Understanding DADGAD

The goal of this book is to show your how to start exploring the many benefits DADGAD has to offer. We will discover the tricks and techniques that make DADGAD fun for the performer and exciting for the listener. We will see how to play chords that sound richer and fuller (or at least different from those you probably use in standard tuning) and also see how to play some things that are difficult, if not impossible, to play in standard tuning. Of course, we’ll also discover how to create the harp-like sound that many people associate with DADGAD. But most importantly, we will see how to get around the fretboard and play and chord or melody in any key as readily as in standard tuning, while adding DADGAD’s unique character. Examples include standard and tab notation. Most of the examples are included on the companion CD.