Introduction to DADGAD, from Celtic Guitar with Tony McManus
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- In this Peghead Nation course, Tony McManus teaches you how to play reels, jigs, airs, and other traditional forms, both fingerstyle and with a flatpick. He walks you through melodies and shows you how to bring tunes to life with the ornamentation that defines Irish and Scottish traditional music. In this sample lesson, Tony gives an introduction to D A D G A D tuning, which is closely associated with playing Celtic music on the guitar.
For more info and to sign up, please visit www.pegheadnation.com/string-...
Tony McManus is recognized throughout the world as one of the leading guitarists in Celtic music. From early childhood, his twin obsessions of traditional music and acoustic guitar have combined to produce a startlingly original approach to this ancient art. In Tony’s hands the complex ornamentation normally associated with fiddles and pipes is accurately transferred to guitar in a way that preserves the integrity and emotional impact of the music while sounding completely suited to the guitar.
Tony’s first, self-titled, recording in 1996, followed by Pourquoi Quebec in 1999, led to worldwide recognition. However, it was with the release of Ceol More in 2002 that Tony’s stature as a first-class musician reached a new level. Critics hailed the focussed, spell-binding nature of the music, from the plaintive Jewish hymn “Shalom Aleichem” to the ingenious arrangement of the Charles Mingus classic “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.” Along with nominations for Tony as Musician of the Year by both the BBC Folk Awards and the Scottish Traditional Music awards, Ceol More made the Album of the Year list in Acoustic Guitar magazine and was named the “Live Ireland Awards” Album of the Year.
Tony’s live work ranges from intimate solo performances to a duet with Italian flatpicker Beppe Gambetta to a trio with brothers Gary and Greg Grainger to the quartet Men of Steel (with fellow guitarists Dan Crary, Gambetta, and Don Ross). He is an enthusiastic collaborator as leader and sideman, and has worked with Dougie MacLean, Phil Cunningham, Mairi MacInnes, Liam O’Flynn, Martin Simpson, Kevin Burke, Alison Brown, Martyn Bennett, Natalie MacMaster, Patrick and Jacky Molard, Mairead ní Mhoanaigh and Dermot Byrne, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, John Jorgenson, Jean Michel Veillon, Catriona Macdonald, Seikou Keita, Xosé Manuel Budiño, Ewen Vernal, and Andy Irvine. He is also in great demand as a studio musician and has contributed to more than 60 recordings.
His 2009 release The Maker’s Mark showcased 15 of the finest luthier-built guitars in the world. Recording a solo piece on each instrument, the project caught the attention of the mainstream rock guitar press in a way that acoustic work rarely does.
Never one to be typecast, Tony’s 2013 album Mysterious Boundaries stemmed from a challenge from mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall to learn the Bach E Major Prelude for Violin on guitar. This led to an exploration of classical and baroque music, seemingly very different from the jigs and reels that he grew up with. By examining the boundaries between genres and sticking to his steel-string guitar (rather than the conventional nylon-strung classical guitar) McManus produced a work of great originality and beauty, hailed by his peers as “a masterpiece” (John Renbourn) and “beyond beautiful… it’s perfect!” (Tommy Emmanuel).
His 2015 duet album with Beppe Gambetta, Round Trip, features virtuoso fingerstyle playing, flatpicking, and beautiful songs, recorded on a selection of great instruments.
DADGAD Tuning - fingering for 24 chords of the Circle of Fifths
To get started, most of the chords can be made with two simple finger positions, with small variations for using minor chords.
Example: A - xx2242 and Am xx2232 or A - xx7677 and Am xx7577
You might see performers using this tuning and applying the middle finger to the top bass strings on some chords where I have it as xx (looks like they're giving the bird) There are other ways to make these chords, but these are the simplest. After learning these you will be able to play Pachelbel's Canon, or Hotel California with ease. Fingerstyle picking is fun too!
