DADGAD Chords

Most guitarists first come across DADGAD tuning through Irish music. That was certainly the case for me. Years ago, when I started trying to accompany traditional tunes and songs on guitar, standard tuning never quite felt right. The chord shapes often sounded too heavy, and the open strings would clash with the melody instead of

In this lesson we learn how to add more to your accompaniment in DADGAD tuning. We learn the Bm scale with a third added on top. This works well in DADGAD as Bm is the relative minor of D. If you haven’t learned the ‘double down’ Irish jig strum yet here are two free tutorials