{"id":14884,"date":"2018-05-14T23:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T23:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&p=14884"},"modified":"2020-07-08T08:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T08:40:28","slug":"open-alternate-tunings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/open-alternate-tunings\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Alternate Tunings You Should Try"},"content":{"rendered":"

Musicians and creatives in general, are known to be open-minded<\/a>. So open-minded, some would say, that their brains fall out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many non-guitarists would say that their guitarists are the most open-minded members of their band.<\/p>\n

They would be wrong. Guitarists are actually super smart<\/a>. They\u2019re just different.<\/p>\n

But I digress. Let\u2019s have a look at some alternate tunings<\/a>, more importantly some of the open tunings. If you haven\u2019t already checked it out, read the previous blog post on alternate tunings<\/a>, where we cover some of the most iconic ones.<\/p>\n

Guitarists fortunate enough to own a Roadie tuner<\/a>, will already have various alternate tunings<\/a> programmed in it, and can easily create custom tunings.<\/a><\/p>\n

WARNING: This article features a lot of Rolling Stones.<\/em><\/p>\n

Open G<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This alternate tuning has a wide range of uses. If you are a blues fan, you may know that everyone from Robert Johnson to Skip James to R. L. Burnside have used it to shape the sound of the South.<\/p>\n

If old-school blues is not your jam, and you like a bit more rock in your blues, listen to some songs by ZZ Top, Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin – they\u2019ve incorporated Open G into several of them.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most famously, Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones used Open G for some of their most famous songs, including \u201cHonky Tonk Women\u201d<\/a>, \u201cBrown Sugar\u201d<\/a>, \u201cTumbling Dice\u201d<\/a> and \u201cStart Me Up\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are in to more alternative instruments, like Russian guitars, Dobro guitars and banjos, them the Open G tuning will also come in very handy.<\/p>\n

Check out the video below for some tips on how to tune your guitar in Open G:<\/p>\n\n

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