DADGAD! The Tuning of the Gods
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- Welcome to the first in our Celtic, low-key masterclass! We're going through an introduction to the popular guitar alternate tuning, D A D G A D. Just learning a few basic chord shapes and giving some ideas on how to incorporate existing fretboard knowledge.
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You should use the tuning YOURBAD , I think it fits you. Xoxo
OHHHHHH
@@seandaniel23 DAAAAMN !
His bad what?
@@seandaniel23 I bet his mom doesnt touch small truss rods
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Ive been playing in the DADGONE tuning all my life
WILY Devios same tho
Thats kinda sad...
Rip
Ok, the freud video’s are in an other section of TH-cam
WILY Devios hahahahaha same
Have you tried EEEEEE tuning or EEEEEEEEEEEE for 12 string ?
It's a good one.
Ostrich tuning. Lou Reed invented it. Every string in same tuning
There's me thinking I was just being stupid.
metal micky Fine line between stupidity and creativity man! Listen to Velvet Underground to hear the tuning in action
Any particular track i should look up?
This comment section is on some other shit lmao
Nothing brings out the internet hate squad like an obscure Irish guitar tuning.
Sal
My thoughts lol.
The comment section is on canned bread
666 likes, lmao.
BAGDAD - Iraq tuning
"I Rock" tuning.
Ha!!!
You good 🤘
It’s just a goat screaming goat noises 😂😂😂
also BAGBDAD on a 7-string.
I'm deaf so this is difficult for me
Keep on rockin Kyle!
This is either true/tragic or false/hilarious
i hear. and it's even worse.
@JuaffreBlumpkins my ears would bleed
@JuaffreBlumpkins yup
DADGAD Tuning - fingering for 24 chords of the Circle of Fifths
To get started, most of the chords can be made with two simple finger positions, with small variations for using minor chords.
Example: A - xx2242 and Am xx2232 or A - xx7677 and Am xx7577
You might see performers using this tuning and applying the middle finger to the top bass strings on some chords where I have it as xx (looks like they're giving the bird) There are other ways to make these chords, but these are the simplest. After learning these you will be able to play Pachelbel's Canon, or Hotel California with ease. Fingerstyle picking is fun too!
D - xx0200 or xx7797
G - 55oo2o (big stretch needed) or xx5455
C - x32032 or xx5575
F - xx3233 or xx10101210
Bb - xx3353 or xx8788
Eb - xx1011 or xx99119
Ab - xx1131 or xx6566
Fm - xx3133 or xx10101110
Cm - x32o31 or xx5565
Gm - xx5535 or xx12121112
Dm - ooo201 or oo7787
Am - xx2232 or xx7757
Em - xx2022 or xx99109
Bm - xx4454 or xx9799
F#m - xx4244 or xx11111211
C#m - xx6676 or xx1191111
G#m - xx6466 or xx13131413
Ebm - xx8898
Bbm - xx3343 or xx8688
Db or C# - xx6686
Gb or F# - xx4344 or xx11111311
Cb or B - xx4464 or xx9899
E - xx2122 or xx99119
A - xx2242 or xx7677
Scales are a bit different in DADGAD, but that is for another lesson. Cheers! and Your Welcome!
thanks
Thank you so much!
Dude I love you for this
Thanks for taking the time to add this.
goated comment
Two years ago on Father’s Day, I wrote a song for both God and for my deceased father in DADDAD tuning, and named it “Dad, Dad”. After recording it, I played it on the beach and sent it up to Heaven.
I love it. Such an inspiring tribute.
That is beautiful
You can tell by the way he said it, that this guy actually thought he could run his car on mountain dew at some point.
Not Mountain Dew!
Baja Blast!
Tip: Read that like Master from Beyond Thunderdome saying
"Not shit!
Energy!”
So if I put some Red Bull in my car would it become a plane?
*illuminati confirmed?*
@@knownbarkert6153 maybe so, but you would be like chitty chitty bang bang
This comment section will blow up sooner or later.
Well I poured a can of monster on my skateboard and it just started rolling away at 60 miles an hours
I play a lot of d major in dadgad, here’s the chords I tend to use
DMaj (Actually D5, but i use it for DMaj): 000200
Em: 220000
F#m: 440200
GMaj: 550400
AMaj: 770600
A7: 7X5670
Bm: 990700
Bm: 024400
Thanks for sharing!
sounds cool. i'll have to try them.
