DADGAD

            This is a great, and easy tuning for your guitar.  This tuning 
            change can be made quickly and will allow you to add a great 
            Scottish, Irish, or Breton pipe music sound to your repertoire.    
            This style has become very popular with fingerstyle and even 
            flatpicking guitarist some of the most well known for this style 
            are: Al Petteway, Tony McManus, Steve Baughman, and Robin 
            Bullock.

                   

            This tuning takes a “D” chord and adds to it a suspended fourth 
            note ( the “G”).  This tuning can also help emulate a banjo sound 
            by having the same two notes ringing out after playing the melody 
            note.   Play a simple melody in “A” then follow each note by playing 
            the “A” and “D” string. 


            I will put a link at the bottom to both hear and learn  a great celtic 

            tune by Al Petteway that will really showcase this tuning.  Here is a 

            written out list for the common chords in DADGAD.

                                   Major Chords: (majors are barred)

              A:  7,7,7,9,7,7      B: 9,9,9,11,9,9      C:  10,10,10,12,10,10

              D:  0,0,0,2,0,0   E:  2,2,2,4,2,2       F:  3,3,3,5,3,3    G:  5,5,5,7,5,5

                                    Other Chords:

              Amin:x,0,2,2,3,2      A:x,0,2,2,0,2     Gmin:0,1,0,0,1,0

              Bmin:x,0,4,4,5,4      A7:x,0,2,0,0,2   E7:0,2,2,1,2,0

              Dmin:0,0,0,2,0,3    D7:0,0,0,2,3,0   C:x,3,2,0,3,x

              Emin:x,x,2,0,2,2      G:0,2,0,0,2,0    

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            For a great file with some chords, scales, and picking patterns 

            in DADGAD go to http://www.boegershausen.com and then 

            downloads.  

            Song to Hear - "West Wind" by Al Petteway, played by Sungha Jung

            Song to Learn - "West Wind" by Al Petteway

Minor Blues

From the moment you play a minor blues scale you will

quickly understand how you too can add a blues feel to your

music.  This scale obviously is used in blues but is also used

heavily in rock and country. The minor blues scale takes the

minor pentatonic scale and adds on a flat 5th.  There are five

different positions on the neck to play this scale but the one
below is my favorite.

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The Root note is the red dot and the black is the flat 5th turning

it from just a minor pentatonic into the blues minor scale.  In

an “Am” pentatonic (“penta” – 5, “tonic” – note) scale you would

see  “A, C, D, E, G” when you add the sixth note (the flat 5th) it

becomes bluesy  “A, C, D, Eb, E, G” .  This is a moveable scale so get

familiar with this scale all over the neck.  You can see and learn all

five positions here, this chord chart is simple and the one I printed

 off in the past. 

If you’re interested, the major blues scale adds a flat 3^rd to its

pentatonic scale.  In “A” it would be:  “A, B, C, C#, E, F, F#”.  Here’s

a picture of a Major Blues Scale (the red dot is the root and the 

green is the flat 3rd). 

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Song to hear -  3 O'Clock Blues, B.B. King     

Song to learn -  Tab for 3 O'Clock blues by B.B. King