DADGAD Tuning And Chord Jumpstart

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In this video, I show you how to get playing in DADGAD tuning today!

[@georgemorley5926]

From Australia , thank you , 70 year old just retired chord strummer , trying to kick start my basic guitar playing skills and this tuning in DADGAD is so amazing , great lesson and so easily explained , Peace from down under.

[@ItalianBrianA]

54 years. I am left handed. I tried 3 different times in my life to have guitar lessons, all were right hand teachers who wanted me to play right handed. Throw in a neurological issue, and it made it impossible for me. I couldn't do it. I was forced to accept that I would never play in this lifetime. Until you. Until this. I not only had a neurological learning issue, but since had an ear/brain tumor, I am now deaf in the right ear, and I had a stroke 2 days after that surgery. I actually tuned my guitar, played the one finger notes, and played the scale to sound beautiful on my guitar. (I have had my guitar for over 10 years and NEVER played her before. Thank You so much for this. This moment was cry worthy for me. Pure Joy!!

[@MattyPeq]

Tony, you are such a gift for Guitar enthusiasts. Thank you for the amazing and very informative video.

[@chrisheilala8233]

Wow!!! This was such a great lesson! Such simple concepts can produce such powerful results. Thank you!

[@terrylaw1047]

You have given me the confidence to use DADGAD tuning by making it look so easy

[@darrinfaires1774]

Love it. I have rarely picked up a guitar in years. Just totally lost the passion. Then stage 4 prostate cancer came calling and have been looking for something to relight the fire. This did it. Thank you brother!

[@brownpunk1794]

Hope u still alive bro and playing .if u dont reply we will.assume u died😢

[@jeremycharlerie7523]

Thank you for demystifying DADGAD tuning. I can finally explore without fear of getting lost.

[@Jonas5163]

Great! Thanks Tony, a really nice introduction.

[@rjp63vip]

Tony you're Great! This lesson was full of JuicyJuicy flavour and Fun! One finger chords! Good Lord! I'm all in! Singing Scales! Strumming all the strings! Mercy! Mercy me! Things ain't what the use to be! Yeah ya Right! More! DADGAD LESSONS please.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@douggreenwood9010]

Nicely explained! Thank you!

[@417DrumBob]

A very good intro in eight minutes. Thank you.

[@nikolasthomas4360]

You won me over man, beautiful sounds,and a very welcoming aura.

[@JoeKrol]

Loved this. Great primer!!!

[@chrissiekeelanmagicvegan9781]

Fantastic, thank you! You've opened up a whole new world to me. xoxo🌱❤️🌿xoxo

[@seandwyer1823]

The best 'no waffle' explanation of this particular method of tuning....well done!

[@isamschannel9585]

The whole video was rad. Can’t wait to try it.

[@paulsmart5199]

Very nicely done video. Well explained in simple terms

[@JerAtoZ]

Awesome video. Really helpful.

[@johndillon3942]

Thanks, always a pleasure

[@kenc8472]

You gained a subscriber, thanks for the video.

[@biodynamichawaii]

Most excellent video lesson. Bro, you speaking direct;y to me. Was really appreciated.

[@marceloboenosdesantos8043]

Thanks a lot for the wonderful teaching me the new world. Absolutely amazing.. ☺️ I'm so glad to play now with the DADGAD scale after I lost my hope to play on the guitar... Thanks to your help all my life will change now. I can show my friends and family 👪 how I can play good and professionally in my age. 70.

[@MrKYTER]

Thanks Tony....loved it...😉

[@gayezimhuycke]

Thanks for the easy jumpstart!

[@JRLNeal]

I’ve used dadgad before but this is also a great insight. Thanks.

[@bartofilms]

Very cool. I learned of DADGAD due to a fav band, Del Amitri. Several of their songs are DADGAD w or w.o. capo. It feels a bit like cheating, but it is also rewarding to be able to play some nice chords with 2 or 3 strings. Cheers.

[@markpeavy4005]

Great introduction to this new (to me) tuning. Your presentation was very straight forward, interesting, and informative. (you knew that already) But, reiterating from my perspective to say I'm looking forward to taking my life long living in "intermediate guitar playing" will now proceed into something better! As a professional photographer, I have no desire to make a dime from playing guitar. However, I am wanting to at least get to a level that when I play people stop and want to listen to me play. This challenge has been with me for awhile and I want to move on! Thanks, Tony!

[@craigjohnston5678]

Easy to follow - thank you.

[@HarryVsingersongwriter]

Wow! Love it ♥︎♥︎♥︎

[@surfin766]

Very cool lesson

[@lowellirish]

Thank you!!

[@RF33MUSIC]

Love you man!

[@RobertKeele]

Oh yeah!! You tha MAN🔥🔥🔥

[@David-iz5sc]

That was great. My favourite part were the major and minor scales, they sounded great and I can see how much fun it could be to be creative with them. Thanks, I will check out your channel for sure :)

[@madmusette]

Thank you so much!

