DADGAD - a rough guide

An instructional video for guitar showing the tuning, basic chords and use of D suspended 4 (Dsus4) tuning - known as DADGAD tuning. The video features short interludes from "She Moved Thro' The Fair" and "The Lakes Of Pontchartrain".

PDF files for the DADGAD tuning & chords, and for the music, tabs and words to "The Lakes Of Pontchartrain" are available from my website at:

http://www.mjra.net/WillFly/tabs.shtml

The PDF for "She Moved Thro' The Fair" will be available shortly.

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• Will
• Fly
• She
• Moved
• Thro
• The
• Fair
• Lakes
• Of
• Pontchartrain
• DADGAD
• tuning
• sus4
• guitar
• instructional
• educational

[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...! :-)

[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. :-)

[sahilcc7]

What guitar do you have?

[HenfieldWill]

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

[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]

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

[anapofasistos123]

Congratulations, amazing guitar tone.

[donotpanic2011]

Thank you very much

[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