Dadgad Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I heartily concur with your assessment. Yes I am an acoustic finger style player 50 years and counting. Although I am tempted to say not really, having just discovered Tony McManus on Youtube. I am also inspired by Franco Morone, Craig D'Andrea. Back in the early 60's just starting out was moved and influenced by Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. You too I guess, if you recognize dadgad. Look at the awesome Greenfield guitar Tony is playing with the fanned frets in this video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yes, amazing!!!! First time I have seen a fanned fret guitar. I guess they are also tuned to DADGAD? With having fanned frets, is it easier or harder to play? I have to admit I have only ever played using EADGBE. Always thought it would be harder to work out the chords using DADGAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 P.S. I started playing in 1964, but after getting married in 1968 I didn't play again for 40 years: my first wife *****ed and moaned every time I picked up the guitar. I recently remarried, so I am trying to pick up again where I left off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Yes, amazing!!!! First time I have seen a fanned fret guitar. I guess they are also tuned to DADGAD? With having fanned frets, is it easier or harder to play? I have to admit I have only ever played using EADGBE. Always thought it would be harder to work out the chords using DADGAD? If you look closely you will notice that the bridge and saddle are wildly canted too, which allows for a very long bass side scale length, and each string has a unique scale length. The longer string length is well suited to producing deeper bass notes, and over all great tonal balance. I've never played one, but I used to manage a guitar shop in Los Angeles where we built guitars, and it really intrigues me. Dadgad is very intuitive for melodic play, it seems to have a mind of its own, and guides one to new and interesting harmonic locales. Don't stress about playing chord shapes right out of the gate, just go with the flow. Good luck getting on with your life, loves and passions. Edited June 21, 2012 by Dadgad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I have an old Spanish guitar somewhere. I think I'll break that out and try the DADGAD tuning? Should be interesting. I note a lot of British/Irish style folk music uses that tuning. I just love that kind of music, including Bert Jansch's and John Renbourn's amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voaraghamanthar Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Here's some VBA to do a similar thing. Just delete the lines with the info that's not required. Sub Blocks(row, col) Dim BlocksSelSet As AcadSelectionSet Dim blockref As AcadBlockReference Dim AttRef As Variant Dim I As Integer Dim gpCode(0) As Integer Dim dataValue(0) As Variant Dim groupCode As Variant, dataCode As Variant Dim NumOfBlocks As Integer Dim mode Dim AttMode As Long Dim constant As String Dim currentmode As Integer Dim attrobject As AcadAttribute On Error Resume Next Set BlocksSelSet = ThisDrawing.SelectionSets.Add("All_Blocks") 'define type of selection set (crossing, window, etc, in this case, all) mode = acSelectionSetAll 'this is a selection set filter gpCode(0) = 0 dataValue(0) = "Insert" groupCode = gpCode dataCode = dataValue 'this collects all blocks into the seletion set BlocksSelSet.Select mode, , , groupCode, dataCode NumOfBlocks = BlocksSelSet.Count For x = 1 To NumOfBlocks Set blockref = BlocksSelSet(x) excelsheet.Cells(row, col).Value = blockref.Name excelsheet.Cells(row, col + 1).Value = blockref.layer excelsheet.Cells(row, col + 2).Value = Format(blockref.insertionPoint(0), "##,##0.00") & "," & Format(blockref.insertionPoint(1), "##,##0.00") row = row + 1 AttRef = blockref.GetAttributes For I = LBound(AttRef) To UBound(AttRef) Set attrobject = AttRef(I) ' Do something with the attribute refs here. excelsheet.Cells(row, col).Value = AttRef(I).TagString excelsheet.Cells(row, col + 1).Value = AttRef(I).layer excelsheet.Cells(row, col + 3).Value = AttRef(I).TextString constant = Choose(attrobject.mode, "acAttributeModeInvisible", "acAttributeModeConstant", "", "acAttributeModeVerify", "", "", "", "acAttributeModePreset") row = row + 1 Next Next row = row + 1 'clean up BlocksSelSet.Clear BlocksSelSet.Delete rownum = row End Sub Dave Ako, I know this is an old thread, but that is a really useful tool you posted. Any idea why ' Set attrobject = AttRef(I) would throw an error code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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