[@rickeybecker3495]

Hi Tony, looks like it’s been a while for this lesson to get a comment but it is still a great one. I watched your lesson on open D tuning as well. I’ve be enjoying these on old Guild I’ve converted to a Weissenborn style lap guitar. Thanks

[@DG-mv6zw]

Hey Tony, I've heard you play many times, and you're ridiculously talented, so thanks so much for tutorials like this where you recognize that most of us lesser mortals need clear concise teaching. It would be so very easy for a talented guitarist like yourself to come across as condescending and to use these videos simply to showcase your talent. Thankfully you never do this. You've got the perfect combination of musical skill and the ability and willingness to teach . I've seen far too many so-called guitar teachers who simply just want to show off. Mind you, I could listen to you play all day long. Be great if you could develop this DADGAD tutorial in other lessons. This was great. Thanks 👍

[@shunharrison6400]

Badass!!!! Thanks

[@rainbowinbahrain1836]

Amazing!

[@bh8365]

This is what teaching should be. Thanks.

[@BrokeAtBestMusic]

I'll check this out!

[@deoodolecki2979]

Eye opening. The epiphanies are strong with this one.

[@saaz1703]

Great thankyou

[@lesmaull7422]

thanks my first DADGAD. you make it feel possible even for an average player like myself.

[@markstacey2906]

I've just tried it with my twelve ...Lost one string but it was worth it...Very interesting and pretty Sounds...Thank you for sharing....

[@anandthatal3431]

I love it.

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

cool lesson

[@theguyinthefunnyhat]

I tried BAGDAD tuning and my guitar exploded.

[@MMGFit]

😂😂😂😂😂🙆‍♂️

[@TheMusicplayer42]

Nice and simple explanation for anyone just getting into DADGAD tuning!! And btw man..love that Burgoise guitar...Dana makes some awesome and beautiful instruments!! World class for sure!!

[@paulaxiz]

Every single dadgad video has these comments. Have you ever had an original thought?

[@tjdonaldson6923]

@@paulaxiz ya I agree. Like any harmonica tutorial will say " I've watched this video for 6 hours and I don't own a harmonica" or something to that effect. People just lost in a dopamine driven social validation feedback loop. All social media is the same. It's crazy what ppl will do, say or make up to get digital attention.

[@myrstika]

It sounds like fun. I can not wait to get started.

[@georgemoskal2098]

Thanks great

[@user-cx7kg6ok9b]

I've been playing with DADGAD since the early 90s. I usually keep at least 2 guitars tuned to it.

[@justcantshred]

Great video. I mostly play electric in drop D ( Tool fan) but bought a nice Taylor 327e last year and mostly play that in drop D as well. Had the urge to try dadgad today and I feel like I found the other half of my acoustic guitar.

[@mattsmith3839]

I learned Lateralus the song on guitar...thats..thats it.

[@joseantoniomunoz5183]

Thack's sir

[@cjweb]

Really like the minor scale examples - reminds me of The Tea Party

[@manyvibes1540]

💜

[@arvedbohn6133]

Talking about modal tunings: What I like to do is tune my guitar to Open D Modal, low to high: ADADAD. You'll need special strings because of the low A string (I'm using a 7-string set without the G-string), but it's an awesome tuning - easy chords, major and minor scales are possible etc. I'm especially using this tuning for medieval pieces and also for folk and oriental music: I'm playing the melody on the high D string and I'm using the lower strings as drone strings. If you got the time, give it a try - it's worth it! ;)

[@MikeJones-vg6gb]

Would love to here more about Dadgad cords.

[@jackabsolute5525]

The minor scale has Witcher vibes to it. Very nice!

[@ratherbwalkn]

Another new guitar ( new lovely guitar Btw ) Tony are we seeing a new guitar a week? Very nice use it well! Tony you are living every guitar players dream!

[@tacguitar]

Thanks for noticing this is my Custom Bourgeois OMSC :-) I did recently get two new ones, but that will be it for a while now :-)

[@TheAtticradio]

Excellent super clear - nothing that shows arrogance or a show off exponent - good guitarists never show of I feel Any way thanks foe lesson

[@mrkkitson]

I've been playing around with DADGAD a bit. Thaks for the tips...(late to the game I guess...)

[@franksabatino7576]

Thanks for a good introduction to DADGAD. The strums with single scale notes should keep beginners busy playing stuff that sounds pretty. I'd like to recommend 2 pieces in DADGAD for acoustic guitar fans and advanced players: Laurence Juber's The Jig Is Up, and Pierre Bensusan's Nice Feeling. Apologies to fans of other fine guitarists and singers who use DADGAD, like Clive Carroll and John Smith.

[@scottburns2345]

Double down on the D string, hell yeah!