D - xx0200 or xx7797
G - 55oo2o (big stretch needed) or xx5455
C - x32032 or xx5575
F - xx3233 or xx10101210
Bb - xx3353 or xx8788
Eb - xx1011 or xx99119
Ab - xx1131 or xx6566
Fm - xx3133 or xx10101110
Cm - x32o31 or xx5565
Gm - xx5535 or xx12121112
Dm - ooo201 or oo7787
Am - xx2232 or xx7757
Em - xx2022 or xx99109
Bm - xx4454 or xx9799
F#m - xx4244 or xx11111211
C#m - xx6676 or xx1191111
G#m - xx6466 or xx13131413
Ebm - xx8898
Bbm - xx3343 or xx8688
Db or C# - xx6686
Gb or F# - xx4344 or xx11111311
Cb or B - xx4464 or xx9899
E - xx2122 or xx99119
A - xx2242 or xx7677
Scales are a bit different in DADGAD, but that is for another lesson. Cheers! and Your Welcome!
Wow thanks!!!
🙏
Thx dude!
I'm sitting here holding my guitar, feeling like a fast food worker getting a master class by Gorden Ramsey
DarkNightDreamer agreed
Lol same
Lmfao
I'm thinking about burning all my guitars. 😢
@@Givingitashot Sell them instead.
I'm ashamed to say that I've been a guitar player for over 40 years, & never heard of this amazing player until today!
Hey.... better late than never. I'm on board! Incredible tutorial, as well as ideas.
Thank you.
Afurthyclays
Sometimes after listening to guys like Tony I just want to pitch the old guitar onto the bonfire.
You there rye try
And this is why theory in music is GOLD. You need this knowledge it opens everything up, you'll get it. Theory is the key and you have been standing on the door step for long enough now. Thank you Tony for a great and inspiring video :))
"I can't play slide guitar to save my life" then proceeds to play perfectly even without a slide.
Modesty is alive. I like this guy
I don't know why so many people get freaked out about playing alternate tunings. Ok, they're different, but I think they're actually much easier. without fretting a string, you've got a nice sounding chord. doesn't take much to pick up a few key fingerings, and modifying them is easy. With a nice chord structure in the tuning, you can play leads just fingering one string at a time while the tuning keeps you in a chord.His playing slide with out a slide - the tuning is doing the work. He's just barring the open chord. Same thing I did when I got a lap steel. I've got the action too low on my acoustics because I'm a figerstylist for playing slide, so picked up and refurbished an old Silvertone (yes, Sears!), that along the way of finding a nice hard case for it ran into a guy who knew lap steels. After seeing the pics I sent him of the PAPER pickup, I fond out it was made by Valco - a very good maker. But my point being, sitting in your lap, open tuning, playing slide that just seemed so much more logical - very much like playing keyboards.
La modestia de los inmodestos"
Yep! 😂
@@guzmanperez1109 It's everywhere on UA-cam mate.. Well said.
Really good context; I had no clue about DADGAD besides the fact that Kashmir uses that tuning. Thank You.
Great player.Great teacher.Great man.
This guy has a particular set of skills...
Tonight Tony played for three hours at a house concert in Santa Rosa, California. Superb, understated and thrilling. Tomorrow night he is in Reno Nevada.
Whose house? That would narrow it down some. I missed it!
You're such a great teacher Tony!
Thanks for everything you give!
😊
Excellent. I’ve been messing around with DADGAD for years but still found this very informative. Thanks very much. Beautiful playing on a lovely sounding guitar.
What a great guitar instructor, very clear and pleasant approach
Love this guy.... Humble, skilled and a great teacher
Thank you for this explanation! It sounds absolutely beautiful. I will have to try this tuning.
Bravo! Great introduction to open D Tony. Beautiful guitar and tone as well. I truly enjoyed watching, listening & learning. You are a great player & teacher sir. Thank you & keep enjoying music, life and all the wonderful thing that both offer,
Saw Tony at an event a couple of years ago. He played a few tunes. My God what a player. Flawless, totally in control of the instrument.
Brilliant - this is really helpful. I've been putting off my exploration of DADGAD for years. Thanks Mr. McManus!
Wow! I have played a little in DADGAD and this has really opened my eyes to playing this timing more... great lesson. Thank you!
Your PRS really sparkles and sounds great!
As clearly as it can be stated. Thank you Tony.
The DADGAD is such a beautiful tuning. I started screwing around in Strawberry Fields, Central Park while busking there & I was always complimented on my work. Ty.
What a bloody brilliant lesson, so much packed into such a short time!!
II’ve used DADGAD for about 50 years. This is a great video. What a nice man
That was the best explanation on how tuning affects the playing I've heard.
