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Guitar tuning

DADGAD Tuning

DADGAD is a suspended open tuning that creates a Dsus4 sound rather than a major or minor chord.

Notes low to high
DADGAD
Strings
6
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret pitch range
D2 to D6
Also called
D Modal, Celtic Tuning

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

Start with dadgad tuning loaded, then adjust root, scale, fret count, labels, colors, and orientation.

Open in interactive fretboard
D Mixolydian Guitar Scale modal color over the suspended open sound D Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale parent major-scale reference around the tuning center D Dorian Guitar Scale minor modal contrast over drone strings D Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale simple minor vocabulary around the tuning center

Scale diagrams in this tuning

D Mixolydian Guitar Scale DADGAD Tuning D Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale DADGAD Tuning D Dorian Guitar Scale DADGAD Tuning D Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale DADGAD Tuning
D Major Guitar Arpeggio major-triad reference over the drone strings D Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio dominant color over the suspended open sound D Minor Guitar Arpeggio minor-triad contrast over the tuning center D Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh contrast over the tuning center

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

D Major Guitar Arpeggio DADGAD Tuning D Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio DADGAD Tuning D Minor Guitar Arpeggio DADGAD Tuning D Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio DADGAD Tuning