DADGAD Guitar Trick to Start Playing Fast

Here's a quick DADGAD Guitar Trick that works off of octave shapes.
If you like this lesson you'll love the 100% FREE DADGAD Guitar Cheat Sheet: aodancoyne.com/dadgad-cheatsh...
Timecodes:
0:00 - intro
0:18 - Tune to DADGAD
0:48 - Low D major scale
1:22 - Middle D major scale
1:49 - High D major scale
2:12 - D chord (D modal/Dsus4)
2:39 - Low octave shapes
3:33 - High octave shapes
4:38 - Low & high octave shapes
In this lesson, I show you how to use a fun octave trick on the guitar when tuned to DADGAD. We first tune to DADGAD, but if this video goes through that to fast for you, Fenders website has a nice online tuner that where you can select DADGAD from the dropdown menu - www.fender.com/online-guitar-...
After tuning down we run through the scale of D Major on all three of the D strings in DADGAD to get our fingers used to the positions.
Then I introduce the low movable octave shape, then the high movable octave shape before combining then with some rhythm.
It's a fun trick that I find really helps to get to grips with the DADGAD fretboard fast.
Let me know how you get on with it and if you have any questions just leave me a comment and I'll get back to you.
Also, if you'd like me to make a video about any other DADGAD guitar techniques, just let me know and I'll try to get it recorded for you.
I'm here to help.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

I like this. From now on I'm calling my Middle finger the Turd Finger. Makes sense.

[@aodancoynemusic]

lol. 😂 Wait unit you hear me say "Three hundred and thirty three and a third" ~ 🌳hundred'n turdy 🌳'nda 💩...

[@axceltalentscout5502]

Amazing skills man! I'd love to hear more from you.

[@aprilmann5209]

great lesson to get us all up and running! Thanks, Aodan!

[@aodancoynemusic]

Cheers 🎸👍😀

[@NumaManu]

Super mon ami! Bonne année 2021 à toi!

[@leeworrell9928]

Wow! Such amazing stuff! The guitarist is such a stud too!

[@anandthatal3431]

Thank you sir!

[@doodeen]

Hi Aiden, I don't know if you remember me.We had some via Skype a few years back.This is brilliant.I'll be signing up for your course.So glad you have put this together.Cheers Jim O'Shea.

[@terry4372]

Hi Aodan Thanks so much for brilliant easy to follow lessons,and also free Cheat sheet its going in a safe place for reference.

[@aodancoynemusic]

Mighty stuff Terry, glad you're enjoying the videos 👍😀

[@TJ-sy6lh]

Do you recommend someone begins playing in standard tuning and get really good at that first, before trying alternate tuning? I consider myself somewhat of an an advanced beginner in standard tuning, but still so much to learn even at this level. BUT...I really am really drawn to the tuning you use here.

[@aodancoynemusic]

Hi TJ, good question. I started off in standard, but once I heard DADGAD tuning I knew it was the way I wanted to go. (Although I still love playing in Standard) There will always be something to learn, whatever tuning or instrument that you're playing. That's kind of the beauty of music. So I'd say go with what feels right for you. As long as you're having fun and enjoying the process you're on the right track. When I was starting off in DADGAD and didn't have a second guitar I just learned how to tune up and down pretty fast. I had a setlist of songs I played in Standard and a setlist of songs I played in DADGAD. So you don't have to choose one or the other. Skills you learn in one tuning will stand to you in the other. Be it dexterity, picking, strumming or groove. If you have any other questions just let me know. I'm happy to help. Best of luck with it all :)

[@musik102]

It's a pity all those moveable shapes were not shown in the context of a chord progression or are all those shape substitutes for a D modal chord? Again, seeing them in context would have been useful.

[@aodancoynemusic]

Hi, the octave chord shapes should work for Irish tunes in the key of D. They are useful for following the tune and creating bass lines. For context here are two nice tunes in the key of D. I would try to subtly add in the octave movements throughout the tunes. Here are the links to the tutorials:
Maid Behind The Bar: czcams.com/video/O1MSk8RTay0/video.html Rolling Rolling in the Ryegrass: czcams.com/video/rZutEbwVAbQ/video.html