You're a good teacher. Thanks for this video.
So glad I found this guy. He’s really really good.
When you change your tuning, you open a whole new world of playing. That is why the guitar is so amazing. :)
Always have loved DADGAD. But this lesson really has helped me develop my DADGAD playing even more! Great information. Thanks.
Great player, great teacher. Should have thousands of views in my humble opinion!
What a beautiful sounding guitar
I don't know what I liked more, your eloquence or the actual guitar playing, great video!
This guitar sounds incredible!
Yeah, I caught the Joni immediately. Love it. This is really informative. Thanks!
Fantastic, thank you. I was shown this by a guy I met in the youth hostel in Ennis. When I got home I got lost in it for a few weeks after which I'd written a few pieces. Love this tuning.
Just wow!. That was an amazing lesson.
I never thought of this tuning in this way. Thank you for opening my ears and mind with your wonderful sound!
Really good explanation about Dadgad tuning specialy about the scales sounding like a harp because the two notes closed sounding together. It's really the spirit of Dadgad. Thanks for lihgting m'y mind.😉
Thanks - this was a really insightful look into DADGAD. Really appreciate it. Very nicely and fluidly done.
What a great teacher! Totally absorbed in everything he says!
matinee310 jjñjkioioioioioiooioooo
Phi j
Thank you for a marvellous explanation. Fine touch , beautiful playing
When he did that scale - brilliant.
Very interesting lesson (guitar+ english for me, héhé). And your explanation gives up answer about this DADGAD tuning, thank you.
Your guitar sounds just wonderful. Thumbs up
YES! The only other time I tried double drop D was slide guitar. Not very impressed. But now, years later, forming new chords that just ring out is wonderful. And the chords are fairly simple. So many drones to play with. Already composed my first song in the last hour! At the 7th to 5th fret. Thanks!
Seen the master of Celtic Figerstyle Tony ,, amazing one of a kind ,mindblowing guitar player ,, in a league of his own , truly a master
I have watched this video several times now and ask myself the same question; why have I ignored this tuning for so long? Tony in his understated way (thank you Steve D) makes such a strong case for it. I love his presentation here, he is simply a master of the instrument with a keen understanding of the fretboard and wry sense of humor.
As a non-muso I did not have a clue what you were talking about. But your playing and relaxed teaching style made this all rather entertaining.
Met Davy graham before he passed. He played beautifully and went between talking and playing, He was in his own world and it was beautiful to see! Great you mentioned him ❤️
Thanks for this video! The way you explain it is so peaceful :)
This is a brilliant tuning by a brilliant guitarist of Irish music a master class..period. .
.
Gorgeous! Thank you. I must learn this.
A very fine video. The explanation, demonstration, insight and historical context are excellent. Many thanks.
What a great bunch of guys !!! And who said you can't play guitar with short, plump fingers?
Wonderful !!!
This was just so well done. Thank you much.
Fantastic, thank you.
Love this little intro and the guitar sounds great btw.
The sound of that guitar is amazing
I am not sure what bought me here, and I am not familiar with the artist, but I am a guitar player and I enjoyed this very much! A very talented musician speaking plainly and sincerely about something he is very passionate and knowledgeble about is always a pleasure! I'll check in for more!
Many thanks Tony, fascinating stuff.
07:25 I was like "Ryan Sheridan - Home yaaay" right away lol. Beautiful sounding guitar.
That guitar sounds absolutely amazing. Great video and explanation of this tuning.
Couldn't focus on what the good man was saying, too enchanted with the guitar sound.
Agreed. On both points!
It's a Paul Reed Smith acoustic, and you're right it sounds amazing!
joshua rogers PRS are amazing instruments
prs they're all that good I own 5
Saw mr. McManus in concert around 2005... one of the best concert I went to. He's awesome on the guitar. If you're into guitar music, go see him, you won't be disappointed.
Saw so many videos on UA-cam about DADGAD where the main focus was just to show some regular chords played with strumming and not giving a proper explanation about the tuning and its possibilities. This video made me understand the real beauty and the possibilities playing wise. I appreciate the theory aspect and the harp example etc. Was very nice to see the fretboard and how the melodies are build moving around it.
Thank you!
Nicely explained- Tony really gets that "singing" quality out of his strings...thanks for sharing👍😁
your guitar has a beautiful voice and presence.
