Unlocking the mysteries of slide guitar in open g tuning. Learn how to use open tunings for blues guitar in this free indepth lesson that. In this lesson i want to show you how to play an open e tuning slide guitar lick in the key of e. Some of the songs interpreted as open g or open d may have in fact been performed in open a or open e, respectively. In this lesson you will learn some typical john lee hooker riffs and licks in spanish tuning open a or open g that every blues guitarist needs to know. John lee hooker was one of the true blues giants and a real groove monster. All examples are taken from my new ebook an easy guide to open tunings.
If you think tabs will help i have a bunch of tab books o. Open g tuning is a lot of fun to play with whether you want to strum some simple chords or use a guitar slide. Open g tuning for playing slide guitar as used by blues legends robert johnson and keith richards etc. Roy starts his lesson with an exploration of open d, or vestapol tuning, as some blues players call it. Standard tuning slide guitar book with online video lessons series.
Roy starts his lesson with an exploration of open d, or vestapol tuning. The book includes the notation and tablature for the lessons and access to online audio featuring phrasebyphrase instruction. Blues slide guitar tuning slide guitar, guitar lessons, guitar tuning. Open tuning is often used for delta blues on acoustic guitars, because you need the bass strings in correct tuning. Open tunings have been exploited for use with slide guitar since the earliest days of delta blues. The most commonly used open tunings for slide are e, d, g and a. In this lesson we will explore all three tunings with seven exciting fingerstyle. Open tunings see below give a different sound and have their advantages, but they are not better in every case. Open tunings have always been an integral part of the country blues guitar. An introduction to open tunings and slide guitar dvd 1. The late muddy waters for example played in standard tuning, also duane and ec on some songs. The goal is not to play a particular song notefornote, but to grab some of his melodic and rhythmic ideas and run with them in the context of a 12bar blues. Slide guitar blues lesson ramblin blues in open g tuning. There are, of course, others that are utilized, with many distinctive variations, depending on the musician and style of music.
In this lesson, ill take a look at some of the songs johnson played in open tunings. Delta blues licks in open g tuning that are fun to play and compose songs with. What is an open tuning if a guitar is tuned to an open tuning playing the open strings results in a major chord or less common in a minor chord. For the examples in this lesson, im using a bottletype slide, worn on my ring finger. Learn to play the guitar with these fingerstyle blues songs. The most common open tunings for slide guitar playing are. Messiahsez shows how to play slide guitar blues in open d tuning messiahsez i respond to every comment so feel free to say hi. Guitar educational softcover video online tab author. All examples are taken from my new ebook an easy guide to open tunings for blues guitar, which contains many more examples and ideas available at my website. Exploring slide guitar in open e tuning guitar world. The inestimable roy book binder has given us another terrific look at his unique. Here are 12 easy slide licks for openg tuning for you.
Roy book binder an introduction to open tunings and slide. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and. Blues slide guitar tuning open g tuning for slide guitar and basic lesson guitar. An introduction to open tunings and slide guitar homespun. See more ideas about open d tuning, guitar chords, guitar lessons. From the book and video play the blues like by pete madsen.
An easy guide to open tunings for blues guitar 1 fundamental. Reimagining bluesman robert johnson in openg tuning. Nelly shows you another really useful tuning and some important chord shapes. Open g tuning songs open g blues guitar tuning the video above opens with an old clip of me playing crossroads by robert johnson on an old johnny joyce model aria, and at 1. An introduction to open tunings and slide guitar dvd 1 youtube. Open e tuning slide guitar lessons learning guitar now. See more ideas about guitar tutorial, guitar and guitar lessons. The most commonly used open tunings for slide are e, d. This free video lesson is an excerpt from my slidn the blues. This edition of in deep will focus on open g tuning and how it is used in blues slideguitar playing.
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