How to play in DADGAD

[@bh8365]

Appreciate this lesson. Especially the chord diagram graphics .

[@edwardsarmiento2909]

I appreciate your way of simplifying this complex tuning in such a articulate manner. God bless!

[@theverseshed]

Agreed about Aaron's clear examples and explanations. Not as complex as many other tunings - DADGAD leaves 3 strings untouched and the other two are changed to just 2 notes that are octaves of two of the unchanged strings. Some chord shares ARE tricker, but there are a lot of 'new' chords that only need 1 or 2 fingers. This upload is especially interesting because of Aaron's focus at one point of leaving strings 6 and 5 open - and the fact that he shows chord diagrams. For anyone interested in DADGAD chords, just use an image search and you'll find many examples that you can copy/paste and print, or download free as a PDF.

[@rebeccawmorris5297]

Really helpful with the diagrams and everything. So many guitar videos that just want to show you what they know, rather than know that they're showing you! Thank you!

[@riverreasteve]

Great lesson on how to get started on DADGAD - Thankyou

[@ProgRockDan1]

Thanks for sharing DADGAD with me. I haven’t used it before

[@GregoryPoe]

It's also helpful in songwriting to utilize the lower three string power chords. I use 3-3-3-open-open-open all the time to add that hard rock sound when ending a measure. I also throw harmonics all over the place since they all work. I'm sure you already know this, Aaron, but I'm just leaving this here for other folks.

[@kategoodwin2148]

Very helpful. Thanks so much--I love DADGAD!!!

[@stevenharpold2562]

Thanks for this wonderful lesson.

[@bh8365]

Second time viewing this. Very useful. With these chord diagrams in the key of D, one can then choose various progressions.

[@robertjones6331]

Good lesson. Thank you for the box for the chords. 84 year old ears have a lot of trouble with C-G-D-B all sound a lot alike.

[@dustinwhite6885]

That's a beautiful guitar!

[@scottbatdorf3664]

Great!! finally found DADGAD cords in Nashville number system. Thank you! I'm following you.

[@jreid641]

Yes, that was very helpful! Thanks

[@rupsontokbi2680]

Awesome and thanks for for alternate guitar tuning that's that get and giving lessons how to play dadgad. Alternate tuning and I feel like this tuning is malli used for fingerstyle I really like this this guitar tuning very very f****** awesome 0thank you

[@mithu219]

Wonderfully explained

[@DocMoe789]

Thanks for the lesson.

[@RootedHat]

Awesome dude. Thank you so much!

[@rhomacity]

nice clear video, thank you.

[@bipulbhengra8857]

Thnx brOda ..it's very helpful..n soul touching.. DadGaD cOrds..lv frOm Assam❣️❣️♥️♥️

[@sergius28]

Great!!Thanks for sharing - much appreciated

[@johncostopoulos7741]

very helpful. Thanks for sharing - much appreciated

[@carlosaltamirano762]

Thanks for the video.

[@AaronWesley]

Key of E. DADGAD with capo 2.

[@anandthatal3431]

Really enjoyed thank you for sharing.

[@cindyziegra2596]

Great teacher thank you

[@katorzhnik]

Really good tutorial.

[@gabrielorduno6558]

Thank you for this video! Been wanting to learn these chord shapes for so long and you broke it down so well!!! Thank you for adding to my worship chords 💯

[@rjp63vip]

Omg! This was profusely helpful! Thank you! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 I'll be writing a song using these ideas!

[@ProgRockDan1]

Yes fine video

[@webingerphoto49]

Hi Aaron! Great video for chords! Just getting in to DADGAD tuning. Do you have a video on Capo position for key changes?

[@maukmaukvegan83]

Thanks for this! Really straight forward and informative 👍

[@dazuk1969]

Thanks for that dude, been playing a few years but always c pitch. This is a really clear, easy to understand explanation of the dadgad thing that any intermediate player would find helpful...nice one, peace to ya.

[@tonyclack5901]

Very helpfull, thank you.

[@bladedspokes]

DADGAD is a modal tuning so all of the strings are tuned to a note in the scale of the tuning (in this case D major).. this is what makes the drones sound okay no matter what chord you're playing. One of the best things about DADGAD is that you can use a ton of suspension which gives a more full sound when you're performing solo... examples Gsus2=550000, Asus4/E=202200 (which conveniently doubles as an E7sus4 if you're into that kind of thing), and Em11=222000. That brings me to one of the big drawbacks of DADGAD in performance - everyone has to do it or no one can do it. Mixing DADGAD instruments with standard tuning instruments means you have to avoid deviating the third (unless everyone does it, and in the same way). But yeah I love DADGAD.