[@jazzguitartidbits7353]

Hi Tony, a couple of corrections. Your G chord is not a suspended chord because you do include the B, which is the major 3rd. Your chord example is actually a G (add 9). Your "A7" chord is not a dominate 7th chord at all. It is actually a G6 (sus 2) chord. You were almost on the right track by calling it a suspended chord, but you see, with a dominate 7th chord you have to have the major 3rd (in this case the C#) to bring out the dominate sound and function of the chord. Otherwise, nice lesson!

[@theeaskey]

My dagdad died in 1954. Good man

[@ItalianBrianA]

Do you have anymore on DADGAD?

[@christianrivera1987]

Can I ask sir, isn't bad if we used the standard tuning chords in DADGAD tuning? I just wondering if it is have a cool or disgusting sound.

[@petromoderne]

I can reply to that. I play mostly in Dadgad. The middle strings are the same as standard, so you can use similar chords. Other chords can work, like the typical d chord Its ideal for fooling around and noodling. Personally I think its a mistake to try to convert all the standard chords into dadgad. You can play a lot of things just implying chords with two notes. Just have fun!

[@rolandaskudzma5850]

First time trying an alternate tuning. High E and B strings seems too loose. Should I be using different gauge strings?

[@tacguitar]

Those higher strings will feel a bit slack, you can certainly go with a slightly higher gauge string and that will help the tension :-)

[@juanpabloporraslara5318]

Definitelly,! For those tunings that You have to loose down the string note; You have to use Hard tensión strings! Otherwise your medium or light tensión strings are gonna sound sloppy and also You can get a Buzz sound in the looser string! Listen an advice about changing tunings: the changing of tunings can bend ir damage the fretboard and the guitar bb itself because of the tensión of the strings! My first guitar i damage the body and neck ir fretboard to the point that start making buzzing sounds and since the fretboard was bend so much that the strings height was to high and i had to sand down a milímeter or 2 the bone at the bridge of the Guitar to lower the height of the strings. And still buzzing 2 strings and i put a little bit of Paper Under the strings in the neck part of the Guitar and still buzzing! So i put a little thinner piece of a business card Under the strings at the bridge of the Guitar between the bone that i sanded down and the strings and i finally fixed the problem! That Guitar i have it in Open D tuning. And D i want to change to Open E tuning i just put a CAPO in the second fret. It's better for those guitar players that use different tunings to have a Guitar set up in just one running! It's a little bit of an investment but it's better than damage your only guitar and sometimes it can get so damage that it won't work anymore and it could be garbage! I have 12 guitars

[@juanpabloporraslara5318]

I have 12 guitars each one on a different tuning. Standard tuning, Drop D tuning , Eb tuning, Open G tuning, Open D tuning, Drop C tuning, Drop C# tuning, Open F tuning, D-A-D-G-A-D or Celtic Tuning, D tuning, G Hybrid tuning, and other one for any other tuning that i want to use. I have 3 acoustic guitars and 9 classic guitars . I tell you that i like more classic guitars than anything else because i can play all kinda of music mostly rock, Grunge, heavy metal and flamenco and Classic music and the nylon strings Hard tensión are gently in My finger tips than the metal strings in the acoustic guitars! Also i like more the body and wood materials in My classic guitars and the space between the strings are more separated than the acoustic guitar strings. So it's easy for me to play and change chords! Actually because i'm more use to it because i'm sure that if i practice more in the acoustic guitars i Will feel confortable enough like i feel with the classic guitars. I'm in love of guitars! To the point that i sleep with 7 of My y guitars in My Bed and My cat.

[@musicgrrl11]

I REALLY want to hear the Loch Ness Monster story..

[@gregsanders7064]

What guitar is that??

[@reubenmech4376]

6:24 what is this technique called? I wanna know, please.

[@gaetanfonte9563]

he is doing a melody on the high string while struming the other strings

[@onlyrealufos4146]

Led Zeppelin - Friends !!!!

[@zacharygarner9000]

0:53

[@charlesbrakeville5825]

It sounds like a sitar

[@theart8039]

slow it down bro

[@derajdabrajda]

kr neki.

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Can't stand when people call the D chord with one finger a D major chord. There's no third. The D and G are power chords. If you're going to teach, teach.

[@thskadow]

Jumpstart - It's in the title

[@shane8037]

The G was a G suspended chord, the D was a power chord. He explicitly mentioned both of these facts, and didn't call either one a major chord. Either your post was a complete non sequitur or you just like to hear yourself complain.

[@zuluder866]

You must be tons of fun at parties...

[@TheMusicplayer42]

Yeah. I cant stand it when whiney know it alls get on someone else's vid and act like they know something that the dude didnt even say anyways 🙄 Go back to moms basement and whine..if your gonna whine..whine!! Smh

[@derajdabrajda]

wtf? try harder. so basic. anyway do well.

[@rbrock00]

Tony, I hate to say it, but IMO that doesn't sound good.

[@nikita_ayzatulin]

Thank you!!