Phil Hare gives his unique take on the relative merits of the much-usedabused acoustic guitar tuning DADGAD. Aided and abetted, it seems by plentiful levels of Merlot and the odd smoke! The guitar played here is a Catfish Keith Ragtime (made by UK luthier Tony Revell in 1994) which blends in well with the conservatory backdrop!
PHIL HARE IS THE BAD DAD OF DADGAD
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i love you man! I would love to sit with a pint, and just listen, maybe have you teach me somethin!
Cheer! great vid
That’s really helpful, thanks.
"Don’t strum it" – Jimmy Page might disagree, Phil. 😉 Cool video though.
Wow, this video has taught me so much, thanks man! seem like an ace teacher, very laid back, great stuff!
Don’t strum it.
Great video Phil!!
DADGAD forever
Great video Phil, I like your style
that guitar sounds amazing.. i can almost sense the top vibrating though the creen.
dude was nice wasnt he? tooka chill time right in the middle…gangsta…lol im mad dude kept filmin….or hmmm edit maybe…but yeah did rock and that f is sweet
thumbs up if it opens up a world of possibilities….lolol
Completely agree with your sentiments, I think it’s origins are a lot earlier. You have to admire Graham though for some of the exotic turnings he explored and brought to the fore, he was quite the pioneer. I think the simplicity of DADGAD is it’s charm, I find your suggestion to not strum it interesting considering the attraction to me is the ability to strum openly and it still sounds great. Also in celtic music, jigs and reels etc, its often strummed. A matter of taste though of course 🙂
I’m not sure that Graham ‘invented’ the tuning, but I think there is enough evidence to suggest that he brought it to the attention of his Soho/London contemporaries in the 1960’s eg Jansch, Renbourn , Carthy, Roy Harper etc. We will probably find that it was stumbled upon by an an amateur lautist from Suffolk! Like most tunings it is a wonder upon discovery, but it is ultimately self-defeating and perhaps ‘samey’. I tend to use standard tuning mostly, as it offers the greater options.
Good taste. I’m just discovering the wonders of this tuning, I always had a particular love of suspended chords and now I see why DADGAD sounds so good to my ear, apparently it puts the guitar in to a supsended D chord when played open. Marvellous! How do you hold with the theory that Davey Graham is the father of the tuning? I think this is a misconception, it seems he popularised it. I wonder where he picked it up from?
Sweet guitar, Phil. Who’s the maker?
You’re an amazing DADGAD player. U have my total respect.
Hiya. I listen to virtually everything and try to leave no stone unturned. My main aim is to promote acoustic music, free of artifice and electronic trickery. I suppose my favourite artists are Steely Dan (Acoustic? LOL), John Martyn, Richard Thompson, Joni Mitchell, Leon Rosselson etc and, if pushed, I probably listen to more jazz than anything else.
Indeed it can be, but don’t get too bogged down with it. The tonalities that prevail in many open-tunings mean you could write ten of the same song! Best of luck. Cheers Phil
Very inspirational. A different tuning is an effective cure for writer’s block.
Hi agin Phil ,,,,still blown away at this vid …can u make another How to on DADGAD,, you just a certain majic man …peace …Rob
Stumbled on your video…love your stuff…started messing with DADGAD two months ago and was so encouraged with your style of presentation…like I was sitting there with you…thanks. ALIASX