Adam Johansson´s new "Nordic DADGAD Guitar" course is a comprehensive dive into his way of playing Nordic traditional music. He goes through accompaniment, harmonizing, melody playing, ornaments, rhythms, and much more.
You will learn how to "translate" fiddle bowings, find and voice chords, and use them in the context of a tune, to shape "the meadow behind the sheep" as Adam says.
One important focus is on getting you set up for any type of jam session where you will encounter tunes you might not know. This is done by Olav Luksengård Mjelva joining in on his fiddle and Adam explaining his process when meeting a new tune in great detail.
Notation of chords in the videos
The DADGAD tuning adds more color to some of the chords than we show in the videos. The elements we have omitted, strictly for clarity, are: "add 9", "add 11", and "sus 4".
About Adam:
Adams's musical expression is characterized by clarity, playfulness, and a strong personality. His convincing way of playing makes the most unusual ideas seem natural.
Adam Johansson is a guitar player from the northern part of Sweden and practically grew up on stage, his dad rocking the piano with one hand and Adams's stroller with the other. A few years later, trying to fall asleep behind a guitar amp, Adam got the idea to start playing himself.
His roots are in jazz and blues, but he instantly fell in love with traditional/folk music at the first encounter, many years ago. Since then he has been studying, playing, and teaching folk music, traveling all over Sweden, Europe, and the US.
Adams's musical expression is characterized by clarity, playfulness, and a strong personality. His convincing way of playing makes the most unusual ideas seem natural.
Membership plans & pricing:
Free Trial:
1 preview lesson for each course
1 month:
€40 / month, €40 billed every 1 month
Video lessons full access
3 months:
€30 / month, €90 billed every 3 months
Full access to Video lessons
Full access to Music scores (PDF)
Full access to Exclusive online workshops
6 months:
€25 / month, €150 billed every 6 months
Full access to Video lessons
Full access to Music scores (PDF)
Full access to Exclusive online workshops
12 months:
€20 / month, €240 billed every 12 months
Full access to Video lessons
Full access to Music scores (PDF)
Full access to Exclusive online workshops