I haven't seen that many D's since I was in that bukkake movie
That's a lot of D's
Was that Phil gets facialed?
That's a lot of damage
@@siddokis2945 dam u missed out on phil gets phacialized
Yeah you have. Don't lie.
Playing in alternate tunings is like, 35% being able to tune to that shit, 55% figuring out how the f**k to play anything, 10% maybe art
Sounds about right.
Not sure. See no problems to play in alternate tuning, at least I can on every of my four guitar which are tuned in very extraordinary way each: two are tuned in dAFDAD, one is dAEDAEA, and on in geCGCGCG.
You can't do DADGAD without playing Kashmir. I think it's a rule.
That's fair.
Brandon Boyd from Incubus wrote a song in DADGAD. I believe the song is called Without Cars or something along those lines.
Kashmir is a great example though
“Tower of Strength” by The Mission.
Definitely!
Why was the recommended to me? Why are the comments such a shit show? So many questions..
Welcome to the beauty of my channel.
Blacks be tuning in: DADGON.
Jamie Dee lol
Lmao Jesus christ dude your not supposed to say shit like that anymore
dark humor is gone dude don’t try to make it happen lol
auto-cry :(
LMAO!
Notes from an ear player.
Well, what I do if I try a different tuning is just stick my fingers on the strings and go like: - that one string is off, let's shift that finger up or down a bit and, hey, cool, a new sound I like.
Whatever works, my guy!
Sames
ACCURATE
But the real question is: how does one play ears?
@@jackterrywhite8767 Get someone to lend you a sackful. :-)
Led Zeppelin used DADGAD on Kashmir, Swan Song, and Black Mountainside? Indeed, tuning of the gods.
White summer too
Fabian Bossardi too true.
You know it!
Oh, also Sean Daniel used it on 'No Surrender'
Sean Daniel niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
3:53 he just megalovania'd us
I love it!
Pewdiepie now teaching guitar for more subs
Gotta keep the pace.
i was gonna say antman
No it’s Elvis the Alien
Yeehaw McCartney ye
Na it’s Chris Pratt
You look like Brandon Flowers (The Killers) and Ryan Reynolds love child
Looks like Dane Cook's brother
A sober Taylor Hawkins that hasnt become a rockstar yet
He looks like pewdiepie
Man that's a lot of TALKING!!!
Yeah it’s fkd
What kind of accent does this guy have, he’s full on American then he sticks an a on the enda of some wordsa
i think he is a pretentious little fuck
It's a Pentecostal accent. Somebody give me an Amen-a!
I was perfectly able to watch this video until you pointed that out
I kept hearing it too-a
I'm English and I could only understand about one word in ten. Mind you he would probably say the same if he heard me speak.
Nice video. I tuned my Gretsch resonator to DADGAD, earlier today, and was poking around youtube looking at DADGAD videos when I ran across yours. Applying the chord scale concept on strings 5-4-3 is obvious, now, but I didn't think of it until you pointed it out. I also liked the "build a chord using notes from the first octave of the root-on-5th scale shape" idea. Cool stuff. Thanks!
0:17
...It's been a hard day's night,
and I've been working like a dog...
classic.
Desert island disk by Radiohead is played in DADGAD on the fifth fret. I love playing it. You know the score dude!
One of my fave tracks on that album!
But do you know the Radio show?
I love DADGAD and play a bunch of songs in that tuning but your video finally helped me "click" the whole "chord scale" thing. I'm working through music theory on my own (and your vids have really helped) but the discussion of the chord scale in DADGAD tuning just finally got through to me. Thanks!
Happy to help!
I really love the whole "You're all invited/It's not as complicated as it looks" vibe you have to your teaching method, dude.
Growing up as a shred-head, looking up to older cats for advice n stuff, I got alot of that "no, actually it's.." and "what are you fucking stupid?" type of instruction.
Really helped me not pursue music the way I intended to. Now I see guys like you and Tyler from Music is Win doing your damn thing and it makes me happy to see that change in climate.
Coming up in the AOL guitar players chat room was rough lol.
