You have two guitars! One you have always in standard tuning or a whole step down (which I do), the other one you tuned diffrent (never change,, its your second favorite tuning),, which tuning would that be be for you and why?
On this moment I tuned my second guitar to open G, I did put on a new set HD elixer and found it not nice in standard tuning, then I got an idea for myself to write "silent night" in open G and thats why I tuned to G,, maybe it brings me back to a few Rolling Stones songs too..
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tunings,
I had one in Open G for quite a while, but this morning...
- my nylon is in dropped D - Naked as we came; getting back into some Jason Mraz and Shawn Colvin (but it's normally in standard)
- my steel string (Larrive) is in Wahine
- my salvaged Yamaha is in FADGAE - Sarah Jarosz -Run Away
- a little nylon parlor guitar that a friend picked up cheaply at auction (which was not in bery good shape - terrible action - much better now) is in standard.
My bass is standing in the corner looking very sad and neglected...
Tomorrow .... Hmmm could be a different story
- my nylon is in dropped D - Naked as we came; getting back into some Jason Mraz and Shawn Colvin (but it's normally in standard)
- my steel string (Larrive) is in Wahine
- my salvaged Yamaha is in FADGAE - Sarah Jarosz -Run Away
- a little nylon parlor guitar that a friend picked up cheaply at auction (which was not in bery good shape - terrible action - much better now) is in standard.
My bass is standing in the corner looking very sad and neglected...
Tomorrow .... Hmmm could be a different story
I too have one of my guitars in open-G but with a B in the bass. I put a capo on the 4th fret across 5 strings leaving the bass string open. I love the rich deep tone on that 6th string. There are some really nice doodles in that configuration.
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I leave one of mine in Open D, because there are four or five songs I have been working on in that tuning, and a couple that I like to work on in Open E which is easily achieved with a capo at the second fret.
daryl wrote:
Regarding open D tuning, I too keep a guitar tuned to open D, as She Talks to Angels, Buckets of Rain, and Little Martha are played in open D.
For those who keep a guitar to Open G, remind me what songs are played in open G. Only Circle Game comes to mind at the moment.
Sounds complicated, but something worth learning. I have yet to reach an understanding about open tunings that would allow me to capo only part way across the neck. I will try to figure out why that configuration makes sense, once I have a guitar in my hands.I too have one of my guitars in open-G but with a B in the bass. I put a capo on the 4th fret across 5 strings leaving the bass string open. I love the rich deep tone on that 6th string. There are some really nice doodles in that configuration.
Regarding open D tuning, I too keep a guitar tuned to open D, as She Talks to Angels, Buckets of Rain, and Little Martha are played in open D.
For those who keep a guitar to Open G, remind me what songs are played in open G. Only Circle Game comes to mind at the moment.
jayswett wrote:
Jay, With the partial capo on the 4th fret my guitar is basically in open-B tuning (BBF#BD#F#). I've found some very sweet/interesting chord voicings in this tuning and with the nice deep bass string they sound really full. And you don't need to buy a partial capo. Just put the capo on from bottom-up rather than from the top-down.daryl wrote:Sounds complicated, but something worth learning. I have yet to reach an understanding about open tunings that would allow me to capo only part way across the neck. I will try to figure out why that configuration makes sense, once I have a guitar in my hands.I too have one of my guitars in open-G but with a B in the bass. I put a capo on the 4th fret across 5 strings leaving the bass string open. I love the rich deep tone on that 6th string. There are some really nice doodles in that configuration.
Regarding open D tuning, I too keep a guitar tuned to open D, as She Talks to Angels, Buckets of Rain, and Little Martha are played in open D.
For those who keep a guitar to Open G, remind me what songs are played in open G. Only Circle Game comes to mind at the moment.
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On the top of my head: Jackson Browne's 'Running On Empty', with a C in the bass (bottom string), Dan Fogelberg's 'Longer'. And like Willem points out, a couple of Stones-songs.
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For those who keep a guitar to Open G, remind me what songs are played in open G. Only Circle Game comes to mind at the moment.
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íf I have a guitar in another tuning, it wouldn't be longer than two weeks (usually for a lesson). So, that could be anything. I use dropped D a lot, but I just tune that up and down whenever I need it (for double dropped D as well). At the moment, everything is in standard tuning. Although I do have a couple of songs on my list which requires: EADGAD, CGGCGC, CGEGCC, so yeah at least one guitar will be tuned like that for a week or two and then I'll get into another one.
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