DADGAD is the Celtic and folk favorite: open strings that ring like a suspended D, drones everywhere, and a chord book that no longer applies.
Below are common chords in DADGAD, each a full voicing with the root, third and fifth. Frets read low string to high; x is muted, 0 is open, and fr marks the starting fret.
x 3 2 0 3 20 0 4 2 0 0x x 2 1 2 23 0 3 5 3 30 2 0 0 2 0x 0 2 2 4 2x 1 3 3 1 0x 0 2 2 3 2x 2 4 4 2 00 0 3 2 0 02 2 2 0 2 24 0 4 6 4 4Ten seconds on why the shapes change: the DADGAD Short.
Tune with a tuner that knows the target, not one that guesses the nearest standard note. Chartless has DADGAD built in: pick it, strum, and each string shows how far it is from the DADGAD pitch.
Chartless listens to whatever is playing and shows the chords live. Set the tuning to DADGAD and every chord in the chart is shaped for it, so you can play songs you already know in the new tuning the same day. The live chart and tuner are free.
Other tunings: Drop D · Open G · Open D · Double drop D · Drop C · Open E · Open C · Open A · Open D minor
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