Martin Carthy & Jim Moray discuss guitar tunings

[@Darren-D.C-Cross]

This footage will be treasured even more, every single year.

[@jtpinnyc]

DADGAD is the gift that keeps on giving. It makes so many wonderfully beautiful and unique sounds possible. Been playing for 30 years and I still find lovely quirks of the tuning daily.

[@renderizer01]

Same here. DADGAD became my defacto standard tuning almost exactly thirty years ago (by way of a short, temporary detour via dropped D). I sometimes use a few others like DGDGCD but at the end of the day I'm tuning back to DADGAD. It's the tuning that I speak the best. Much, much better than standard tuning by now.

[@jtpinnyc]

@@renderizer01 Over the last couple of years I have had the tuning DADEAE compete equally for my attention with DADGAD. I happened upon it whilst looking for a way to adapt a harp piece for guitar and become instantly addicted. I now find that when doing guitar arrangements, if it doesn't work so well in DADGAD it'll work great in DADEAE and vice versa.

[@TheMindOrchestra]

“ Guitar is an orchestra in your lap “ - awesome 😎

[@LouisMenotti]

What a treasure of a video. Going to go & tune my guitar.

[@andersingram]

so wonderful to be able to hear this!

[@fox5411]

One of my Jain influences from 1969. Loved his open turnings and they influenced my playing on guitar from having learned banjo first.

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

Thanks for posting.

[@ooshamaga]

so cool. thank you!

[@cardboardmusic]

Always loved Martin Carthy ever since I saw him back in 71'. However, I guess someone should explain to Jim (and maybe Martin) is what makes these chords 'beautiful' is there odd inversions, due to the way the guar is tuned, and in their case re-tuned. On a piano this is easily seen in what we call 'voicing'. Great video, thanks for posting.

[@Firewallrockandmetal]

What a master.

[@bustedfender]

3:19 touché, my young whelp.

[@rhessex]

What's the song called that he's playing here?

[@rudallcarte580]

Jim Moray is obviously a good musician, but he's snapping at the masters heels here. Doesn't seem to want to listen ( eg 4:58 ) Its like relax man let Martin talk and then play

[@seanearnest]

Martin asserts dominance at 3:09

[@seanearnest]

+Sean Earnest And again at 3:49

[@seanearnest]

+Sean Earnest Is anyone else losing their shit from 8:20-9:20? Unreal.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Chill

[@taurotar]

Great stuff this but I totally disagree that alternate tunings are not modal...they are indeed as there are dominant tones & they produce drones naturally tending to certain modes & DO limit what chords can be played easily.

[@jtpinnyc]

It really depends how confident you are in them. Oftentimes I will leave my guitar in DADGAD out of laziness, and I will play the same kind of things that I do in standard tuning because I know how to get that sound with DADGAD. Similarly, with thought I can play in a DADGAD style in standard tuning, utilizing many open strings in runs, and playing chords with close clusters (like the sounds you get between the G and A strings in DADGAD). If you know the tunings inside and out and you have the kind of fingers that can stretch anywhere without too much effort, you can do anything you want in them.

[@taurotar]

Not easy for me anyway as I am really hooked into the traditional tuning. I'm sure that if I spent enough time with DADGAD, I would find all its possibilities.