[@AaronWesley]

Great insights. However, DADGAD cannot be considered a true modal tuning because it doesn't outline a third of any given chord when strummed open. In this case, it just outlines a Dsus4 chord. For all we know, it could be a true dorian mode, D Ionian, or even second inversion, tonic mixolydian chord with a 9th suspension.

[@DaveTaste]

That's open D tuning. This is DADGAD.

[@casaMariaPT]

Very helpful, thanks very much.

[@arieswaters]

Yeah what he said at the very end there. You can really have some nice sounds using the Capo up and down the neck in dadgad tuning and finger-picking

[@guidejackcoffeetour]

Thank you

[@AndrewSidarta24]

Thank you, it does sound beautiful!

[@hercoles34]

Nice and clear thx 🙏

[@thelivingroombusker2013]

Thank you🎸

[@kevinzefanya1489]

This is helpful. 👍👍

[@pikxo]

Hi mate, good stuff, but is it possible changing the scale using DADGAD along one song without using the capo?

[@AaronWesley]

I’ve experimented with creating some shapes for the key of G. You can also learn a bar shape that works, however, you just start to lose the DADGAD open sound and I feel like it’s not worth it at that point.

[@GustavoHCosta]

Might be stupid question, but if I play in that tunning, is it always gonna be the key of D?

[@AaronWesley]

With that tuning and chord shapes, yes it will be the key of D. If you want to change keys, an easy way is to use a capo and go up the neck like you would in standard tuning. Example, capo 2 would be a whole step above D which is the key of E.

[@asishkmathew759]

Which pickup are you using?

[@AaronWesley]

LR Baggs M1A

[@andersoneitelweindasilva259]

A melhor explicação que eu vi 👏👏👏👏👏

[@wandahoward2624]

A learner. Is that really all the chords there are in dadgad? Thanks.

[@AaronWesley]

These are the most used chords within a major scale. You can always add “color” chords which borrow from other key signatures. This lesson did not touch on that concept.

[@joefuller9160]

Great vid matey, very clear and helpful to get me started ☺️👍

[@felipepantoja2490]

No te entiendo ni toco nada pero me agrada ver tus videos

[@kazuyamitsugawa]

strings 13's?

[@jeanebarbosa8571]

Obrigada 🙏

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

yes very helpful thanks.

[@monicavela8950]

Amazing ..

[@Agerskiold]

Plz show how you tune the E to D. My strings breaks

[@AaronWesley]

All you have to do is tune both E strings down a whole step. Same with the B string.

[@Agerskiold]

ImpactKC Worship Thanks 👌🏻

[@jakeruiz7421]

Tune down. Don’t tighten strings, loosen them.

[@AgentSalvo]

I don't know why but DADGAD is much more pleasing to play than E Standard

[@finneire2081]

E minor G major and A major can be played just puuting the thumb over top strings of the respected frets This is complicating things in my opinion

[@rdgkbrothers7675]

Can you do CGDGBd for me plz

[@billgavinmusic7182]

So you can’t play E major?

[@holderview4373]

Capo 2nd fret and play those shapes. You'll be playing in E major then.

[@billgavinmusic7182]

@@holderview4373 But I still don’t understand why there isn’t an E major chord shape that he goes over. Can you help me understand that?

[@holderview4373]

@@billgavinmusic7182 sure! His video was simply covering how to play in the Key of D in DADGAD tuning. Here is a link to another guy that will show you some E major stuff. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3mVl4qXa7OEb6s

[@AaronWesley]

If you’d like to make the Em chord a major, just change the open G string to a G# on the first fret. Keep in mind that if you decide to keep the bottom D string open, it will be an E7 chord.

[@WillieBeard]

This is just one way TO play DADGAD. Not HOW. It doesn’t need to be this complex for a beginner.

[@xinyuliu4693]

十分感谢

[@tatianaespitia3685]

Hermoso

[@cleaningmyroom1000]

awwww this is a worship channel?

[@c_farther5208]

When you show the fingering for a chord, you should delineate all the notes you are playing or flash it on the screen not just teaching memorization of where to play your fingers on the frets. Explain, why and what you have when you are playing that chord. I was disappointed in this video.

[@guloguloguy]

...I don't think that DADGAD is much of an improvement!!!... IMHO: Most of those chords all sounded alike, to me..... WTF?!.....

[@stringsofheaven3567]

Thanks for the video