Last week I tweeted about rediscovering some song ideas I had written in DADGAD tuning almost ten years ago. I first learned about DADGAD when Megan forwarded me a page of alternate tunings used by Richard Shindell. Since then I've tried to work DADGAD into my own songs:
- Cut The Wire: DADGAD, capo 5th fret
- In Harm's Way: DADGAD, capo 3rd fret
- Happy For Me, album version: DADGAD, capo 2nd fret (the alternate take is in standard tuning).
- 2 A.M.: DADGAD open D (I think, it's been awhile)
If you haven't tried DADGAD, you should. It's fun. Especially if you get bored with standard chord voicings as I sometimes do. Tons of video tutorials on YouTube.
Here's a video draft of "Blood Of Eden" by Peter Gabriel, in DADGAD tuning. I kinda want to record this song for a future EP, maybe later this year. The spot where I start grinning and my eyes pop out of my head is where I start running out of breath. That's what I get for trying a five-minute-long tune after months of no singing.