DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
Do any of you people know anyone who plays this string arrangement on guitar (DADDAD). It requires a string swap as well as detuning apparently, but our local guitarist Paul Campbell uses it to really great effect. It's especially good for when quieter tunes are getting played at the end of an evening, and as well as being modal, it has a really satisfying ringing sound to it. I know he has learned from the teaching of Pierre Bensusan, but Pierre plays DADGAD rather than DADDAD (doesn't he?). I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this tuning and what advantages it may have, and are their any guitarists out there who have recorded using this tuning?
Anyway, Paul is in a band who are apparently almost finished mastering their soon to be released album...
and btw Paul's guitar tutelage from "Kenny" referred to on the above link is the excellent flute playing Kenny that frequents this site (thesession.org)!
Re: DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
I use DADDAD on my guitar.I use a plectrum for backing and fingerpicks for tunes.Sometimes I use DADDAE for tunes bcause the fingering is the same as the fiddle,mandolin and tenor banjo.I prefer it to DADGAD.
Re: DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
If you're not careful you'll end up in BAGDAD
Sorry for that.
For what it's worth, my feeling about open type tunings is that they tend to sound a little too same-ish for backing. Also you only have two possible notes to allow to ring out which limits you chordal possibilities in backing. For fingerpicking the advantage of DADGAD is the ability to play runs of notes across the top three strings letting them ring out together (sort of harp-like) and instead of two you have three different notes.
My 2c worth.
Cheers
DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
Do any of you people know anyone who plays this string arrangement on guitar (DADDAD). It requires a string swap as well as detuning apparently, but our local guitarist Paul Campbell uses it to really great effect. It's especially good for when quieter tunes are getting played at the end of an evening, and as well as being modal, it has a really satisfying ringing sound to it. I know he has learned from the teaching of Pierre Bensusan, but Pierre plays DADGAD rather than DADDAD (doesn't he?). I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this tuning and what advantages it may have, and are their any guitarists out there who have recorded using this tuning?
Anyway, Paul is in a band who are apparently almost finished mastering their soon to be released album...
http://fonabhord.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
and btw Paul's guitar tutelage from "Kenny" referred to on the above link is the excellent flute playing Kenny that frequents this site (thesession.org)!
# Posted on May 14th 2004 by Jamie
Re: DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
I use DADDAD on my guitar.I use a plectrum for backing and fingerpicks for tunes.Sometimes I use DADDAE for tunes bcause the fingering is the same as the fiddle,mandolin and tenor banjo.I prefer it to DADGAD.
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Re: DADDAD guitar string arrangement (as opposed to DADGAD)
If you're not careful you'll end up in BAGDAD
Sorry for that.
For what it's worth, my feeling about open type tunings is that they tend to sound a little too same-ish for backing. Also you only have two possible notes to allow to ring out which limits you chordal possibilities in backing. For fingerpicking the advantage of DADGAD is the ability to play runs of notes across the top three strings letting them ring out together (sort of harp-like) and instead of two you have three different notes.
My 2c worth.
Cheers
# Posted on May 15th 2004 by Donough