From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: Intermediate
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Open G tuning
From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: Intermediate
Open G tuning
- Alright, and now for the open G tuning. And this is a favorite tuning of guitar players around the world. This has three strings that are altered: your thickest E string is tuned down a whole step, your fifth string is tuned down a whole step and your first string E is tuned down a whole step. So, it is these pitches: D (guitar note) G (guitar note) D (guitar note) G (guitar note) B (guitar note) and D. (guitar note) Now, because some of these chords or these notes have not been altered, there are still several shapes and triads that you can use on strings two, three and four that still apply to all the rest of the chords that you would want to play. But there are some other really cool new voicings, so let's check out some chords that you can play in this tuning. Here we go. So open is obviously G, just play all the strings. (guitar chord) There's a G5 though, that you can play, here like this. (guitar chord) And a G7 like this. Just one finger down. (guitar chord) Or a Gsus4 with…
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