DADGAD is an interesting tuning and used across a wide range of styles. It is very popular in Celtic music but can be found in rock such as a lot of Led Zeppelin's music. DADGAD tuning creates a Dsus4 chord across the open strings and because sus4 is neither major or minor, this type of tuning is called a 'modal' tuning. The included instructions will help you explain the tuning to your student and help them change to DADGAD from Standard using their ears.
A new lesson has been added to the Lesson Materials Section covering Open G tuning. If you are looking at teaching something very different then this lesson will be worth checking out. Open G tuning works great with a slide as a full open chord can be played across all six strings.
Other lesson resources on tunings can be found at the Lesson Materials Section.
This resource provides your student with a quick reference sheet on Open G Tuning. This reference sheet will come in handy when the student learns a song in Open G tuning but is also handy if your student wants to use the slide more. All the reference sheets in the TUN series follow the same format so your student can easily compare alternate tunings.
This lesson will help your student: