How to play DADGAD like Davy Graham

An audio lesson with free tab

Guitar Techniques (Stuart Ryan), Fri 11 Sep 2009, 3:25 pm UTC

Tab part 1

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[Bar 5] After a Graham style melody is stated, the bass notes are added. The rhythm here starts sparsely but soon gets busier!

[Bar 9] This illustrates the 'folk baroque' style of using counterpoint – notes moving against or with each other. Now the rhythm on the bass follows the melody so there will be some rapid finger shifting.

[Bar 13] The melody and bass notes keep shifting so work through each bar slowly to get a feel of where everything is.

[Bar 17] This is more classic Graham as the bass relaxes into a pulsing groove without much movement around the fingerboard. Now you can focus on the bluesy melody over the top and keeping your timing solid.