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DADGAD Fingestyle Blues TAB and Music Notation

tony hogan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:03:15 +0000

I woke this morning and virtually everything I touched just didn’t happen, I set out to rework a blues variation in G as an educational piece and it went skewiff. So since I was in a Blues mentality, I decided to reposat a DADGAD fingerstyle Blues I had written a year or so ago.

Now what’s the story on this. I’ve noticed that a lot of Celtic players are looking for DADGAD songs because if you’re doing a gig, twenty seven Irish Ballads in a row is just not going to work. In performance, we need things to that create an element of surprise, or sometimes bring familiarity but in a different package. This tune is a simple foundation to build a tune around or improvise with. It is just an idea and a platform to jump off.

You may use, post it elsewhere if you like. But hey it’s mine. What is important is that you play it in time, in tune and with feeling, if not please don’t play it.

Finger Style Dadgad Blues

Here is Pieere Bensusan giving a DADGAD tutorial on Youtube Video

Another great acoustic guitar player worth exploring is Duck Baker

Gypsy Rover DADGAD Arrangement TAB

tony hogan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:50:00 +0000

A year or so ago I published a simple but very musical sounding DADGAD Arrangement of the old tune Gypsy Rover. I have decided to republish it because the previous web page no longer exists due to a weird turn of we events. A lot of the music I have arranged in this style is inspired by players like Stefan Grossman and Duck Baker.

This is a basic idea to build upon and I would be interested in seeing where other players take this piece. Playing slowly and in time is a great place to start wth this piece and then gradually speed it up….and still play it in time

Gypsy Rover DADGAD

To download the printable version go to TAB DADGAD Gypsy Rover

For a normal tuning arrangement, go to Gypsy Rover Fingerstyle Arrangement

Tommy Emmanuel Youtube – Acoustic Guitar

tony hogan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:32 +0000

It’s pretty hard to have an acoustic guitar site or blog without mentioning Tommy Emmanuel at some point. Over the years I’ve seen him play many times in different settings, both acoustic and electric. Although I’ve never been fortunate enough to play guitar with him , I did have him play one of my guitars one day in a shop when I was buying a Polytone Amp, he played some George Benson on my Gold Top Les Paul.

I find that solo acoustic guitar is on of the best ways to really hear a player, so I’ve posted this youtube blog article with Tommy playing solo guitar, the reason I chose Amazing Grace is because it’s a very common turn that most peple would know. When you hear a player play a common tune it’s a great way to hear own personal musical voice. Enjoy it.

Pierre Bensusan youTube

tony hogan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:23:27 +0000

Pierre Bensusan was that good as a guitar player in the mid nineteen eighties that the great (late) Michael Hedges recorded a song in dedication to him on the Aerial Boundaries album, the song was called Bensusan. After Michael Hedges died, Pierre Bensusan recorded a song in dedication to him called So Long Michael. Both these players have left an incredible mark on the development of acoustic guitar playing. Bensusan had some very good early albums, Musiques and Solilai. My favourite is the Intuite album.

This youtube video features Bensusan doing the traditional tune ‘Merrily Kissed the Quaker’. Bensusan plays predominantly in DADGAD. In this video he is playing a Lowden Guitar. Fortunately I’ve been enjoying his playing since the mid eighties and is the player that inspired me to play DADGAD tuning back then.

This guy is so darn good it’s scary.

Brilliant Acoustic Guitar – Andy Mckee youTube

tony hogan — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:10:23 +0000

Andy McKee is definitely one of the most interesting guitar players I’ve heard since Michael Hedges. There have been quite a few guitar players that have attempted to do the Hedges style of open tuning/ percussive /hammer-on pull off approach but what I like about Andy is his ability to keep it musical. A good test of music is to close your eyes and see what it sounds like. There are many flashy guitar players out there but Andy’s guitar playing stands up by itself unaccompanied.

