Guitar Slide Tuning: Open Tunings for Slide Guitar
What is an "open guitar tuning"? Simply put, it is a tuning of the guitar so that the strings form a chord without fretting any notes.Open tunings are the main method of tuning for playing slide guitar.
Here are some common open tunings:
This tuning is probably the most popular open tuning. Tuning Tip: * Tune your sixth string down a tone to D by playing the fourth string and matching the 6th string to it. * Tune your third string down a semitone to F#. Check the tuning with the fourth fret of your fourth string. * Tune your second string down a tone to A. Check the tuning with the fifth (A) string. * Tune your first string down a tone to D. Check the tuning with the fourth (D) string. Examples:
This is another very popular open tuning. Tuning Tip: * Tune your sixth string down a tone to D by playing the fourth string and matching the 6th string to it. * Then tune your fifth string down a tone to G. Check the tuning with the third (G) string. * Tune your first string down a tone to D. Check the tuning with the fourth (D) string. Examples:
C G C G C E
C G C G C Eb OPEN D Minor D A D F A D OPEN G Minor D G D G Bb D OPEN G Seventh D G D G B F OPEN F
C F C F A F
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