Great video brother. Thanks for consistently putting out good content! 10 mins and 3 seconds (plus time to type this) that I am happy to have spent!
Thanks so much for reaching out and saying so man!
The internet can be great sometimes.
What about BADDAD tunning?
My mistake, I THOUGHT WE WERE IN AMERICA!
baddad more like a 15 year trip to 7/11 for a pack of Newports
kind of rattly
@@seandaniel23 randy ftw
@@Amazistringsmusic did you call me
My sister told me to tune my guitar to make a word that describes me. I still dont get what its supposed to say but she tuned it to "F, A, G, B , A ,G "
I scrolled to fast and read “BAGHDAD” and had a flashback to a war I was never at in a military I was never a soldier in... lmao
did u have bone spur...never mind.
People acting like Eb standard is an 'alternate tuning'
Could not agree more.
I use Eb standard myself but I agree with you.
It's an alternate tuning, it's why most alternative bands use it, duh
@@deathbydeviceable lol
It is. In other places, like here, no one uses it and only those who took time to investigate knows it. Here it's called "gringo tuning"
This tuning is used for the acoustic intros of "The Legacy" and "The Talisman" by Iron Maiden. Lovveeee this tuning
Thank you Sean for all your years of my guitar player person growth. You are the bees knees dude!! 🐝🦵s
Happy to help!
Dadgad is just a 4th and 5th of D. Alternating these over octaves is pleasant and works both ways going up or down, so D up to A is a 5th but going down is a 4th. This is used in classical Indian music and is the common sitar tuning, has been used for hundreds of years. It is the simplest and most pleasent ratio to our ears. Also the 5th is close to the golden ratio
Can you cover some of Nick Drake tunings ? He used lots of strange tunings.
Yes
Dudes a Yankee
BEBEBE
CGCFCE
DADGAD
DADF#AD
@@josephgrady2129 The trick is CGCFCE but also set tuner to A = 432
@@calebcurry4458is otherwise known as natural A (440 is relatively recent in music history).
I watch a lot of guitar videos like this. Different tunings, covers, tutorials, etc.. I just don’t know why since I don’t play guitar. It’s just fun watching someone play I guess.
I appreciate you watching!
You should try it man it's a lot of work but can be so fun
Eb tuning > DADGAD > Anything else.
Great video my man!
Thanks so much!
RC32 DADGAD’s cool and all but nothing beats standard eh
That’s the Alice In Chains tuning!
B standard on acoustic baritone > D standard > Eb standard
@@iamdissapoint4614 Orkney > B half Nashville Baritone > anything else!
Great video Sean, packed with useful information. There's a lot in it to get to work on. Well done mate!
ive always wondered how to play DADGAD. thanks for the lesson! would love to see a video of the Nick Drake tuning too sometime. much love bro.
I like your fast, scholarly approach to things- that was one helluva lot of good info in 10 minutes. Thank you, Sean!
Thanks so much for saying so Tim!
DADGAD is basically my “standard” tuning. Sean, another great lesson indeed.
Hi sir sean,question does all your acoustic guitar have nickel fret wires? Or you made replacements? Due to frequent use?
I've actually never had to re-fret a guitar, so they're all original.
DADGAD sounds like a character from a Celtic tale.
(Read in a Scottish accent) Behfer he goos on a gdreet ceeltec quest, feeirst he must eat a pleet of hagges
Dagda is an Irish god. It means "good god".
Dave9k yes indeed
If you want DADGAD guitar lesson from beginner to advanced in traditional music context with REAL DADGAD chords (not standard tuning chords played in DADGAD), check out my upcoming series of videos about it. Here's the first one of the series: th-cam.com/video/1yMn0Tzfdrc/w-d-xo.html
Joining the FAITH crew! \m/
Thanks Karl! I'm loving it!
I LOVE my Faith!
Getting a blast from the past .... feeling a bit Kashmir
Such a classic!
Brandon Flowers is that you?
I get that a lot.
Sean Daniel can you play mr. Brightside in Dadgad?
Alex turner is that you?
Sean, I love this DADGAD video ! You do a great job of explaining the notes and chords and I enjoy the humor in your videos ! I'm not a beginner anymore but I love to watch your videos and soak up all the knowledge! Keep it up with the videos Sean !
