Chords for Celtic Strumming Pattern - Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
125.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
Ab
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Em] [D]
[Am] [D]
[A] [D]
[Gbm] [D]
[E] Hey guys, it's Nate Savage here from GuitarLessons.com for Taylor Guitars.
We're doing this little
mini series on strumming and in this lesson we're going to take a look at a Celtic strumming
pattern.
I am part Irish but I am by no means a Celtic style guitar player but don't [Ab] have
to be to use this [Gm] particular strumming pattern.
[B] For this lesson I'm actually in [D] dadgad tuning
but you don't [Ab] have to be tuned [Bb] to [Abm] dadgad to use this strumming pattern.
It's just [E] really
nice because you get a nice drone with a low D.
You can use drop D [A] tuning as well or if
you want to [Bb] keep it in standard tuning you can do that [E] too but I recommend playing it
in a key of E because you still [G] get that low [Dm] drone from the E string.
So just in case [N] you've never messed with dadgad tuning before, it's really fun.
It's very
different sounding and it's really easy to jump into and just real quickly start on your
low E string where that would normally be.
That would be a D.
Next one leave an A.
Next
one leave standard D.
Next one G and then your B is [A] going to come down to an A [Ab] and your
E is going to [Am] come down to a D.
[Ab] So if you want to throw in your guitar and dadgad tuning
real quick that's fine.
If not, that's cool too.
So if your guitar is in dadgad, to make a D chord or one chord, just put your first
finger or any finger on the second fret of the third string and you can play all six
strings from there.
[D]
So let me play the strumming pattern for you quickly.
I'll start out slow
and then speed it up so you can hear exactly what it sounds like in context and then we'll
[E] break it apart and I'll show you [G] exactly what the pattern is.
[D] Here you go.
Now this pattern is a bit tricky because you have an upstroke [N] and then you have two downstrokes
in a row and getting those two downstrokes in a row quickly can be freaking challenging
so you want to start off really slowly.
So [D] you have an up and two downs.
And that coordination
[N] can be a little bit difficult to get down at first so take it slowly [D] like I said and
[E] then go from there.
Speed it up if it's clean.
Now you'll probably notice that when I do the upstroke I'm not playing all six strings.
I'm leaving the bottom couple strings out and just [C] grabbing the top four or five [D] strings.
And [N] when I do downstrokes I'm leaving out the top two strings or one string.
I'm not
hitting all [D] six and almost all of them.
It's different every time.
But if you check out
the [Bb] musical example you'll see that the bottom strings are left out on the upstroke and the
[G] top strings are left out on the downstroke.
And watch my arm.
I'm going to strum and I
want you to notice something.
I come up.
Most of the motion from my upstroke is coming from
my elbow and my wrist, [D] right?
On my way [E] down it's one motion with my elbow but my wrist
is hitting twice.
So I don't have to go like this with my elbow.
That's really inefficient.
There's no way you're going to really get it that fast using just your elbow.
So upstroke
with your elbow and your wrist and then come with one downstroke.
Downstroke with your
wrist and your elbow and the second one keep going down and use your wrist again.
That's
the way you get this really da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, kind of galloping sound out of this strumming
pattern.
So take one more close look.
[D]
[E] So that's a really cool Celtic style kind of droney strumming pattern that's really
easy to use with dagad because if you've never [D] messed with it before, there's [B] tons of just
one finger chords [A] that you can use to write some really cool [D] music.
So [Abm] you know, experiment
around with this strumming pattern.
Take it slowly at first and then build up the speed.
You know, throw your guitar into [C] dagad tuning, mess around with some of the really cool chord
shapes, simple chord shapes.
I think you'll be very surprised [Am] at the really cool music
you can make with [E] a simple strumming pattern like this and a couple of simple chords.
[A] Thanks
for joining me on this [Ab] mini-series on strumming guys and thanks to Taylor Guitars.