When Tony McManus plays, even scales sound heavenly.
Very cool. I love it! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful, Tony!
Brilliant explanation - looking forward to more great videos!
Great lesson. I look forward to seeing more!
I've been playing guitar since 2007 and I'm just finding out about this tuning.
Nice change.
That simple scale is just amazing
Masterful - interesting and insightful, and inspiring without being daunting. Hats off to you Mr McManus
Wow beautiful work and tone on that guitar. I'll have to start over and try to pay attention to your instruction. Too mesmerized by the luthiery in your lap.
Great to watch, thanks Tony
Tony, your Awesome. Thanks bro
Reminds me of Jimmy page w these tunings!!
in the movie "this might get loud" jimmy page shows edge and jack white kashmir with this tuning
Great video awesome sounds I love the sounds created from that tuning 👍👍👍
My God THAT Guitar ! - Yes, we all know Mr McManus borders on genius, but THAT Guitar sound!!! Un-Believable.
Paul Reed Smith guitars for you. They go for about 10k
Borders on?
I never heard a scale played more beautifully than the D Major scale he played. I will be back Tommy!
Well, I 've been playing standard for 50+ yrs but cold winter on Long Island NY is coming so I'll start on that D scale tomorrow. I already tuned one of the acoustics down. My Dad ( Galway) was a great box player so my seasoned ear might pick it up pretty quick. Thanks Tony.
wonderful commentary .....thank you !
This gives me insight into Gaughan's genious.
Keep up the good work, really like your chilled out style! Makes a change to most OTT youtubers!
NICE way to answer my curiosity and add some inspirational fuel to a guitar subject I've wondered about so often but had no application for it.... yet :)
When you brought up the 3rd of the D chord and how to "handle it" by eliminating it, I figured the 3rd of the chord has a narrow but significant use if you REALLY need it...... all the 3rd does, IMO is to classify the chord as major or minor. My band often did a medley with Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman" and Gregg Allman's "Midnight Rider" in which I've always used a Dno3 chord...... really ethereal chord, can't tell if it's major or minor, maybe having something to do with the suspense and tension in each of the songs.
thanks for this!
Beautiful lesson, love the soft spoken approach, re-tuning now!
Great to hear you’re also a huge Joni Mitchell fan, that’s how the algorithms brought me to this video I think. Many thanks! from Brazil ☘️
Great instruction Tony. Thanks
What a gift this man has
What a fantastic video!
great way to arpeggiate with all those open harp-like sounds...thanks!
Very nice explanation, thank you!
Great demonstrations ✌🏿👍🏾🎸
master class introduction
Thanks for the teaching lesson and also the history lesson.
I use this tuning for metal. Never thought of looking up other uses for it until now. Great video
Now I wanna hear this used for metal. It seems like a weird a tuning for metal but I'm no metal head so how would I know?
why? drop d is the more commonly used metal tuning
Devin Townsend plays in Open C or Open B tunings, and Emma Ruth Rundle plays a baritone in either DADGAD or a variation of it depending on the song. Both of them, perhaps coincidentally or perhaps not, utilize a lot of reverb and distortion to create big walls of sound.
Thanks! I've experimented with several alternative tunings in my decades of playing, including a few I've never seen anyone else use; yet somehow I just never could wrap my head/fingers around DADGAD.
I actually have used that open-D-chord (DADF#AD) tuning on a song or two that the original artist (Stan Rogers) does in DADGAD.
I just need to study everything you're doing here to get a leg up on it.
In addition, I knew that Joni used a lot of alt. tunings, especially the open G-chord (DGDGBD), but I never realized the bit about DADF#AD tuning.
I'll have to go back and listen some more for that now.
Fred
beautiful playing style
Bravo! My first time seeing you. Loved the Intro to DADGAD (or double-drop D). Something I haven't used, but will explore.
I have used DADGAE quite a bit with a couple of artists that use that a lot.
Very informative
Thank you
More study & exploration in future ✌🏼
My fave tuning of all time, got the first song from Alter Bridge tho. Great explaination sir 👍
Great teaching! Thanks
Thank you for the lesson, have subbed. I like this ancient sound. You remind me of Val Doonican.
Your quite the virtuoso! Awesome playing!