Members Hudman Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I've never been a big fan of alternate tunings. I heard Tree Top Flyer by Stephen Stills and I had to learn it. It's tuned in DADGAD. Here's the live version of Tree Top Flyer for those of you that are not familiar with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QOeTudb0E8 I play it a bit different.... The only other tune I play in that tuning is Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. I'm really loving DADGAD. I would appreciate any other song suggestions..... Give me some more tunes fellas...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KATMAN Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 County Down by Phil Keaggy is a pretty good song,and is featured on his acoustic guitar instruction video.I also haven't tried to play it yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 County Down by Phil Keaggy is a pretty good song,and is featured on his acoustic guitar instruction video.I also haven't tried to play it yet either. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm unfamiliar with his work, but I will check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cldplytkmn Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 i don't mess with alternate tunings much either... i'm gonan watch this thread intently. what i generally don't like about DADGAD is that i start playing around in it, and i can only make like three sounds. just a bunch of open sounding chords and i get bored and go back to standard or double drop d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 i don't mess with alternate tunings much either... i'm gonan watch this thread intently.what i generally don't like about DADGAD is that i start playing around in it, and i can only make like three sounds. just a bunch of open sounding chords and i get bored and go back to standard or double drop d. I feel the same way.... I tuned to DADGAD 2 days ago. This the longest I ever stayed out of standard tuning. I spent some time on Tree Top Flyer and I brushed the rust off Kashmir. I spent the rest of the time messing around with different chords. The change in tuning is getting my creative juices flowing a bit. I'm finding all kinds of intersting voicings and melodies. I guess it's forcing me out of my standard tuning comfort zone. I'm going to stick with it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 If you're up for a fingerstyle challenge, check out Pierre Bensusan's column in Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. He pretty much lives in DADGAD. He also has a couple tabs available for download on his website: http://www.pierrebensusan.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=1 Laurence Juber also has a lot of songs in DADGAD too, I believe. http://www.laurencejuber.com/music/tabindex.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KATMAN Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks for the suggestion. I'm unfamiliar with his work, but I will check it out. Keaggy is a genuis at working with alternate tunings.Pick up his acoustic video,it is amazing.I use it mostly for enteraiment purposes! He also has a website,www.philkeaggy.com. Also,check some of his acoustic cd's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cldplytkmn Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 i think that DADGAD sounds fantastic on fingerstyle pieces... i guess what i miss from it is the songwriter-ish stuff... i never knew that tree top flier was in DADGAD, i'll have to learn that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 For me EADGBE is an alternate tuning - I spend most of my time in open this or open that. Ironically DADGAD is one tuning that I've never worked with. It is commonly associated with Celtic music. Along with Bensusan, I know that John Renbourn played a lot in it - you might find some of his instructional stuff at Grossman's site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 six organs of admittance - dust and chimes ben chasny uses it alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjorn-fjord Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Zep's Black Mountainside is a favourite of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smatel Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 I've never been a big fan of alternate tunings. I heard Tree Top Flyer by Stephen Stills and I had to learn it. It's tuned in DADGAD. Here's the live version of Tree Top Flyer for those of you that are not familiar with it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QOeTudb0E8I play it a bit different....The only other tune I play in that tuning is Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.I'm really loving DADGAD.I would appreciate any other song suggestions.....Give me some more tunes fellas...... "Nice Feeling" -Pierre Bensusan Anything from his "Intuite" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave W. Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 For me EADGBE is an alternate tuning - I spend most of my time in open this or open that. Ironically DADGAD is one tuning that I've never worked with. It is commonly associated with Celtic music. Along with Bensusan, I know that John Renbourn played a lot in it - you might find some of his instructional stuff at Grossman's site. John Renbourn is the featured artist in this months AG. He talks about DADGAD a bit in the article. I don't have it in front of me, but I think he credits Davey Graham with inventing it, or atleast showing it to him. The term "invent" might be a bit of a stretch, since guitars have been around for eons. This is back in the days when John was in Pentangle with Bert Jansch, so you might find some use of it in their stuff. And no, I don't remember much from those days, I just happen read the article last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members learn'r Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 http://www.ezfolk.com/guitar/Tutorials/Chords/dadgad/dadgad.html just came into this while looking for more songs for you. Phil Keaggy is one of the best guitar artists I know of. I have sheet music and tab for county down if you are interested - PM me. I had choice seating through someone recently .... turned it down. Still kicking myself! there is some YouTube of him.His Christian faith turns folks off.But most amazing this guy has no middle finger RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fanuvbrak Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Misguided Angel by The Cowboy Junkies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SlowFingers Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Shenandoah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members learn'r Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Shenandoah no kiddin'? I do that in a drop C. love it. I gotta check it out. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martingibson70 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Isn't Kashmir in DADGAD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Isn't Kashmir in DADGAD? Yes. It's one of the 2 songs I can play in DADGAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martingibson70 Posted February 9, 2007 Members Share Posted February 9, 2007 Thanks. Cool song. I still play it single drop D though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SlowFingers Posted February 10, 2007 Members Share Posted February 10, 2007 no kiddin'? I do that in a drop C. love it. I gotta check it out. Thanks. I would love to try out the version you do if you can provide a link to the tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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