Part 1
The Why of Open Tunings
First things first. Why should you even bother with open tunings?
Free Lesson
Get Started with
Open Tunings
A free online lesson that will help you start exploring the beauty of open tunings.
What’s Inside?
Part 2
Your First Open Tuning
There are many different open tunings. But which one should you start with?
Part 3
The High Drone Method
Once your guitar has been retuned, how do you find beautiful chords?
Other Free Tools & Resources
Online Tuner
Use the mic tuner, step-by-step instructions, or reference tones to tune your guitar to an open tuning.
Get in Tune →Chord Library
Look up basic chord shapes in open tunings and start building simple progressions.
Explore Chords →Scale Library
Find out how to play common scales in open tunings.
Explore Scales →Song Directory
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 create beautiful chords and progressions in any open tuning, in any key. The Open D High-Drone Chord & Progression Library helps you learn how to use this method in Open D tuning.