Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar
Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar

Author: Doug Young

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2015-10-23

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 161065322X

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Understanding DADGAD is a complete introduction to using the DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. the book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how DADGAD can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles. Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, intervals, the harp-effect, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more, all in the context of either short musical examples or complete tunes.Rather than just providing scales, chords, or tunes, this book guides the reader through the process of understanding the guitar from the perspective of DADGAD tuning. Topics are organized as a series of small self-contained sections ideal for a single study session or lesson. After exploring extremely easy ways to get started with DADGAD, involving as little as a single finger on the fretting hand, the book progresses to examples that will interest even more advanced players. 200 musical examples, including several full performance-quality pieces, demonstrate each concept. the companion recording features the author playing many of the examples.A complete introduction to DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Begins with simple chords and scale patterns and progresses to more complex musical examples in many different keys. Topics include moveable and open-string chords and scales, the harp-effect, intervals, common chord progressions in DADGAD and more.

DADGAD Blues
DADGAD Blues

Author: Rob MacKillop

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-08-02

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1619116405

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Rob MacKillop presents 20 wonderful fingerstyle blues arrangements andcompositions in DADGAD tuning. The styles covered in this book include country blues, boogie woogie left-hand piano blues, early jazz blues, gut-bucket blues and modal blues. Great traditional songs are included such as St. James Infirmary Blues, St. Louis Blues, C. C. Rider and more, alongside 15 full-length studies. The book begins with easy arrangements, progressing to intermediate and more advanced ones - in short, these blues studies will improve your technique through playable 12-bar tunes. A wide array of chord and scale fingerings are also provided, including pentatonic minor and major scales, blues scales, diminished arpeggios and scales, 7th chords, whole-tone scales and the super Locrian mode and much more! All the tunes presented have accompanying audio recorded by Rob MacKillop and are available to download

Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD
Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD

Author: Doug Young

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1619114887

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Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD shows how fingerstyle guitarists can use DADGADtuning to play traditional tunes, including twenty-four complete arrangements ofcommon American, Irish and Scottish ballads, airs, jigs and reels. The bookexplores techniques and patterns for playing melodies across the strings, producing a harp-like effect that adds a distinctive and beautiful character to traditional melodies. In addition to building repertoire, the material demonstrates ways to arrange your own melodies or even write your own tunes based on thetechniques provided. This is a perfect follow-up for guitarists who have studiedUnderstanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar and are looking for tunes to learn, or for those who want to go deeper into harp-style playing. It is also an excellent introduction for those who prefer to just dive head-first into DADGAD by learning some classic tunes

The Complete DADGAD Guitar Method
The Complete DADGAD Guitar Method

Author: Simon Pratt

Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781911267096

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DADGAD Guitar Method is different. Each scale, chord and arpeggio is taught in a musical context so that it immediately becomes part of your voice on guitar.

DADGAD Chords, Scales & Tuning
DADGAD Chords, Scales & Tuning

Author: Felix Schell

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1609743032

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This book offers a large number of essential chords and scales for the DADGAD tuning of the guitar. the material assembled here opens up a multitude of possibilities to expand and improve your playing in this unique tuning. Chords are shown in their customary harmonic contexts, instead of just listing them (as is done in most other chord-books). Skim and skip around in the book as you like, experiment, and linger where ever you find your musical inspiration. Have fun with this new, unique DADGAD book.

Easy DADGAD Celtic Guitar
Easy DADGAD Celtic Guitar

Author: Rob MacKillop

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1619116189

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This book contains thirty of the most requested Celtic session tunes, arranged for DADGAD tuning. Accompanying audio is available as an online download, whichincludes performances by Rob MacKillop. To assist playing these tunes, a technique primer and specific exercises are included. With the use of a capo youwill be able to play these tunes in their traditional keys. The tunes can be played fingerstyle or with a pick. The repertoire includes classic tunes such as DrowsyMaggie, Soldier's Joy, St. Patrick's Day In the Morning, The Kesh, The Rights ofMan and The Wind That Shakes The Barley. A bonus twenty-five traditional Scottish lute pieces are included, also arranged for DADGAD tuning! Includes access to online audio

DADGAD and DGDGCD Tunings
DADGAD and DGDGCD Tunings

Author: Julie Henigan

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1619113864

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This book is an extension and expansion of the previously released Mel Bay book, DADGAD Tuning. It includes a number of additional instrumental solos in DADGAD for beginning-intermediate guitar players, while introdtucing DGDGCD, a related open tuning. Although many of the selections are traditional Irish dancetunes, the book also includes an American dance tune, two traditional Irish songs, and original instrumentals by Frederick Boyce, Jake Schumacher, Gilles le Bigot,and the author. The book is written in tablature and standard notation

Celtic guitar
Celtic guitar

Author: Glenn Weiser

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780769296807

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Forty beautiful Celtic melodies arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. All the songs are arranged to be easily playable. Most of the songs are in standard tuning plus there is an additional section in DADGAD tuning. A CD is included featuring all the songs.

World of Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar
World of Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar

Author: Stefan Grossman

Publisher: Grossman Guitar Workshop

Published: 2012-05-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786683925

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This collection of traditional music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for solo guitar is the result of a passionate study of the tradition by some of the finest musicians playing in this genre. Compiled by Stefan Grossman, this book includes arrangements by Pierre Bensusan, El McMeen, Martin Simpson, Pat Kirtley, Duck Baker, Tom Long & Steve Baughman. Looking back less than a century you would find this music performed on fiddle, pipes, button accordion, flutes and whistles, in solo and ensemble settings, but never guitar, even in its basic role of providing rhythm. The challenge for those who attempt to translate Celtic traditional music for fingerstyle guitar is to preserve the unique qualities which are the essence of the style. The popularity of alternate tunings in this music tends to come from two different directions. One is in the desire for production of tonalities of droning instruments, ß la the bagpipes, and tunings such as DADGAD and EADEAE make this effect relatively easy. On the other hand, there are guitar tunings which lend themselves easily to the melodic steps and fullness found in the diatonic Celtic harp, such as DGDGBD (open G tuning) and the CGDGAD. DVD is region 0, playable worldwide.