Exploring DADGAD Guitar
-
9:36 Introduction to DADGAD Tuning
In this first video, we are introduced to finger-style guitarist Laurence Juber, and are shown DADGAD tuning, the tuning background, and some string relationships.
-
9:09 "Bob's Your Uncle"
After a performance, we use this song to learn some chords and intervals in E minor.
-
12:47 "Still Warm"
In this video, we are shown a new song and have the first and second section broken down for us.
-
9:49 Further Breakdown of "Still Warm"
Here, we have the third and tremolo section broken down as well as the final section.
-
13:37 "Silhouette"
We see a performance of the song "Silhouette" and have several sections of the song broken down for us.
-
10:18 Relationships Between Chords & Melodies
Laurence uses the song "Danny Boy" to illustrate relationships between chords and melodies.
-
10:56 "Fountain Jumping"
We are shown the song "Fountain Jumping" as well as how to play the first couple of sections and the bridge.
-
10:41 Further Breakdown of "Fountain Jumping"
Here, we are shown the solo section and ending of "Fountain Jumping" as well as a slowed version.
-
5:35 Final Thoughts & "The Jig Is Up"
In this last video, we get Laurence's final thoughts and are played out with the song "The Jig Is Up".
Product Overview
In this Homespun videos series, guitar legend Laurence Juber demystifies DADGAD guitar tuning, and how it is most closely associated with the droning, bagpipe-like sounds of Celtic music. Laurence Juber has taken it to a whole new level, with his use of beautiful cascading notes and complex harmonies and more.
On this richly detailed lesson, Laurence gives you a complete understanding of how DADGAD works and how, by using it, you can gain a deeper knowledge of the fingerboard and its vast possibilities. You'll discover the distinctive adjacent scale tones and open strings that make it such a joy to play in this tuning, and will learn to go beyond the basic key of D with tunes in F, C and E minor.
Laurence then shows you how he uses this tuning in some of his newest and most affecting compositions. His lyrical ballad Still Warm, with its lush harmonies and evocative melody line, gives you a wonderful piece to start your DADGAD explorations. You'll then move on to Silhouette in A minor, revealing the rich harmonies that are not easily found in standard tuning.
In what is perhaps the most fascinating segment of this lesson, Laurence takes the classic Irish ballad Danny Boy and improvises arrangements in D, F and C, discovering the different textures and sonorities that can be found in each key. His brilliance as an arranger for guitar becomes evident as you follow the process of his musically creative mind. (please note - Danny Boy is not transcribed, nor taught note for note). Then it's on to Fountain Jumping, a ragtime-like piece in F with a bluesy twist, filled with hammers and pulls that make it a fast and exciting instrumental.
This challenging and fascinating video lesson will certainly open up new and exciting opportunities for your guitar playing, and will allow you to look at the guitar in a whole new way. As Laurence himself puts it, learning DADGAD "gives us a different angle on the guitar, a different standard.” Check it out today!
Why Users Choose Us
There are many things our users love about Groove3, but a couple always stand out at the top when asked why people choose us as their learning resource.
Quality Content
We meticulously craft professional quality tutorials that are thoughtful, informative and done with attention to detail. We stand behind our products with a 100% satisfaction guarantee and are trusted by 1000s of users every day.
Save Time & Money
Our library brings over 1700 hours of quality instruction to you fingertips and we release new content every week. Don't waste your valuable time scouring the web for information you may never find or is cumbersome to use and potentially can't be trusted.
Products by Laurence
-
tutorial videoExploring DADGAD Guitar
In this Homespun videos series, guitar legend Laurence Juber demystifies DADGAD guitar tuning, and how it is most closely associated with the droning, bagpipe-like sounds of Celtic music. Laurence Juber has taken it to a whole new level, with his use of beautiful cascading notes and complex harmonies and more.
You might be also interested in
This is your unique chance to learn classical guitar from a master. William Kanengiser shows you how to develop proper sitting positions, rest and free strokes, rasguedos, right- and left-hand synchronization and technique, slurs, stretching exercises and more.
In this video tutorial and lesson series, get a lesson from the masterful Jimmy Bruno, who has played guitar with some of the all time greats, including Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Elvis Presley.
In this video tutorial and lesson series, one of Nashville's leading session guitarists Brent Mason takes you through a dazzling array of the techniques and styles. Brent teaches you how he approaches chicken pickin', rhythm and lead guitar, and the Jerry Reed style.
The All-Access Pass gives you just that, instant online access to every single video tutorial currently on the site and any ones that get added during your membership.
Hangout and take a lesson with one of Nashville's true guitar stars, Johnny Hiland! Johnny takes you through some key aspects of his country playing style and techniques including chicken pickin', double-stops, pedal steel licks, pick-and-finger hybrid picking, banjo rolls and lots more.
The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and reflects some of the best teaching ideas from around the world. It also includes 164 full-band audio tracks for demonstration and/or play-along!
This hour-long video lesson with the late Emily Remler covers some of latin jazz guitar's most important topics, such as true bossa nova style, samba rhythms, unique chord positions, alternating bass lines, syncopated guitar parts, passing chords, jazz minor scales, arpeggio licks, learning to put various scales over certain chords, eighth-note improvisation, II-V progressions and V-I resolutions. This is truly a jazz master class!
In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, The ex-Procol Harum guitar master shares his secrets on this rare session. He demonstrates vibrato techniques, bending styles, special blues licks, working with a bass player, Memphis-style lead, and more!
In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, Joe Pass, one of jazz guitar's all-time masters, shows you the blues elements of jazz guitar. Joe covers bebop blues, new chord substitutions, pedal tones, jazz/blues improvisation and much more.
In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, take a lesson with blistering country guitar star Danny Gatton. Gary teaches you an endless array of topics, such as harmonic techniques, volume and tone control usage for pedal steel effects, B3 organ effects, jazz chord and mode juxtapositions and substitutions, new blues progressions, jazz/country styles, pick-and-finger independence, and more!
In this Hal Leonard video tutorial, George Lynch - Wicked Licks, teaches you the tricks and concepts behind George Lynch's incredible rhythm playing.
This is your opportunity to learn with one of jazz guitar's most gifted artists, the late Emily Remler. All of the essentials of true jazz bebop and swing are taught here, including Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino styles, working with the metronome on 2 and 4, learning to identify changes, jazz-style blues, turnarounds, practice tips, passing notes and chords, chord substitutions, the “Charleston” rhythm, octave-style playing, Latin swing style, and much more!
In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb teaches you licks in the styles of rock guitar masters such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, the Allman Brothers, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons, Dave Navarro, Mark Knopfler, and other great players!