Hats off to the man. acousticguitarist.wordpress.com

There are also other interesting resources, articles and videos at my other guitar blog that specilaises in acoustic guitar. acousticguitar.wordpress.com

Open Tuning Guitar – Beautiful Guitar Recording

tony hogan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:51:36 +0000

Although technology can sometimes get in our way and make some very simple things complex, example you make a phone call and end up speaking to a robot that doesn’t recognise your dialect when you answer a simple ‘yes/no’ question, it can at times surprise you when you least expect it. And I don’t mean the money machine in the wall that supplies money when you put that little plastic card into it suddenly makes an error in your favour with lots of zeros on the end.

I’ve had a habit of every now and then recording pieces of music and then forgetting about them. As I work with computers a lot, like every single day of my life, I’ve got this habit of backing up data. Now data comes in all shapes and sizes. And when I back up, I find things.

Late last year I had an emergency situation where I needed to get a newacoustic guitar with a reasonable pickup system to record direct to a recorder instead of using microphones. Of course I had to test it out, whilst testing the guitar out I recorded a solo guitar piece of music with the guitar tuned to C G C G C F, pretty mad tuning really but I studied Indian music and it’s similar to what I used to use with a great Sarod player Ashok Roy.

Well, I listened to it and it’s pretty beautiful, and beautiful things are to be shared. I haven’t edited it at all.

I named it after the poem by the great Persian poet Rumi, someone dear to me used to carry that poem with her always

“Come, Come, who ever your are
Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving,
it doesn’t matter
Ours is not a caravan of despair
Even if you have broken your vows
A thousand times it doesn’t matter
Come, yet again, come”

To download it

click here acoustic guitar mp3 By Tony Hogan

DADGAD Scale D Major

tony hogan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:51:37 +0000

I’ve uploaded this free DADGAD guitar notation and tab scale for you to download. For anyone that’s new here DADGAD is another way of tuning the guitar. It’s been popular for a number of guitar players for about 30 years or so. This scale is interesting to play because of the fingering. And a little tip about playing scales, THE END RESULT IS TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC and not to be a great scale player. Scales are simply something to get your fingers moving, to create flexibility and familiarity with the fingerboard.

Enjoy the DADGAD scale, keep it musical. DADGAD Scale D Major in PDF format

Recently I’ve been working on recording some guitar projects for clients. And am currently developing some very unique guitar educational material.

CLICK the link to download DADGAD Scale D Major in PDF format

If you’re not at the stage of plasying open tunings yet, check out the lessons below.

DADGAD Country Blues Scale

tony hogan — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:18:49 +0000

Download the free TAB and music notation of a simple country blues scale in DADGAD open tuning.

This is what I refer to as a country blues scale. It is basically a B minor Blues scale but is very useable over a common chord pattern pattern in D suc as D , G A7 etc.

I have put a few musical twists in it instead of just having an ascending then descending to make it more musical to play

Click on the link:
DADGAD country blues scale free tab and music notation in pdf

Country Blues Guitar in Open Tunings Taught by Stefan Grossman. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Grossman-Gtr Workshop. Blues. DVD. Duration 101 minutes. Published by Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. (GW969DVD)
Level: Intermediate.
See more info…

FOR MORE DADGAD – Check out Laurence Juber’s and Artie Traum’s DVD’s or the Acoustic Master Class series below

Exploring DADGAD Guitar New Sounds, Textures and Repertoire. By Laurence Juber. Homespun Tapes (Instructional). DVD . With notes and tablature. Published by Homespun. (641722)
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Essential DADGAD for Beginners 3-DVD Set. By Artie Traum. Homespun Tapes (Instructional). DVD . Published by Homespun Video. (641614)
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Acoustic Masterclass Series: DADGAD Guitar Solos For Guitar. Guitar DVD. Acoustic Masterclass. Acoustic. DVD. Published by Alfred Publishing. (908113)
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DADGAD Blues TAB Free

tony hogan — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:57:29 +0000

Here’s a nice simple Blues that I wrote this afternoon in DADGAD. If you download the pdf and like it please let me know.

Click on the link DADGAD Blues free download TAB in pdf

The Guitar TAB and Music Score software that I’m using is very very powerful. Click on the image below to find out more, it’s also a learning tool, plays midi, exports pdf, allows you to write in any tuning. It will save you hours of messing around.