Here’s another DADGAD video to celebrate the release of my brand new DADGAD Backing Guitar course, available here.
In this clip I’ll be showing you a great way to add energy to any jig by “pushing” your chord changes and adding linking chords.
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Hello from Sun City Wakeboard Beach, Hungary! Ironically it was raining when I recorded this clip, but never mind… In this video I’ll be showing you the first four chords you’ll need for Irish guitar accompaniment in DADGAD tuning. We’ll also be applying them to play along with a very popular Irish jig called Connaughtman’s Rambles. The audio recording can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
I have just released my DADGAD Backing Guitar video course, which covers absolutely everything you’ll need to become a pro sounding DADGAD backing guitarist! In over 90 structured video lessons, it takes you through strumming patterns, chord options, ear training, rhythmic variations and LOADS more with practical examples and loads of audio recordings which you can practice along with. Go and check it out here: https://folkfriend.co.uk/courses/
In this week’s free Irish / Celtic guitar lesson from Folk Friend, I’ll be showing you the most useful scale ever for beginners learning to play in the DADGAD tuning! This handy scale lets you play an octave of D major without hitting the same string twice in a row, which is handy if you have a slow picking hand and want nice overlapping notes for a cool harp-like ringing effect! It also provides an easy way to add bass notes below a melody and thus start writing your first DADGAD arrangements.
If you would like to learn 10 easy arrangements of Irish tunes for DADGAD guitar then check out my book available here.
The free tablature and scale exercises download mentioned in the video can be found here.
I recently finished writing a complete Beginner’s Guide To Celtic DADGAD Accompaniment! You can find it here.