“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.

Monuments guitarist John Browne hasn't played in standard tuning for 20 years, ever since Tesseract's Acle Kahney turned him onto the openness of DADGAD. It's helped him forge massive soundscapes with ...

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Understand a few basic arranging techniques in DADGAD tuning. • Create open-string or campanella melodies. • Learn how to combine fretted ...

30-day guitar challenge: It's day 3, and time to broaden your horizons - DADGAD tuning often goes hand in hand with acoustic guitar in folk circles, but it's equally at home on the electric. The folk ...

In this audio and tab lesson, we're going to be examining the DADGAD style of Davy Graham - the alternate tunings pioneer who is widely regarded as the father of this versatile tuning method. DADGAD ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I use open and alternate tunings to get music out of the guitar," says fingerstyle master Martin Simpson. "Do you want to move ...