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Thread #75225 Message #3218180
Posted By: The Sandman
04-Sep-11 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: The pros and cons of DADGAD
Subject: RE: The pros and cons of DADGAD
I think it does because dadgad or rather adgad is a tuning used occasionally on the 5 string banjo, and dgcd and dgbd and other open tunings are used on 5 string banjo, furthermore Steve Baughman is discussing a style of guitar playing in cgcgcd AKA Orkney [ a tuning closely related to dadgad]melodic playing which has its origins in 5 string[KEITH OR MELODIC PLAYING].
any person who has played banjo and guitar will see that the two stylescan become interchangeable, a melodic banjo style player can transfer that style to Dadgad, or any other open tuning such dgdgbd dgdgcd cgcgcd daf#ad, among the 5 paragraphs it explains the idea of not playing the tune on the same string, it also refers to BENSUSAN, and his harp like style in dadgad, as far as I understand the articles there is a link between melodic banjo playing, melodic guitar playing.
example 1.. What classifies Melodic Banjo? Melodic Banjo can be easily differentiated by its unique sound...there's a cascading quality to it...it can sound almost like a harp or a harpsichord...some notes will continue to ring while other melody notes go floating by. This is caused by the consecutive notes being played, which classifies this style, are almost never played on the same string.
example 2.The Orkney tuning (CGDGCD) has become my favorite over the years. It is a wonderful tool for melodic (non-linear) playing, in which you avoid playing subsequent notes on the same string. This technique (Pierre Bensusan calls it "harp style,") allows for a very smooth and gentle delivery of the melody and avoids the staccato effect that marks many guitar arrangements of fiddle tunes.
connection 3.Pierre Bensusan calls it "harp style,"Pierre Bensusan DOES THIS IN dadgad