Part 1
Your First Open Tuning
There are many different open tunings. But which one should you start with?
Free Guide
Get Started with
Open Tunings
Don’t let standard tuning limit your guitar playing. This free guide will help you start exploring the beauty of open tunings.
About the Free Guide
Part 2
From Mystery to Method
Once your guitar has been retuned, how do you find beautiful chords?
Part 3
A Library of Beautiful Chords
This chord library makes it easy to find beautiful Open D chords in any key.
Other Free Tools & Resources
Online Tuners
Use the mic tuner, step-by-step instructions, or reference tones to tune your guitar to an open tuning.
Get in Tune →Chord Libraries
Look up basic chord shapes in open tunings and start building simple progressions.
Explore Chords →Scale Libraries
Find out how to play common scales in open tunings.
Explore Scales →Song Directories
Discover songs that use open tunings, organized so you can find examples worth studying.
Find Songs →Frequently Asked Questions
Get short answers to common questions about open tunings.
Read FAQ →Community
A free Reddit community for guitar players interested in open tunings.
Read & Contribute →Beautiful Chords in Open D,
the Easy Way
The High Drone Method™ makes it easy to play beautiful chords and progressions in any open tuning, in any key. The Open D High-Drone Chord Library shows you how to use this method in Open D tuning.