How DADGAD Tuning Makes EVERYONE A Better Guitarist!

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  • If you're looking to level up your Alt/shoegaze guitar playing , then DADGAD tuning needs exploring! It allows you to play with open strings giving you that sound you've been searching for.
    In todays video, we're going to be discussing the importance of DADGAD tuning and how it can help you level up your playing and create that indie/shoegaze guitar sound.We'll explore how to find the major and minor thirds, how to get around the fretboard and how to begin writing awesome chord progressions in DADGAD!
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  • @eeeewalk
    @eeeewalk ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I pretty much exlusively play in open tunings. As you talk about towards the end, it's the happy accidents you get by putting your fingers somewhere and seeing what comes out. If I start to get too comfortable with chord fingerings in a particular tuning, then it's time to try something else!

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah 100%! It opens up loads of new possibilities that would just sound tired in more ‘regular’ tunings.

  • @PhilipMurrayDesign
    @PhilipMurrayDesign ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant tutorial Dan - very helpful - thanks - love the droning string tones using DADGAD

  • @letronix6243
    @letronix6243 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome. Time to try that right now.

  • @boriscat1999
    @boriscat1999 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think alternative tunings force you to understand chords because you can more easily experiment and improvise. DADDAD is another interesting one, which has lots of D's across the octave as a power chord. and picking a base of D and D on two octaves while doing almost anything you want on the three treble strings, but it is very simple to walk through major and minor chords such as Em, F#m, G, A, Dm, C#dim with only three shapes on those 3 strings. and maybe you won't use the diminished chord at all.

    • @ronmounts8075
      @ronmounts8075 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Doooooo What????

  • @mainsblanches8793
    @mainsblanches8793 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice ti see alternate tunings are so popular, I've been using them for composing for close to 50 years now!...and it's been quite a journey!...

  • @22leaves
    @22leaves 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    man your channel is a gem!!

  • @nedim_guitar
    @nedim_guitar 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is great, really inspiring! I've been dabbling in DADGAD and other tunings for quite.some time. A couple of weeks ago I wrote s complete song with lyrics and all on my acoustic guitar. Right now I'm recording an electric guitar version. However, I mistakenly had the guitar tuned to DADGAE 😄

  • @stuartchapman5171
    @stuartchapman5171 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im not a guitarist but I go make noise. Ive always tuned my old Teisco to DADGAD, I love the sojnd with a slide, stacked dirt and a sprinkle of classic sounding room or spring verb. A twist on a vintage sound on a modern fx chain. I struggle to play anything that sounds bad!.I always assumed that this was drop D in my lack of any musical knowledge. Great vid.

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks mate! Yeah it just sounds awesome kinda no matter what you do haha!

  • @DannyPoet
    @DannyPoet 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i think u just converted me from Drop D lol ;) Love ur blue Fender by the way

  • @glaurung666
    @glaurung666 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I prefer open tunings too. DAFDAD for example which is open minor D, or open C for my 8-string guitar. I think a lot of guitarists underestimate the beauty and comfort of open tuning and for some reason play only in standard tuning, maybe dropped sometimes.

  • @ceciliaeyes
    @ceciliaeyes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool video ! We are using this tuning (one half step down) on our single Parenthesis, that way (one step down) make it even more dramatic :-) Cool Music October Drift !

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahh awesome. Will take a listen! Thanks so much!

    • @ceciliaeyes
      @ceciliaeyes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thesethingsmakenoises thanks so much Dan, hope you'll like it ! Are you playing in Belgium in the coming weeks, months, let me know ;-)

  • @statespace
    @statespace 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    mate honestly i love your channel! so simply explained and the topic is just right for me. I'd love to listen to your band somewhere online, what is it called? Can't find any links :(

  • @non_brewed_condiment
    @non_brewed_condiment 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    glad I found this channel

  • @chinabears
    @chinabears ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wicked jam Dan, maybe we should give DADGAD a try 🤪🤪🤪

  • @abvk4875
    @abvk4875 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    my favorite song ive written was in dadgad but another half step down, truely beautiful tuning

  • @MrJmawiseman
    @MrJmawiseman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Started learning again recently after a long break. Im into Shoegaze but cant get enough of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club lately. Gonna tune my guitar to DADGAD later and try and sound like Peter Hayes...😅

  • @arbuzifiedMusician
    @arbuzifiedMusician 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yeah, i have also did smth like that with the d a d f# a c# tuning, its also very nice

  • @ricardog.s2505
    @ricardog.s2505 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I discovered this tuning through the band Sevendust, it is probably their most used tuning (but in Drop B, instead of D) and it easily became my favourite tuning of all time because it sounds beautiful when you want to, but also very dissonant, noisy and heavy if you put effort in it

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That sounds awesome!!

    • @GabeHelma
      @GabeHelma 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      7dust are awesome dude's. I partied with them after a show way back in 1999. Super cool and humble guys. No asshole rockstar bullshit with them guys.

