DADGAD tuner
Tune your guitar to DADGAD (D A D G A D) with your microphone, right in your browser.
Your microphone stays on this device. Nothing is recorded, saved or sent.
Tap Start tuning, then play a string.
DADGAD tuning: notes and frequencies
| String | Note | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| 6th | D2 | 73.4 Hz |
| 5th | A2 | 110.0 Hz |
| 4th | D3 | 146.8 Hz |
| 3rd | G3 | 196.0 Hz |
| 2nd | A3 | 220.0 Hz |
| 1st | D4 | 293.7 Hz |
How to get to DADGAD from standard
- 6th stringE2 → D22 semitones down (2 frets)
- 2nd stringB3 → A32 semitones down (2 frets)
- 1st stringE4 → D42 semitones down (2 frets)
The 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings stay at A2, D3, and G3.
Go a little below the new note, then tune up to it. A string tuned up to pitch stays there longer.
About DADGAD
The open strings ring as Dsus4, neither major nor minor, so the same drone fits both. Folk and Celtic fingerstyle players use it for chords that keep the open D and A strings ringing.
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