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DADGAD Guitar tutorial

DADGAD Guitar tutorial

Can anyone tell me where I'd get my hands on a Dvd, Video or Cd Rom showing how to accompany tunes using DADGAD tuning. I know Sarah Mc Quaid's tutor book but it only has a Cd with it.
I looked in Claddagh Records for the 'Mad for Trad' Cd Rom for trad guitar but they had none left. Also, they weren't sure whether the instruction on that Cd Rom was for DADGAD tuned guitars. Maybe somebody could let me know if its for DADGAD and, if so, where can I locate it?
Thanks.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by macc

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How ya doing macc. There was a discussion about dadgad tutorials before on this website i hope it is of help to ya.

http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/4792

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Pio Ryan

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Go to : www.homespuntapes.com and look for the dadgad DVD by Artie Traum.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by gerardo1000

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G'day to yer Macc...
There's a mile of stuff on the Net about DADGAD guitar,as you've,no doubt realised..
One site that I found to be really useful is...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hspeek/dadgad/
There's a good chord chart there too...
Happy strumming.....

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by zoukboy

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I believe the Mad for Trad tutor is for Drop D.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Björn

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Hi Macc
Frank Kilkelly produced a book called 'Accompanying Irish Music on the Guitar' It covers various guitar tunings including a section on DADGAD which I found very helpful.
There is a CD available to assist with examples and various tunes recorded both with guitar and without to assist with practice.
Though I don't know Frank at all, I can really recommend it.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Harrisonix

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dadgad is for wimps use drop d

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by CFlood

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How did you work that one out ?

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by _Jack_

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drop d's for loosers use dadgad

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Gerry1972

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Oooooooooh, let's not start a fight here !
I think I started using DADGAD in about 1969, so I'm a little bored with this discussion. If you want some new tunings get one of Martin Simpson's dvds - he's got way beyond just DADGAD.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Guernsey Pete

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Drop d is for thimbleriggers and mountebanks. Glory be to the DADGAD.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Sinocal

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Thanks a million for the help everyone. Will probably go with John Doyle's tuturial. Am hoping to buy it as a Christmas present for a friend.
And by the way, there's no need for you guitar-players to argue over whether DADGAD or drop D is best. You're all a shower of failed melody-players anyway! As someone put it, a guitar is basically a bodhran with a neck!

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by macc

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That was a joke by the way. Some of my best friends are failed melody-players.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by macc

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some of us are'nt failed melody players, we just like backing, adding to the harmony and rhythm of the music.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by CFlood

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These days my main instrument is 'zouk anyway, so I play tunes OR accompany.

# Posted on December 9th 2008 by Guernsey Pete

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"A bodhran with a neck!" Jealousy :)

Anyways I have a website which will help with DADGAD. No step-by-step but i resource to certainly help http://www.paulmcsherry.com/

# Posted on December 10th 2008 by Irish DADGAD

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I Have the wonderful bokk of Frank Kilkelly...It is very well done method for guitar

# Posted on December 16th 2008 by CORK

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