The Big DADGAD Chord Book: An In-Depth Exploration of DADGAD Guitar Tuning - Paperback

by Harvey Reid (Author)

The Most Detailed & complete DADGAD Chord Book...DADGAD has become the most popular open tuning, yet until now there have been no extensive libraries of chord fingerings. The Big DADGAD Chord Book is thorough, readable, detailed and accurate, carefully mapping out the fingerboard like never before. It also has many valuable features to help songwriters, strummers and pickers find their way around: - The whole fingerboard is shown for every chord, which helps you see and understand the geometry.- The note names and scale degrees are shown for all chords, so you can clearly see the precise musical structure.- Most chords have 5 or 6 strings sounding.- Open and closed-position chord types are included.

Author Biography

Songwriter, guitar educator & multi-instrumentalist Harvey Reid has been called a "giant of the steel strings" and "one of the true treasures of American acoustic music." He has absorbed a vast repertoire of American contemporary and roots music and woven it into his own colorful, personal and distinctive style. His 30 recordings on Woodpecker Records showcase his mastery of many instruments and styles of acoustic music, from hip folk to slashing slide guitar blues to bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, ragtime, and even classical.