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Intro to DADGAD Tuning, Part 3: Minor Keys 

This lesson is part of the course Irish Backup Guitar with Flynn Cohen.
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Learn to accompany jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance tunes in the style pioneered by Irish guitar greats Paul Brady, Mícheál Ó Dhomhnaill, and Dáithí Sproule and used at Irish seisiúns. With chord voicings, rhythm patterns, and practice tracks.

 
 
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Jigs are the other most commonly played dance form in Irish traditional music. The 6/8 jig rhythm is unique and has a specific strumming pattern and a particular feel. Beginning jig players often use an alternating picking pattern, but to get the right feel, it’s usually better to use a down-up-down, down-up-down pattern. Flynn demonstrates the pattern and gives you a couple of exercises to help you get used to the pattern.
 
 
 
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INTRO TO DADGAD TUNING  
 
INTRO TO DADGAD TUNING  
 
Intro to DADGAD Tuning, Part 3: Minor Keys 
Intro to DADGAD Tuning, Part 3: Minor Keys 
 
You can also use DADGAD to play in minor keys. A particularly useful one is to play using D minor shapes with the capo at the second fret, so the guitar sounds in E minor. Flynn shows you how to play “The Drunken Landlady,” which you already learned in E minor without a capo in dropped-D tuning, using D5, C, and G chords with a capo at the second fret. To practice backing up tunes using DADGAD, you can use the same chord charts and Play-Along Tracks you used for tunes in D major (“The Rambling Pitchfork,” “The Tulla Reel,”), D modal (“Famous Ballymote,” “Garrett Barry’s”), E minor (“Morrison’s Jig”), and D minor (“The Broken Pledge”).

 
 
 
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