Folky Fridays #8 - Celtic / Irish guitar backing using DADGAD tuning

The topic of the 8th episode of the Folky Fridays Celtic guitar tutorial live stream from Folk Friend will be DADGAD! I’ll be showing you some extra things you can do to make your DADGAD backing more interesting and how to accompany tunes in a few keys other than D major.

I’ll be providing examples using my slow tune loop videos which are below: Kerfunken Jig (D major):

Tell Her I Am (jig, G major):

I recently finished writing a complete Beginner’s Guide To Celtic DADGAD Accompaniment! You can find it here.

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