And again,
[D] my name is Nate Savage from GuitarLessons.com and I will see you guys later.
[Dm] [N]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Em] [D]
[Am] [D]
[A] [D]
[Gbm] [D]
[E] Hey guys, it's Nate Savage here from GuitarLessons.com for Taylor Guitars.
We're doing this little
mini series on strumming and in this lesson we're going to take a look at a Celtic strumming
pattern.
I am part Irish but I am by no means a Celtic style guitar player but don't [Ab] have
to be to use this [Gm] particular strumming pattern.
[B] For this lesson I'm actually in [D] dadgad tuning
but you don't [Ab] have to be tuned [Bb] to [Abm] dadgad to use this strumming pattern.
It's just [E] really
nice because you get a nice drone with a low D.
You can use drop D [A] tuning as well or if
you want to [Bb] keep it in standard tuning you can do that [E] too but I recommend playing it
in a key of E because you still [G] get that low [Dm] drone from the E string.
So just in case [N] you've never messed with dadgad tuning before, it's really fun.
It's very
different sounding and it's really easy to jump into and just real quickly start on your
low E string where that would normally be.
That would be a D.
Next one leave an A.
Next
one leave standard D.
Next one G and then your B is [A] going to come down to an A [Ab] and your
E is going to [Am] come down to a D.
[Ab] So if you want to throw in your guitar and dadgad tuning
real quick that's fine.
If not, that's cool too.
So if your guitar is in dadgad, to make a D chord or one chord, just put your first
finger or any finger on the second fret of the third string and you can play all six
strings from there.
[D]
So let me play the strumming pattern for you quickly.
I'll start out slow
and then speed it up so you can hear exactly what it sounds like in context and then we'll
[E] break it apart and I'll show you [G] exactly what the pattern is.
[D] Here you go.
Now this pattern is a bit tricky because you have an upstroke [N] and then you have two downstrokes
in a row and getting those two downstrokes in a row quickly can be freaking challenging
so you want to start off really slowly.
So [D] you have an up and two downs.
And that coordination
[N] can be a little bit difficult to get down at first so take it slowly [D] like I said and
[E] then go from there.
Speed it up if it's clean.
Now you'll probably notice that when I do the upstroke I'm not playing all six strings.
I'm leaving the bottom couple strings out and just [C] grabbing the top four or five [D] strings.
And [N] when I do downstrokes I'm leaving out the top two strings or one string.
I'm not
hitting all [D] six and almost all of them.
It's different every time.
But if you check out
the [Bb] musical example you'll see that the bottom strings are left out on the upstroke and the
[G] top strings are left out on the downstroke.
And watch my arm.
I'm going to strum and I
want you to notice something.
I come up.
Most of the motion from my upstroke is coming from
my elbow and my wrist, [D] right?
On my way [E] down it's one motion with my elbow but my wrist
is hitting twice.
So I don't have to go like this with my elbow.
That's really inefficient.
There's no way you're going to really get it that fast using just your elbow.
So upstroke
with your elbow and your wrist and then come with one downstroke.
Downstroke with your
wrist and your elbow and the second one keep going down and use your wrist again.
That's
the way you get this really da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, kind of galloping sound out of this strumming
pattern.
So take one more close look.
[D]
[E] So that's a really cool Celtic style kind of droney strumming pattern that's really
easy to use with dagad because if you've never [D] messed with it before, there's [B] tons of just
one finger chords [A] that you can use to write some really cool [D] music.
So [Abm] you know, experiment
around with this strumming pattern.
Take it slowly at first and then build up the speed.
You know, throw your guitar into [C] dagad tuning, mess around with some of the really cool chord
shapes, simple chord shapes.
I think you'll be very surprised [Am] at the really cool music
you can make with [E] a simple strumming pattern like this and a couple of simple chords.
[A] Thanks
for joining me on this [Ab] mini-series on strumming guys and thanks to Taylor Guitars.