  • @Duderino_jr
    @Duderino_jr ปีที่แล้ว

    Learning snail mails static fuzz in open D changed my opinion on alternate tuning and is now all i feel like playing. TH-cam has a tutorial of course lol

  • @killianmaduro3664
    @killianmaduro3664 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know I am a bit late but man I would really recommend you try DADGAE and leave that high E. It adds a completely different sound altogether and sounds much more dreamy/shoegazey than celtic.

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ohhh I’m gonna try this, thank you!!

    • @lukehenderson436
      @lukehenderson436 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you tried DACEAD or DADACE tunings (the latter might be easier on the strings if you do it as CGCGA#D)? Open D7sus2 I believe.

    • @killianmaduro3664
      @killianmaduro3664 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lukehenderson436 This looks interesting :)) I am gonna try these on my acoustic thanks for sharing!
      Try DADF#BE for a really cool voicing. It’s the same tuning King Krule used to write Out Getting Ribs.

    • @lukehenderson436
      @lukehenderson436 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@killianmaduro3664 cool, thanks. Any tricks/ tips for that? I got onto DACEAD/ DADACE initially as a simple way to barre and then use a finger for maj 7th (or just root again) and another for the 3rd or 4th. Plus you get two lots of DA strings for drones and can play around with notes on adjacent CE strings.

    • @killianmaduro3664
      @killianmaduro3664 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lukehenderson436 Uhm here’s some chords I have found on that tuning but mess around with adding extra notes onto those open strings I tabbed out.
      D 0 0 0 5 7 9 12
      A 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
      D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
      F# 3 0 3 5 7 8 12
      B 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
      E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
    @davelanciani-dimaensionx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes, Led Zeppelin's song, "Kashmir." That's probably the most famous DADGAD song ever. I also recommend checking out some of Devin Townsend's music - he isn't in this tuning, but he tunes to CGCGCE, which is just Open C Major, another great sounding open tuning influenced by Celtic music.

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome I’ll check it out! Thanks. 😊

    • @geradoclarke33
      @geradoclarke33 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same tuning soundgarden use in pretty noose .you get that siren wail from it .

    • @clemmcguinness1087
      @clemmcguinness1087 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rocky Mountain High ....

  • @_william5112
    @_william5112 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always wanted to try open tunings, but they are kinda scary for me as i played in standart all the time 😅 gonna try this right now

  • @octoberdrift
    @octoberdrift ปีที่แล้ว

    🤘🤘🤘

  • @jameslong9921
    @jameslong9921 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe you could get your channel viewer's to submit/collaborate on a song with you, or maybe song ideas, riffs that you could then edit on all that cool gear you've got? Just an unformed idea really, anyone else think of how that could work or if it's even an idea worth pursuing?

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that’s a cool idea, I was thinking of maybe starting something where people can send clips of songs or tones and stuff in advance and then we could discuss them on live streams etc. think that could really work. Especially if people are having issues with dialling in tone or something that I might be able to help with

  • @dariagodina
    @dariagodina ปีที่แล้ว

    7:44 agreed!

  • @BellsCuriosityShop
    @BellsCuriosityShop ปีที่แล้ว

    A cousin showed me some folkie things in DADGAD. When I used it, I just sounded like bad Sonic Youth.

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha there’s no such thing! Bet it sounded awesome 🤘have a go with those major and minor shapes they’re so fun to just go up and down the scale

  • @daveredfern8258
    @daveredfern8258 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and whats the ideal string gauges for this tuning?????

    • @arbuznazarov9326
      @arbuznazarov9326 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably the same gauge you would need for d standard for example

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว

      I was going to make a video on this, but I play slightly heavier strings (11-48)

    • @svenjansen2134
      @svenjansen2134 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not too thin. At least 010.

    • @jameslong9921
      @jameslong9921 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no "ideal" in regards the tuning, there would be an ideal string gauge for your particular guitar but even that can be messed with. As I'm sure your well aware 😁

  • @andsoistopped
    @andsoistopped ปีที่แล้ว

    Never used alt tunings. My youngest almost writes each song with a different tuning. We ended up buying them another guitar to make open mics easier.

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha no way! You should give it a go though mate. It can give you heaps of new ideas!

    • @andsoistopped
      @andsoistopped ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thesethingsmakenoises maybe for the next album. I am about to finish this year’s and I’m ready to hide in a dark cupboard for six months once 1st September arrives!!!

    • @thesethingsmakenoises
      @thesethingsmakenoises  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome!! 🤘

  • @holyfug7159
    @holyfug7159 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i can literally only play in open tunings cuz i'm a pianist/keyboardist of over 20 years and standard makes absolutely no goddamn sense to me at all LOL

  • @MozzyMasters
    @MozzyMasters 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    th-cam.com/video/f5ADrKFMcSY/w-d-xo.html

    • @MozzyMasters
      @MozzyMasters 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      pretty similar vid

  • @StarcleBlaze
    @StarcleBlaze 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gonna try to make noise rock in this tuning

  • @donwalsh4445
    @donwalsh4445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RUBBISH