Part 1
The Why of Open Tunings
First things first. Why should you even bother with open tunings?
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Part 1
First things first. Why should you even bother with open tunings?
Part 2
There are many different open tunings. But which one should you start with?
Part 3
Once your guitar has been retuned, how do you find beautiful chords?
Use the mic tuner, step-by-step instructions, or reference tones to tune your guitar to an open tuning.
Get in Tune →Look up basic chord shapes in open tunings and start building simple progressions.
Explore Chords →Find out how to play common scales in open tunings.
Explore Scales →Discover songs that use open tunings, organized so you can find examples worth studying.
Find Songs →Get short answers to common questions about open tunings.
Read FAQ →A free Reddit community for guitar players interested in open tunings.
Read & Contribute →The High Drone Method™ makes it easy to create beautiful chords and progressions in any open tuning, in any key. In the online course Beautiful Chords in Open D, you’ll learn how to use this method in Open D tuning.