Dadgad fingerstyle book?

ThePrettyDamned

Well, it's official, I'm going to own an acoustic for the first time.

In my efforts to branch out from RAWWWWWR GRR METAL I fancy learning some folksy or percussive fingerstyle.

I *love* Andy mckee, anyone dufour etc and while I appreciate they have much studying and practice under their belts (as well as partial capos and other tunings), I would like a book that focuses on dadgad fingerstyle so I can become more familiar with chords and picking patterns, as well as learn nice solo compositional pieces.

Cheers

CHRISB50

Try this for some chords and scales

http://www.full-score-guitar-lessons.com/dadgad-tuning.html

ThePrettyDamned

CHRISB50;445220" said:

Try this for some chords and scales

http://www.full-score-guitar-lessons.com/dadgad-tuning.html

Nice one, cheers. I'll give it a whirl.

I found a book that looks good, and specifically fingerstyle too. I'll let the forum know if it's any good or not.

ThePrettyDamned

Well, I got "understanding dadgad for fingerstyle guitar".

Not played anything, but a cursory read is very promising. It progresses relatively quickly, and goes to what looks like intermediate level of playing - very cool.

Talks about scales, keys, caged a bit, picking patterns, chord shapes but also basic percussive technique (looks to be muted low d string, so level one!) and harmonics.

There is also a basic guide to playing in various keys and the reasons why - such as a particularly strong leading tone on an open string, for example, and short examples to illustrate the effects.

Really nice, very excited to pick up the guitar tomorrow.

VimFuego

was thinking of getting that (working my way through The Acoustic Fingerstyle method at the moment, but nearing the end) so will be glad to see what you think of it after a few months working on it.