Deacon Frost? I thought Blade killed you.
I take this as a great compliment.
froooooost!
Blood for the blood god.
Man great comment
Only pure bloods will understand this comment.
Ever since I found this tuning I completely stopped playing in standard tuning and just try to play songs in the key of D. Love DADGAD for the rest of my life. It makes me sound like a professional when I play.
Great video! Thanks for the helpful tips! 😁👍 This is off topic of guitar but in the way you talk, your facial expressions, and the gestures you make, you remind me of a young Steve Martin.
I get that a lot actually :)
@@seandaniel23 Cool! Perhaps you should learn the banjo then. 😉 lol
Since nobody mentioned it, Kashmir & White Summer/Black Mountainside are in this wonderful tuning. Learned it in '75.
LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹
This is the best explanation of DADGAD tuning I have seen. Awesome !
I hung in there the whole ten minutes and three seconds. I will never get that time back. This sounds like sounds from the underworld.( Tuning of the DEMONS )
You made it!
Awesome video. It might sound like some rudimentary information...but it just clicked to me on why there isn't a major or minor version of sus2 and sus4. Crazy
Great to hear it!
Excellent man. Great teacher, especially for anyone who already knows diatonic theory. Even those who don't will get a lot out of this. Best
A very unique tuning the only thing that messes with me is that 3 of the 6 chords sound more the same then different
I hear you on that.
A lot of my songs, I write in a tuning similar to this, but I've slightly altered it, for the reason which I'll explain. The tuning is (everything is 1/2 step down from this): C, G, D, G, A, D. The reason I detune the low E and A strings is because I like being able to barre power chords on, not only the low E, A and D strings, but also the A, D and G strings. It also allows me to make some funky chords. Another tuning I use in one song (Egyptian Boats on my channel), is (again, 1/2 step down): E, A, D, E, B, B. Very creepy chords in that song.
Thanks Sean. This is the most effective DADGAD video I've found.
I love how you are turning it into an adjective “Dadgaddy”
The composer, Darren Korb, for the video game Bastion used DADGAD tuning, particularly the songs "A Proper Story", "Build That Wall", "Spike In a Rail", and "Mother, I'm Here" though I think
*"In Case of Trouble"* showcases the best features of the tuning.
Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic soundtrack and game, highly recommended!
DADGAD has a “Last of Us”-ish kinda vibe.
Fits pretty well with gaming
Correction: He uses CGCFGC. Close enough, just down a whole step, but yeah, not quite DADGAD.
Cheers Sean,very nice lesson,gave me some great sounds from my 12 string
Yay! That tuning for Titanic Fingerstyle :)
:)
You can do this in E standard too using three string chords on the A, D and G while using E, B and e as drones. It's a lot more dissonant. I've been doing it for years.
Pro tip
Have you done a double daddy tuning video?
I don't believe I have!
@@seandaniel23 if you haven't heard of it (I'm sure you know anyways) it's literally DADDAD (
Double daddy) be cool to see a video on especially since I don't know very many songs played in that tuning.
@@LordTankian0 I used to play "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" in that tuning. It's a whole step up in EEEEBE, with the low A tuned down to the E.
Very cool idea, totally makes sense. I've stayed away from DADGAD because I didn't know what to do with it, so this helped to show what can be done. Good job !
Every time I switch from DADGAD to standard tuning I always manage to snap my e string in half. twice today lol 😂
ooof, bummer!
You probably have a bad nut and it's rough and grabby. You need to clean your nut slot.
Get some really fine sand paper, 400 grit and 800 grit.
Loosen up the strings and pull them out of the slots, get a small piece of sandpaper and fold in half and run it through the slots to get rid of the roughness and the gunk out of there. Then repeat with the 800 grit. Once this is done, put some graphite in the slots with a fine pencil.
It's important to remember that you are not trying to make the slots deeper...just smoother so be gentle. If you make the slots too deep then you will get fret buzz.
You just want smoother slots and your guitar should tune better, stay in tune longer and no string breaks either. Good luck.
Gotta say, this was a helpful video for me. I've just started to explore alternate tuneings. The more I learn about these the more I enjoy listening and playing.
i'd love to see a video about FACGAC, that's the coolest tuning for guitar hands down
I'll have to check it out!