And again,
[D] my name is Nate Savage from GuitarLessons.com and I will see you guys later.
[Dm] [N]
Key:
D
E
A
Ab
G
D
E
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Hey guys, it's Nate Savage here from GuitarLessons.com for Taylor Guitars.
We're doing this little
mini series on strumming and in this lesson we're going to take a look at a Celtic strumming
pattern.
I am part Irish but I am by no means a Celtic style guitar player but don't [Ab] have
to be to use this [Gm] particular strumming pattern.
[B] For this lesson I'm actually in [D] dadgad tuning _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ but you don't [Ab] have to be tuned [Bb] to [Abm] dadgad to use this strumming pattern.
It's just [E] really
nice because you get a nice drone with a low D.
You can use drop D [A] tuning as well or if
you want to [Bb] keep it in standard tuning you can do that [E] too but I recommend playing it
in a key of E because you still [G] get that low [Dm] drone from the E string.
So just in case [N] you've never messed with dadgad tuning before, it's really fun.
It's very
different sounding and it's really easy to jump into and just real quickly start on your
low E string where that would normally be.
That would be a D.
Next one leave an A.
Next
one leave standard D.
Next one G and then your B is [A] going to come down to an A [Ab] and your
E is going to [Am] come down to a D.
[Ab] So if you want to throw in your guitar and dadgad tuning
real quick that's fine.
If not, that's cool too.
So if your guitar is in dadgad, to make a D chord or one chord, just put your first
finger or any finger on the second fret of the third string and you can play all six
strings from there.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So let me play the strumming pattern for you quickly.
I'll start out slow
and then speed it up so you can hear exactly what it sounds like in context and then we'll
[E] break it apart and I'll show you [G] exactly what the pattern is.
[D] Here you go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now this pattern is a bit tricky because you have an upstroke [N] and then you have two downstrokes
in a row and getting those two downstrokes in a row quickly can be freaking challenging
so you want to start off really slowly.
So [D] you have an up and two downs. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that coordination
[N] can be a little bit difficult to get down at first so take it slowly [D] like I said _ and _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] then go from there.
Speed it up if it's clean.
Now you'll probably notice that when I do the upstroke I'm not playing all six strings.
I'm leaving the bottom couple strings out and just [C] grabbing the top four or five [D] strings.
_ _ _ And [N] when I do downstrokes I'm leaving out the top two strings or one string.
I'm not
hitting all [D] six and _ _ almost all of them.
It's different every time. _ _ _ _ _
But if you check out
the [Bb] musical example you'll see that the bottom strings are left out on the upstroke and the
[G] top strings are left out on the downstroke.
And watch my arm.
I'm going to strum and I
want you to notice something.
I come up.
Most of the motion from my upstroke is coming from
my elbow and my wrist, [D] right?
_ _ _ _ On my way [E] down it's one motion with my elbow but my wrist
is hitting twice.
So I don't have to go like this with my elbow.
That's really inefficient.
There's no way you're going to really get it that fast using just your elbow.
So upstroke
with your elbow and your wrist and then come with one downstroke.
_ Downstroke with your
wrist and your elbow and the second one keep going down and use your wrist again.
That's
the way you get this really da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, kind of galloping sound out of this strumming
pattern.
So take one more close look.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] So that's a really cool Celtic style kind of droney strumming pattern that's really
easy to use with dagad because if you've never [D] messed with it before, there's [B] tons of just
one finger chords [A] that you can use to write some really cool [D] music. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [Abm] you know, experiment
around with this strumming pattern.
Take it slowly at first and then build up the speed.
You know, throw your guitar into [C] dagad tuning, mess around with some of the really cool chord
shapes, simple chord shapes.
I think you'll be very surprised [Am] at the really cool music
you can make with [E] a simple strumming pattern like this and a couple of simple chords. _
[A] Thanks
for joining me on this [Ab] mini-series on strumming guys and thanks to Taylor Guitars.
