This tuning has daunted me for years. Open tunings i can figure out by ear, but alternate tunings and standard (with their whole step down equivalents) i have very limited knowledge and my ears don't adjust to them well. But I have a guitar tuned to dadgad and I subscribed because I'm pretty determined to learn this, let's get a learnin' .
When I think of dadgad, I think of open strings, not barred chords. I don't know why you'd start with F and Bb chords rather than chords that work with the open strings.
Hi, yes, DADGAD is known for it's big open modal sound. And learning what I call the 'skeleton scale' in DADGAD is a more intuitive place to start when learning DADGAD. Here are three videos where I teach that: Outside skeleton scale: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mb0rfIqd_Zk.html D Major skeleton scale: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hjWpDQ_b4M4.html Minor skeleton scale: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hg2yHPq4zbI.html When those open shapes are learned, you can then build upon those one and two finger chords with the three and four finger movable chord shapes shown in this video. The reason they are useful to learn is when you're playing a tune or song you have the choice to have the normal big open DADGAD sound (skeleton scale shapes), or have a more tight, closed standard sound to your playing (Shown in this video). This is useful to change up your style and tone when playing. For example, when accompanying an Irish reel or jig, you might want to play the first time around with a tight rhythmic tone, in that case you'd use the shapes in this video and maybe a bit of palm muting (Which I teach here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bZHCl_YzP-Y.html ). Then for the second or third time around of the tune, you can completely change up the dynamics and open up the tone to those lovely bright open chords (Skeleton scale). I hope that explains things. And the reason I started with the F chord in this video is simply because it's the first movable barr chord in standard tuning, so I figured it's a good place to start, and then once the shape is learnt you can simply move that shape up the neck to where you like. Hope that helps. Cheers.
