![]() This open tuning is very popular and was used frequently by Keith Richards, Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, and plenty of Mississippi Blues artists such as Robert Johnson. It is also easy to transfer your standard tuning vocabulary using the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings directly to this tuning and combine accordingly with the detuned strings. Like other open tunings, you can use a single finger to play full major chords. This is another example of an open tuning, where strumming all the open strings sound a chord - in this case - G major. On a standard tuned guitar, dropping the 6th, 5th, and 1st strings down one full step leads to Open G tuning. Neil Young, Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell, Elmore James, Bruce Cockburn, Barry Gibb, and Jason Swain have also used Open D. Mumford & Sons also use the Open D tuning on their tracks “The Cave,” “Awake My Soul,” and “Roll Away Your Stone” from their album Sigh No More. Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard uses this tuning when playing rhythm on “Even Flow” and “Oceans” from the band’s Ten album. Open D offers shapes for major and minor chords without too much adjustment and definitely will bust you out of a rut with interesting sounds!Įxamples of Open D tuning can be heard on “She Talks to Angels” by the Black Crowes as well as much of Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks. This is especially useful for slide players to be able to slide in and out of full chords. An open tuning gives you a full chord with open strings and allows you to play that same type of chord (in this case, a major chord) all over the neck with one finger. The result is that now a strum of all six open strings sound out a D major chord. Remember to re-check the tuning of all strings, as some strings may have drifted slightly. This time, drop the 2nd string (B string) down one whole step to A and the 3rd string (G string) down a half step to F#. Now, let’s take our double-dropped D guitar and detune a few more strings. Examples of Drop D tuning include the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence,” Led Zeppelin’s “Moby Dick” and “Going to California,” Nirvana’s “All Apologies,” the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun,” Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home,” and The Who’s “Going Mobile.” The traditional power chord shape results in a suspended chord sound that also became popular in the 90s. ![]() This facilitates some quick riffing, as was popularized in the early 90s by heavy rock bands such as Alice In Chains for its thick sound and easy power chord shapes. Moving chord shapes around the neck with that low string droning out makes for some cool sounds.Īnother benefit of this tuning is the ability to play root-6 power chords with one finger. ![]() It sounds full and thick since we’ve added a lower D note to the chord. Now fret an open D chord and strum all six strings. Take your standard tuned guitar (low to high: E A D G B E) and drop the low string one whole step from E to D. First up is a simple one - Drop D tuning. ![]()
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