And again,
[D] my name is Nate Savage from GuitarLessons.com and I will see you guys later. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Hey guys, it's Nate Savage here from GuitarLessons.com for Taylor Guitars.
We're doing this little
mini series on strumming and in this lesson we're going to take a look at a Celtic strumming
pattern.
I am part Irish but I am by no means a Celtic style guitar player but don't [Ab] have
to be to use this [Gm] particular strumming pattern.
[B] For this lesson I'm actually in [D] dadgad tuning _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ but you don't [Ab] have to be tuned [Bb] to [Abm] dadgad to use this strumming pattern.
It's just [E] really
nice because you get a nice drone with a low D.
You can use drop D [A] tuning as well or if
you want to [Bb] keep it in standard tuning you can do that [E] too but I recommend playing it
in a key of E because you still [G] get that low [Dm] drone from the E string.
So just in case [N] you've never messed with dadgad tuning before, it's really fun.
It's very
different sounding and it's really easy to jump into and just real quickly start on your
low E string where that would normally be.
That would be a D.
Next one leave an A.
Next
one leave standard D.
Next one G and then your B is [A] going to come down to an A [Ab] and your
E is going to [Am] come down to a D.
[Ab] So if you want to throw in your guitar and dadgad tuning
real quick that's fine.
If not, that's cool too.
So if your guitar is in dadgad, to make a D chord or one chord, just put your first
finger or any finger on the second fret of the third string and you can play all six
strings from there.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So let me play the strumming pattern for you quickly.
I'll start out slow
and then speed it up so you can hear exactly what it sounds like in context and then we'll
[E] break it apart and I'll show you [G] exactly what the pattern is.
[D] Here you go. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now this pattern is a bit tricky because you have an upstroke [N] and then you have two downstrokes
in a row and getting those two downstrokes in a row quickly can be freaking challenging
so you want to start off really slowly.
So [D] you have an up and two downs. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And that coordination
[N] can be a little bit difficult to get down at first so take it slowly [D] like I said _ and _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] then go from there.
Speed it up if it's clean.
Now you'll probably notice that when I do the upstroke I'm not playing all six strings.
I'm leaving the bottom couple strings out and just [C] grabbing the top four or five [D] strings.
_ _ _ And [N] when I do downstrokes I'm leaving out the top two strings or one string.
I'm not
hitting all [D] six and _ _ almost all of them.
It's different every time. _ _ _ _ _
But if you check out
the [Bb] musical example you'll see that the bottom strings are left out on the upstroke and the
[G] top strings are left out on the downstroke.
And watch my arm.
I'm going to strum and I
want you to notice something.
I come up.
Most of the motion from my upstroke is coming from
my elbow and my wrist, [D] right?
_ _ _ _ On my way [E] down it's one motion with my elbow but my wrist
is hitting twice.
So I don't have to go like this with my elbow.
That's really inefficient.
There's no way you're going to really get it that fast using just your elbow.
So upstroke
with your elbow and your wrist and then come with one downstroke.
_ Downstroke with your
wrist and your elbow and the second one keep going down and use your wrist again.
That's
the way you get this really da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, kind of galloping sound out of this strumming
pattern.
So take one more close look.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] So that's a really cool Celtic style kind of droney strumming pattern that's really
easy to use with dagad because if you've never [D] messed with it before, there's [B] tons of just
one finger chords [A] that you can use to write some really cool [D] music. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [Abm] you know, experiment
around with this strumming pattern.
Take it slowly at first and then build up the speed.
You know, throw your guitar into [C] dagad tuning, mess around with some of the really cool chord
shapes, simple chord shapes.
I think you'll be very surprised [Am] at the really cool music
you can make with [E] a simple strumming pattern like this and a couple of simple chords. _
[A] Thanks
for joining me on this [Ab] mini-series on strumming guys and thanks to Taylor Guitars.
And again,
[D] my name is Nate Savage from GuitarLessons.com and I will see you guys later. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _