Thank you so much for these lessons. I’ve been wanting to play this kind of stuff for years and I’ve never been able to find any decent tutorials. The pace, clarity and presentation quality of your videos are perfect.
Thanks a million Stephen. That really means a lot. I'll keep them coming and if you'd like me to cover anything in particular, just let me know. I'm happy to help 👍🎸
I stumbled upon this channel while learning DADGAD tuning. Your lessons are so great. Thanks for putting them online. Also great to see that you are playing with your dad!
Glad you find them helpful Andre 🙂If you have anything in particular that you'd like to see covered or any questions just let me know, I'll try my best 👍
A bit of magic which Im sure everyone figured out but has only just dawned on me (after seeing Martin Carthy) - is that if you take a guitar in DADGAD and tune the second (A) up to a C and the fifth (A) down to a G. Then if you play the exact same chord shapes as shown here but one string over (higher) you will be playing in G and have the whole of the guitar neck to do what you want, rather than capo'ing at the fifth. The sixth string is a bit redundant (Martin Carthy tunes his to a C but I leave it at D). Handy if like me, you have a short neck Parlor guitar.
Cheers Leon! 👍🎸 Ah shur what else would I be at while stuck in a one-room apartment 😂 Here's a really fast one for Jackson! - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ofu-1Kaehf8.html
@@aodancoynemusic I remember watching that video way back. Well I'm actually in Jacksons room right now with him in bed going to sleep, so I played it for him. 👌😊 Great stuff Ado.
Hi. I’m doing your online course and really enjoying it, but also dipping into your RU-vid videos. Can I make a suggestion regarding the chording that you show on the videos. For example, in this tune, in the key of G, it would be really helpful if you could show the chording for the key of D, as that is really the shapes that you’re asking up us to play. It’s very difficult to transpose in your head as you play along!
Hi Richard, I'm glad you're getting on well with the courses. Yes you are right. This was one of my very first tune tutorials in the key of G that I posted, and I learned very quickly that it's a complicated way of teaching the tune. I believe all the lessons after this one refer to the chord shapes (Key of D) rather than the chord names when I'm using a capo. Here's the Sally Gardens reel tutorial in the key of G that might be easier to follow along with: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xkwq1GE18V0.html I teach that tune with and without the capo so you can pick which way you'd like to play it. Jump to around the 13-minute mark to get the capo version. Hope that helps 👍
Thank you for your videos. I really appreciate how you break it down. I've been playing DADGAD for a couple of years and I'm just getting to the point where what you are offering is what I need. I've ended up getting really stuck with my bar chords so it is helpful seeing the ways I can break out of my usual chord patterns. Do you play Julia Delaney's? If you put a video together for that it would be great. Cheers :)
I'm very glad to hear you like the tutorials! Thanks for the kind message. Yes, I've played Julia Delaney's in sessions locally. I can try to get a melody player friend of mine into the studio to record it so I can make a tutorial video. It's now on the to-do list 👍
Thank you for your generosity in sharing this music and you knowledge with us. I am wondering why you used a capo? I guess the open strings then become GDGCDG. This definitely adds a layer of complexity for me to finding these chord shapes.
Hi Tony, thanks, I'll try to keep the tune tutorials coming 👍 Regards the use of a capo for this tune, it's really just my own preference. To me the tone kind of resembles the sound of a bouzouki, and I just love the feel of DADGAD in that position 🤷 But it can definitely be played in DADGAD without a capo too. It will involve more movement up and down the neck, but you'll gain that nice low Em chord on the 2nd fret which sounds great. I'll try add a lesson or two about backing tunes in the key of G without a capo shortly. 🎸
Amazing. The biggest opstacle by a lot is that we know the shapes, we have our capo on, and you call out by the actual chords rather than the shapes. I'm doing some math and trying to overcome but if you have any advice on how to square this quickly without great thought it would be magic. Cheers to you
Ah glad you're finding the videos helpful. I'll defo keep that in mind going forward. Ya, it can be fairly tricky trying to work out the chord names with the capo at first. I think it's just repetition really, getting out pen and paper for each tune helps. Over time I would have learnt the chord names for the main keys and capo positions in Trad music. But to be honest, if I was to put the capo on the 1st fret (Eb) or 4th fret (F#) I'd be very slow at figuring out the chords I'm playing.. 🤷 I'll leave that to the Jazz heads, lol
Hi Paul, glad you're enjoying the lessons. Yes I'll try put together a tutorial about syncopation for Trad tunes. Although I find that it's one of those guitar techniques that's tricky to explain though. I stumbled into playing that way through a lot of trial and error while messing around playing in sessions over the years. I haven't actually sat down and worked out where to place an emphasis... It's more about feeling it out and seeing how the tune flows. But I'll give it a go! I really should have just kept to a straight double down jig strum for this whole video when looking back at it. Adding in syncopation is fun and all, but laying down a rock solid foundation should comes first, and the melody players will appreciate that. But still, it's fun and I'll try my best to put something together 👍
Hi Phil, sorry about the delay in reply. I tend to use a medium to heavy pick. It depends on what I'm doing really. If I'm playing a long gig I usually use a medium Dunlop pick. I like those orange Tortex ones. When I'm in studio I tend towards a very hard pick to get the best tone. I was lucky to get a BlueChip TP48 a few years ago and it's still going strong! Regards strings, it's the same deal. On tour I tend to go for price as I snap a lot of strings when playing Trad.. so D'Addario phosphor bronze medium strings do grand for a gig or two. But when I'm recording (or whenever I can afford it) I go for the Elixer Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb. The guitar is the main thing though, in this video I'm playing my McIlroy AJ30C. It's a huge Jumbo guitar and it's perfect for that massive DADGAD tone. I had it custom made a few years ago and I have no regrets. Check out Dermot McIlroys guitars, he's a nice guy and does fantastic work. Hope that helps 👍
