Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning-Intermediate

Understanding DADGAD is a complete introduction to using the DADGAD tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. The book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how DADGAD can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles.

Introduction:
    Tuning In DADGAD
    How To Use This Book

Getting Started:
    Three Easy Chords
    Playing Simple Melodies
    Improvising With Third String Melodies
    Improvising In Other Keys
    Improvisation Examples
    Learning More Chords
    Simple Scale Patterns
    Minor Scale Patterns
    Putting It All Together

Leveraging Standard Tuning:
    Using Standard Tuning Chord Shapes In DADGAD
    Creating Chords By Shifting Strings
    Moveable Chord Forms
    Converting Scales From Standard To DADGAD
    Creating Blues Scales In DADGAD
    The CAGED System
    CAGED In DADGAD
    Putting It All Together

Intervals and Harmony:
    Introducing Intervals
    Harmonizing With Thirds
    Harmonized Thirds On The Fourth And Fifth Strings
    Harmonized Thirds On The Third And Fourth Strings
    Harmonized Thirds On Second And Third Strings
    More Harmonized Thirds
    Harmonizing With Sixths
    Applying Sixths
    Harmonizing With Tenths
    Tenths As Skeletal Chords
    Using Tenths With Open Strings
    Unisons
    Octaves
    Octave Examples
    Putting It All Together

Tricks and Techniques:
    Cross-String Patterns
    Slurs And Cross-String Patterns
    More Cross-String Picking Patterns
    Parallel Harmony
    Cheater Chords
    Harmonics
    Harmonic Patterns
    Hammer-Ons And Pull-Offs
    Percussive Techniques
    Ten Things You Can't Do In Standard Tuning
    Putting It All Together

Chord Progressions:
    The Blues Progression
    Blues Progression With Minimalist Chords
    The II-V-I Progression
    Moveable II-V-I Chord Patterns
    Altered Chords
    Rhythm Changes
    Rhythm Changes Using Open String Chords

Scales and Arpeggios:
    Movable Major Scales
    Learning Scale Forms
    Scale Patterns
    Minor Scales
    Movable Minor Scales
    Minor Scale Patterns
    Cross-String Scales
    Minor Cross-String Scales
    Cross-String Examples
    Arpeggios
    Cross-String Arpeggios

Exploring Different Keys:
    C Major
    D Major
    D Minor
    F Major
    G Major
    G Minor
    A Major
    A Minor
    B Flat Major