it will unravel under the sudden loss of tension

[JosephTDavid]

@ipodlover15 wtf who can turn it so fast, it hasn't happened to me yet.... i use the same strings about 4months, and they're not an elixir...

[ipodlover15]

@JosephTDavid it doesnt have to be fast. I think i know a little about guitar, ive played for 14 years. And Its not common, the string has to be cheap, old, or weak. It dosnt happen alot.

[JosephTDavid]

@ipodlover15 mine is the same .D

[ipodlover15]

@ipodlover15 SIGs make my fingers bleed! Elixirs all the way!

[bigdallyc]

@VacantFishTank If you tune down your sixth string first, this will sometimes happen because all the tension that string was supporting is transferred to the other strings. Therefore, making them snap under the pressure.

[fasttrackguitar]

@VacantFishTank I have one guitar that used to break the E string 1/4 times when I'd tune down to D. Finally ran a small file through the nut slot and haven't had the problem since.

[itouchguitar]

@VacantFishTank usually when it is cold weather your strings tend to snap very easily. Last winter i snapped my bottom E when tuning

[stillwaterjames1]

@VacantFishTank no

[OzzyOsbourneFanMatt]

jimmy page made dadgad kool with kashmir

[Errikstapley]

Jimmy page hands down.

[jvanwest]

Pierre Bensusan did not invent DADGAD. Get your facts straight.

[KyussWhitewater]

galaxyrock is right, Davey Graham invented it

[bandedcat10]

@KyussWhitewater No, Davey Graham popularized it.

[snralejandrito]

dadgad. jimi page owns this tuning. hands down. kashmirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[GarretsShadow]

@snralejandrito Umm, justin king

[Chibbers]

damnit I forgot about my tea

[ElephantsOnStilts]

My favorite tuning!, I always use this!

[pookoo2]

ju no teach good

[DoubleYpros]

en.wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/DADG­AD

[JonBennett3010]

Actually, DADGAD was not "invented" by Bensusan. In recent times it was first used by Davey Graham, but there is evidence to show that DAdGAD was first used in the late 17th century when the first parlour 'citterns' were in fashion.

[rebelbhoy1888]

i love dadgad

[PkjXxX]

stop talking i cant hear the tune

[hirgons]

i would like you to play the notes one by one without talking once, it's not an attack, just a simple ask, for future videos for exemple.

thanks for the vid'.

[thevalehouse]

mate bensusan didnt invent it ..... if your gonna speak about this get do your homework first, you lost all credibility in the first 30 seconds

[PutzerLovesYou]

Everyone is wrong about the origins of this tuning. it wasn't invented by Davy Graham but he is credited with making it popular. it is most associated with Celtic music but im not sure that is where it came from, i don't know that anyone knows where it actually originated from.

[PutzerLovesYou]

also dropping this down to CGCGCF sounds amazing, i encourage everyone to try it. same concept as DADGAD just a step lower

[orpharion]

As far as I know, Davy did invent it. Standard tuning wasn't giving him the modal sound he wanted, so he experimented until he came up with it - it's only one note different from open D, and more to the point, it's similar to mountain minor tuning - used on banjo and guitar - but with an extended range on top.

[PutzerLovesYou]

No he was just the first British guitar player to use the tuning and he's the one who made it popular, it was around before hand and used in Celtic music. it is possible he came up with it himself but it was around before him. I know i've come up with things only to find out someone else already had.

[orpharion]

i'd like to know who was using it before him - which guitarists in the late 50s early 60s were using it. that would be nice to know.

[viking1au]

@orpharion Dunno about Bensusan, but many of the Brit Guitar legends, like Martin Carthy will put it down to Davy Graham. -- Early '60's user was also Bert Jansch.

[alessandromba]

I'm amazed by the quality of the recording, how did you get such nice sound ? what is your recording set up ? I'm looking for this for years. Tks

[YNGWIERADIO]

if you play this chord the last three strings should all sound the same

D-0

A-0

D-0

G-7

A-5

D-0

[YNGWIERADIO]

ill get around to making a vid, but heres a realy easy way to get into dadgad.

1) drop the E string to D.

2) tune the B string to the G strings 2nd fret.

3) finally tune the high E string to the B strings 5th.

if theres any mistakes feel free to let me know...

[roundhousekicker88]

"TUNE into the next segment." Haha

[Shakeitupyes]

this does not tell me how to tune to DADGAD. Why is it so hard to find out how to tune it??? I have AP Tuner and it doesn't even have DADGAD or DADF#AD in the presets GAHHH IM GOING TO KILL SOMEONE

[toddiey12]

PATRONIZING CUNT

[BakedFaceProductions]

wat the fuck does it matter if hes wrong or rite, hes trying to help us u stupid fucks!

[cowpooca]

I agree with you (although wouldn't have said it quite that way) :)

[NateageIV]

all becuase you use the tuining doesnt mean ur celtic

[guitarman3190]

this is the celtic tuing.....WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY....its been around longer then what he is sayen

[galaxyrock]

You're an idiot for thinking Pierre Bensusan invented DADGAD.

[suze1990]

i agree, its generally credited to davy graham

[DaveSketch]

@galaxyrock I think it's Jimmy Page

[surrealIdeal]

@galaxyrock he said 'developped' and not invented...

[fietsvrouw]

@galaxyrock He actually did not say that Pierre Bensusan "invented" dadgad. Davy Graham invented it. He said that Pierre Bensusan "developed" it. He was, in fact, the first person to play the tuning extensively and he played a key role in popularizing it. In other words, he developed it as a major tuning. Msaybe look at the video as a chance to learn something instead of watching for an opportunity to scoff and posture.

[rocketsheepp]

jeez. i only need the notes.. not everything in in its history.. but tnx anyway..

[joeatherlay]

Davy Graham Rest in Piece x

[podunkest]

All your lessons are great! Some of the best on youtube, 5 stars and thanks very much, helped a lot.

[aripahs]

its the CIA jimmy page tuning

[Tomurow]

Yes it was Davy Graham but Bensusan took it to another level entirely!

[KarloR27]

I don't think that's right because it was Davy Graham who invented DADGAD.