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Of course. And trying a new tuning is very useful for sparking the imagination, which is one reason I use lots of them. But if you just let the tuning dictate the path, you are almost guaranteed to end up sounding the same as everyone else who is letting the tuning drive. Same as in standard - how many times do we hear the same James Taylor D licks?. My guess is that for your taste, you just don't like Juber or Bensusan's style, and wouldn't no matter what tuning they use (Juber only uses DADGAD about half the time)
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Exploring a variety of tunings can the thought provoking and sometimes inspirational. It's just where do you want to mainly hangout.
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But just FYI (you don't have to like it! ), here's the guy that invented it, in order to make the guitar sound a bit more "Arabic", and to support his contention that folk musics around the world had more in common than was often thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvpTVn_Ltzc Plenty of modal-D noodling, you'll notice . It was others later that realised DADGAD was adaptable to pretty much any key. Almost as much as EADGBE.
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I remember Martin Simpson saying his goal was to play the best sounding music in the easiest possible way. I've had a lot of sport related injuries to my fingers in my youth that have haunted me in my older days. So Martin Simpsons approach has been just what the Doctor ordered.
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Not a particular fan of Simpson's music (sight read through about thirty tabs of his tunes) probably in part due
a lot of techniques he avoids. One thing I do like (among others such as moving around to different keys) about the use of barres is the increased availability of controlling note (or whole chord) durations and string damping.
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A recent workshop I attended (on DADGAD, not surprisingly ) gave us scale exercises based on allowing notes to ring across one another as much as possible. It's not something I've made much use of before myself, but I can see the appeal. I certainly don't dislike it, it's an attractive effect. At the same time, I see the appeal of preventing that (in other kinds of music), by using fret muting techniques as you say.
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Certainly that is a valid and useful style. I play and write music in different tunings and some times make use of just letting open strings ring out until they die of their own volition. Include that among a broader palette of choices.
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I can't sight-read tabs (I mean, I can read them, but not sight-read), and if I like a tune I'll probably transcribe it myself, notation as well as tab. Sometimes notation only if it's EADGBE, but for alt tunings probably tab too. I'd use internet tab as maybe a starting point, but I'd never rely on it. Of course, I'm lazy, and if the tune was complicated and the tab looked good (or was from a reputable source), I'd just copy it into my software and check it later.
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That was the same reaction that I have had with DADGAD in the past. But now...I have to say that Doug Young's DADGAD Christmas digital book and cd has really helped me to use my 12 string in a way that I haven't done in the past. With the dropped tunings of 3 strings, I can get incredible tones from the old Guild F512! Doug has arranged them in such a way that they are new and fresh ideas for Christmas music... with an incredible 12 string twist. I know most of the songs on the 6 string, strumming and fingerstyle, but the DADGAD on 6 or 12 string is just what the dr. ordered for me! Thank you Doug Young....
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Glad to hear those were helpful, Joe! 12-string in DADGAD is amazing, tho I never tried those tunes on a 12, so I'm happy to hear it works well.
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P.S. let me know if you have any questions about the book!
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And it provides good justification for having more than just one guitar around to play.
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