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DADGAD Tuning with Fingerstyle

Course: Advanced Fingerstyle With Jarvis

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We look at a piece in an alternate tuning - DADGAD. This is one of the most popular alternate tunings, and it's a fairly common tuning in folk music.

In this lesson we're looking at a piece in an alternate tuning - DADGAD. This is one of the most popular alternate tunings, and it's a fairly common tuning in folk music. We're assigning one finger to one string again, but this time we've changed which finger plays which string compared to the previous videos.

Lesson aims

  • Tune your guitar to DADGAD and get a feel for the tuning
  • Pay attention to the syncopation in the later section of the piece
  • Lean to play the full piece

Study Piece 5 - "Dad's Bag"

Next Up: Percussive Taps in Drop D

Well done! Let's jump into the next lesson of the course.

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Course Outline

Advanced Fingerstyle With Jarvis

Arpeggios in C major
Arpeggios in 3:4 time
Arpeggios in 6:8 time
Fast Flamenco Style Arpeggios
DADGAD Tuning with Fingerstyle
Percussive Taps in Drop D
Natural, Artificial and Harp Harmonics
Cascade Licks with A Minor Pentatonic
Cascade Licks with G Major Pentatonic
Cascade Licks with an A9 Arpeggio
Cascade Licks with the E Blues Scale
Carter Scratch Technique
Chet's Thumb
Chet's Hand
Chet's Beat
Chet's Arp
"Trackside" Chet Atkins Player Study
Merle's Thumb
Merle's Hand
Merle's Beat
Merle's Arp
"Loco Motif" - Merle Travis Player Study
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