JONATHN BYRD's DADGAD Guitar Clinic

100 Public Square North,Dahlonega GA 30533

18 February, 2023

Description

DADGAD is one of the most popular and versatile open tunings, lending itself to traditional music, blues, jazz, rock, and everything in between. Pronounced DAD GAD, this tuning is also known as Celtic Tuning, Dsus4 and modal tuning. It is an alternate tuning that is mostly associated with Celtic music but is also utilized in many other genres, including blues and folk as it lends itself particularly well to fingerstyle guitar. This is the perfect workshop for getting to know DADGAD, whether you're just starting out in alternate tunings or have a bit of experience under your fingers. Much like drop D and double drop D tuning DADGAD is less of a departure from standard tuning. In practical terms, this means it’s less challenging going from standard tuning and transposing scales and chord shapes compared to other alternate tunings. It’s a reasonably intuitive tuning to play around in if you have already experimented in drop D as the 4 bass strings are tuned identically. Also, the interval between the 5th and 6th strings is the same as in standard tuning e.g. a fifth. The instructor, Jonathan Byrd, is a renowned North Carolinian Singer, Songwriter, Poet and Teacher who's been performing throughout the U.S. for over 22 years. He is best known for his narrative tales of love, life, and death in America. In 2003, he was among the winners of the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival, where he set a record for CD sales at the festival that year, making more sales than the main stage acts. He now has 11 albums behind him and his song, "The Ballad of Larry" has been listed a "Top Rated Song" by Americana-UK. He primarily performs solo and accompanies himself in a variety of traditional acoustic guitar styles. His recordings have featured a variety of instrumental ensembles and typically include one or more instrumental tracks that feature Byrd's skillful flatpicking technique. Jonathan has been leading guitar and songwriting clinics for years and is a very patient and inspiring teacher! In this DADGAD Workshop you can expect to learn: > What DADGAD tuning is and why it’s used. > How to tune your guitar from standard tuning. > Some simple, movable chords you can use. > DADGAD Chords – Common major and minor open chord shapes > Useful scales WE ARE LIMITING THIS CLASS TO JUST 15 PEOPLE, SO RESERVE YOUR SPOT EARLY!