“I use open and alternate tunings to get music out of the guitar,” says fingerstyle master Martin Simpson. “Do you want to move people? You can’t be struggling with holding down the damn strings.

DADGAD is fairly easy tuning to understand because, unlike drop D or open G, its name tells you the notes you’ll be tuning to - which is pretty handy! You’ll be changing your standard tuned guitar’s ...

ACOUSTIC EXPO 2014: If you consider yourself a true acoustic buff then you surely must be familiar with that staple altered tuning known as DADGAD. If the tuning is new to you then take a look at the ...

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