DADGAD - a rough guide

[trevorobryant]

This is totally off subject but if you believe in this sort of thing, there is what some people might call a "spirit orb" on the right side of the screen at 31 seconds 'floating' up and to the left. Not saying thats what it is, just that it was kinda interesting.

[HenfieldWill]

@trevorobryant LOL! The gas boiler flue is just below my window and the hot air blows light things such as seeds, etc. past the window. The sun catches them and throws a tiny, fleeting shadow into the room - spirit orbs for free...! :-)

[anapofasistos123]

Congratulations, amazing guitar tone.

[donotpanic2011]

Thank you very much

[donotpanic2011]

hi there do you believe that dadgad tuning might suit a twelve string better than a six string to achieve a more of droning sound if one wished to achieve a more asiastic way of playing

[HenfieldWill]

@donotpanic2011 Well, it's a possibility - and DADGAD tuning does lower the strings in a similar way that some 12-strings are tuned. Certainly worth an experiment. :-)

[irockyouroll]

a good example of dadgad playing is this video

watch?v=tSY3iEO3nd0

[namaste91]

Can follow that,very good made instructinal video.

Thank you,Sir.

[ynyslochtyn]

Very informative - excellent

[sahilcc7]

What guitar do you have?

[HenfieldWill]

@sahilcc7 This video was made with a Larrivée OM model - which I don't have now. :-)

[iaingbrennan]

Suvetar

You tune your 12-string to DADGAD, and you'll end up like me.-never be able to put your guitar down!,sounds brilliant on a 12, personally, I find standard tuning boring, -there's a whole world out there in alternative tunings, try 'em all, you won't regret it.

[a3wishine]

Thank you so much !

[hillbillygenius72]

thank you for this, ive always loved the DADGAD tuning, but i never knew how to use it in my writing.

[suvetar]

Also, has anyone tried DADGAD on a 12 string ? I have a tanglewood roundback 12 string that tends to play best with a dropped tuninhg anyway ...

[hillbillygenius72]

@suvetar look up the song Hope by rush. its in DADGAD on a twelve string. the openness of DADGAD as i sis really compliments a twelve string.

[suvetar]

I have now been seriously re-inspired to play my acoustic guitar, thank you.

Also; I now know how I want my beard to look!

[ingeewung]

thanks m8 great lesson 

[HenfieldWill]

That's one of the possible side effects of de-tuning down to DADGAD and re-tuning back up to normal pitch. Some strings, particularly if they're old, will break.

[shotofamnesia]

E string broke :| :| :| :| :|

[wesmatron]

Great little tutorial...especially the tip about the 3rds.

ps You are the antithesis of BA from The A-Team....because he won't fly, whereas you...

;)

sorry lol.

[niibed]

Yeah! it's very easy and very beautiful music! re-tune my Martin in DADGAD and playing tonight! THANK YOU, MAN!

[tomcaz]

thanks man you are really cool

[armfm90]

youre the best man, make me want to play again my guitar right now! love your voice and your guitar skills. thanks to introduce me in the DADGAD world. saludos desde Perú!

[HenfieldWill]

@armfm90 Thanks! Now - go and pick up that guitar! :-)

[BigAussieBloke69]

It would've been funny if you broke out into Kashmir or White Summer / Black Mountain Side. Great vid mate, thanks!

[totty1963]

Very nice Will - thank you!

[VODKASOLO]

YOU ARE A GREAT GUY, A VERY GOOD TEACHER AND AS YOU SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW FOR FREE YOU DESERVE TO BE CALLED WISE.

"DAD GAD" BLESS YOU !!!!

[MongoMcArthur]

Hey I have Zoom recording device, its awesome!!

[schlaackthebassist]

Thank you very much! This was very helpful!

[armandogutierrez7]

hi!! henfieldwill : my name is armano i'm mexican icame upon your instructional video just by luck and i'm glad i did i found id amazing it;s going to be very useful to me and i think i'll be able to make great mixes with dadgad and mexican music thank you very very much i always think music its the best way to bring people and nations together God bless you and your family thank you again.

[KJARED09]

Larrivee guitar....beautiful tone....good teaching....nice singing....good video. :-)

[proverbs2221]

Nice. Very nice lesson. Thanks! :) You have a nice voice as well. :)

[WeirdDoline]

Fantastic, thank you!

[fretkillrfan]

Thank you for the fine lesson. If you ever find yourself in Chicago, I owe you a couple of pints.

Cheers in 2010 & beyond!

[HenfieldWill]

And cheers to you too! :-)

[empiremonkey]

A lotta players keep one guitar sitting around in DADGAD for those special songs.... or vice-versa. I remember when I started playing and didn't even have my own guitar, I'd retune my flat-mate's beater and leave it in DADGAD. He'd go nuts trying to figure out what was going on....

[HenfieldWill]

Heh heh - good one! I have spells of using DADGAD and then forget all about it. I rarely detune and retune when playing live. :-)

[martinaxman]

This was an eye opener. The last few seconds clicked as some Leo Kottke tunes I've heard. Unlocks that mystery! You've got me bud. Not one for traditional old tunes, "Ponchartrain" definitely got me. What a beautiful tune! I messed with it in standard tuning and it sounded nice, I'll get the guts to try it in DADGAD and I bet it sounds a whole lot better. Thanks for sharing this wealth of knowledge!

[HenfieldWill]

Glad you found it useful. I also do "Pontchartrain in standard tuning (in C) - nice bass run down starting on the bass C... :-)

[noble1981]

Romba nanri.. translated Thank you very much.

[herculeslite]

Outstanding once again! Thank you very much indeed. Best wishes.

[1carp]

Lovely, as always. Thanks Will.

[Pwecko]

Eek! I'll have to learn all those chord shapes anew. It's taken me thirty years to learn a reasonable number in standard tuning.

Actually, this is great. It makes you think of the structure of chords and the sounds associated with adding or subtracting parts of them (e.g. taking away the third and adding the second and fourth).

Your guitar sounds very nice, by the way. Lovely tone.

Thanks for your hard work.

[HenfieldWill]

Thanks for the kind comments. I must admit that I got the guitar sound in this video just right. The secret is not to get the mic too close to the bass end and/or the soundhole - which I've done too often in the past - and probably will again! :-)

[OzTwanger]

Is this the same as "Drop D tuning"

[HenfieldWill]

No - Drop D, as far as I'm aware, is just lowering the 6th, bass E string down two frets to D. All other strings stay the same. Drop D also creates some good sounds. In DADGAD, the 6 strings played together play a D suspended 4th chord. The open 3rd (G) string is the 4th note in the scale of D, so the chord sounds unresolved. When you fret that G at the 2nd string - and play the A note - the chord resolves closer to a D major. :-)

[sockenfrank]

a good idea again.

thank you.

i´m still waiting for the "blue moon" lesson.

greetings

frank

[HenfieldWill]

I slap my wrist... :-) It's on my list of things to do, I can assure you - a list which is getting longer all the time... :-)

[Testacabeza]

Thanks again Will.

Muchas gracias!