Foundation In Irish Trad & Folk Music Guitar - Dadgad Tuning

Solid Foundation in Irish Traditional & Folk Music Accompaniment on Guitar in DADGAD Tuning

What you'll learn

How to tune your guitar in DADGAD

Learn the music alphabet and where the important notes are on fretbaord

Learn essential theory that allow you to choose which chords sound best together

Step by step system for selecting the best chords for a piece of music

How to substitute/swap chords to create your own unique sounding accompaniment for music

How to connect chords progressions together with Bass Line to create continuity & movement

An easy to understand system for playing chords in 3 different voices/positions (low, middle & high)

How to use the capo and play in different keys using the shapes you know

How to play with both Irish traditional tunes and also folk songs in DADGAD tuning

Requirements

No requirements needed apart from a guitar and an interest to learn - You will learn everything you need to know

Description

A series of easy to understand lessons, teaching the essential theory and techniques on how to approach accompanying Irish Traditional & Folk Music Accompaniment on Guitar in DADGAD Tuning. “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.What makes this course unique from other courses is that students are not just told what to play in a specific piece of music rather they are taught the essential tools/theory which allow them to understand how to accompany any piece of music.- Step by step system for selecting the best chords for a piece of music- How to substitute/swap chords to create your own unique sounding accompaniment for music- How to connect chords progressions together with Bass Line to create continuity & movement- An easy to understand system for playing chords in 3 different voices/positions (low, middle & high)No requirements needed apart from a guitar and an interest to learn - You will learn everything you need to knowSuitable for guitar players of all levels interested in learning how to accompany Irish traditional and folk music in DADGAD tuning on guitarTaught by David Whelan (BA) Hons Music

Overview

Section 1: WEEK 1

Lecture 1 Lesson 1 - PART A - TUNING

Lecture 2 Lesson 1 - PART B - NOTES ON STRING

Lecture 3 Lesson 1 - PART C - NOTES 6TH STRING

Lecture 4 Lesson 1 - PART D - NOTES TO CHORDS

Lecture 5 Lesson 1 - PART E - CHORDS BUILT FROM THE 6TH STRING

Section 2: WEEK 2

Lecture 6 Lesson 2 - MISS MONAGHANS REEL (TUNE ONLY)

Lecture 7 Lesson 2 - PART A - WHAT ARE CHORDS?

Lecture 8 Lesson 2 - PART B - WHICH CHORDS TO PLAY?

Lecture 9 Lesson 2 - PART C - THE PRIMARY CHORDS

Lecture 10 Lesson 2 - PART D - FORMING CHORDS

Lecture 11 Lesson 2 - PART E - MISS MONAGHANS REEL (PLAY ALONG)

Section 3: WEEK 3

Lecture 12 Lesson 3 - PART A - CHORD SUBSTITIONS

Lecture 13 Lesson 3 - PART B - RELATIVE MINOR

Lecture 14 Lesson 3 - PART C - MORE CHORD SUBSTITIONS

Lecture 15 Lesson 3 PART D MISS MONAGHAN'S - WITH CHORD SUBSTITIONS

Section 4: WEEK 4

Lecture 16 Lesson 4 - PART A - LEADING BASS NOTES

Lecture 17 Lesson 4 - PART B - 12TH FRET D MAJOR CHORD SHAPE

Lecture 18 Lesson 4 - PART C - MIDDLE VOICED D

Lecture 19 Lesson 4 - PART D - MIDDLE VOICED CHORD SCALE

Lecture 20 Lesson 4 - PART E - MIDDLE VOICED BASS LINE

Section 5: WEEK 5

Lecture 21 Lesson 5 - PART A - DIRTY OLD TOWN (KEY G MAJOR)

Lecture 22 Lesson 5 -PART B - THE FOLK STRUM PATTERN

Lecture 23 Lesson 5 - PART C - Em7

Lecture 24 Lesson 5 - PART D - USING THE CAPO TO PLAY IN THE KEY OF G

Section 6: WEEK 6

Lecture 25 Lesson 6 - PART A - DIRTY OLD TOWN VOCAL LINE

Lecture 26 Lesson 6 - PART B - DIRTY OLD TOWN VOCAL LINE

Lecture 27 Lesson 6 - PART C - DIRTY OLD TOWN VOCAL LINE

Lecture 28 Lesson 6 - PART D - HAMMER ONS & PULL OFFS

Lecture 29 Lesson 6 - PART E - HAMMER ONS, PULL OFFS & BLUES NOTE

Guitar players of all levels interested in learning how to accompany Irish traditional and folk music in DADGAD tuning on guitar