Subscribed cause you don’t give a fuck in these responses. It’s pretty refreshing!
Welcome to the party!
My favourite one is E-A-D-Gb-B-D
Nicely done.
I can't make out the name on the headstock of the guitar and I couldn't clearly hear the name when you said it, but I really would like to know the make and model of the guitar you are holding. Also I haven't heard from Andres Colin wandering if all is good with him since the last storm that grazed Sarasota, Florida 😮 recently?
I get confused with guitar theory etc, is DADGAD tuning the strings tighter than standard tuning. It's the 'down' and 'up' terminology I've been confused from in chords etc
Ooooh Faith guitars!
I loooove my Faith!
I never see them anywhere though :(
I think they're starting to break into more markets.
It'd be nice if they did!
I bought a jupiter cutaway in 2008...still my go to acoustic. Great guitars.
Brother I subscribed you because you were giving up free guitar, but honestly your videos are mesmerising. Loads to learn. Thanks much from Sydney.
welcome to the party!
Favorite song in DADGAD: Drifting by Andy Mckee.
The master.
@@seandaniel23 you seen Pierre Bensusan?
Words Darker Than Their Wings - Alter Bridge, uses this tuning. Incredible song, especially with the orchestra behind them!
This tuning is so distinctive, as soon as you played it open...
DADGADa!
the tuniung of the GodsA
If that's the case, then Jimmy Page would be the Zeus of the Rock n Roll Olympus.
Anyone ever point out that you add an "uh" sound to the end of words when you pause or end a sentence? Not a solitary uh but an extension of words like "strings-uh" or "on an a-uh" or "sounds like that-uh".
which vocal coach do you recommend on youtube?
The mongolian throat one
Bobcat Goldthwait
Pavarotti
If you’re being serious on finding a coach Sam Johnson’s reactions to vocal performances are pretty great
AAAAAA is the best tuning you will ever hear.
Straight A's baby.
DADGAD more like dad gone
Plez come back it's been 5 years
I hope your dad comes back.
that last bit ruined the joke
@@chaseramos4865 Your mom is a ruined joke
I would argue that what you call F-Maj6 is actually D-min7 with those two D notes in there. However, this is a perfect example of how the context is more important than how the chord is actually constructed.
It's not major, it's not minor, it's the first chord from The Beatles "Hard Days Night".
Rock on!
My dad lost his dentures, now he only plays DADGUM.
Anyone who doubts this tuning has never heard of andy mckee :D
Good lesson, thanks. You make it easy to understand.
Happy to help!
I like to tune CGDGBE. I came up with it by myself but it's probably been used before.
there's a similar one called "admiral" which is CGDGBC
Anyway, good video
Thanks for watching Simon!
Awesome, thanks. Your guitar is beautiful and it blows my mind how clean it is.
Nice video-a mate-a
;)
awesome video. Well done. I started playing with alternate tunings lately and find this to be very cool.
Thanks so much!
I can't fathom why everyone here is being so heinous. Thanks for the intro to DADGAD.
Thanks for checking it out!
I am also bemused by the inane and pointless negativity. Thanks for your introduction to DADGAD. Much appreciated. Keep up the good work. Subscribed!
From the Tuning of the Gods to The Chords From Hell
You could have summed it up by saying "Jimmy Page did it"
That would've been a good shortcut.
The GLUE tuning. It helps make almost everything work.
What guitar is that?
It's a Faith Guitars Mercury. Really cool guitar.
I haven't seen almost any videos talking about EABEBE tuning. The band Jars of Clay used it a lot on their first record.
Extra syllables-uh on-uh every-uh word-uh.
Paul Schofield it’s called pronunciation and it’s great. Very clear. If you can’t handle intense instruction in clear speech, just go somewhere else and take your negative comments with you
@@evelynclarkson7045 Are you his gf? Proper pronunciation does not involve adding extra syllables to words. What he's doing is called epenthesis. It usually goes away as children learn to speak. IT can be a speech impediment. With this guy, it sounds affected though.
I had to stop watching his videos for this reason. It's all I could hear. Too bad because his content is good.
this was not the comment section i was expecting for this video
Haha, welcome to my channel.
Sounds like the intro, of walking on the moon by the police!.....agree?
I'm into it.