The Magic of Open G Tuning - What You Need To Know
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2021
- The Stones, Robert Johnson, Ry Cooder, Led Zeppelin, and more. Open G, let's discuss!
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Thanks for this. You changed my life here. Almost answered the question “Conan, what is best in life?” It’s not to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. It’s open G tuning.
Crushing your enemies has got to be second best.
Ah dude, you ruined your comment with the lame Ahnold reference.
A couple of comments here don't really get it, do they Robin.
This is my first time tuning to this butterfly type s*ht and for real I'M DIGGING IT THIS IS HAS SO OPENED , new feild to. Play LIMITLESS INFECTIOUS LAUGHTER AND SMILES ONCE YOU GET OVER THAT HILL YOU'LL KNOW IT NEW TYPE FINGER ACTION COMES OUT OF LEFT FIELD SWOOPS IN STEALS THE SHOW ,HOURS AND HOURS off I go practice makes perfect with so they say however talentless you can still play
Just ask Keith....
This is a fantastic lesson. I still can't believe we have so much knowledge AND wisdom available to us here.
Thanks you!! And thank you for letting me know!
I am a huge Keef fan. I picked up on the open G in 1982. Then l learned about Ry Cooder, who turned Keef on to it. It all goes back to the old bluesmen. Robert Johnson, Son House, etc..
OMG what an eye opener! I was always a little scared of getting lost in Open G, but you made the magic completely transparent (well, aside from the magic of your amazing licks)! Thank you so much for this great lesson.
Thank you, Jeff. Had a fantastic light bulb moment when you mentioned that, in open G, we can still use our triads on the B, G and D strings. That is absolute gold! One of the drawbacks when we start out exploring an open tuning, is that our usual chord shapes won't work in the same way, so we can get lost, or we get stuck in I-IV-V's. But with this nugget, we have access to everything! So excited to explore the possibilities this opens up. Thank you.
You are most welcome!
... and try tuning the low E not down do D, but up to G, so the 5th and 6th string sound the same. It will enhance ur "keith richards sound" to another level, and u dont have to worry about the 6th string anymore...cheers!
Keith seems to play so effortlessly, with those tunings he accomplishes so much making music. He's been playing so long he makes it look so easy!
Grow old. PLAY more. Gee!
Learning Triads on your middle strings (D,G,B) gives you soloing options as well as simple chords. Amazing chords when you can have open drone strings banging in the voicing.
I vacillate between trying to hone in on my Music Theory, and standard tuning, or unleashing my creativity and deep diving into Open Tunings (G)
you are an excellent instructor and a musician Jeff. Thanks for doing these video series.
You are doing exactly what I myself have been doing! I keep my Telecaster in open G in honor of Mr Keith Richard's. I watched you play and found it TOTALLY Awesome!
You gave me permission to let it...loose and let it fly!
I do too! Open G is my go to!!
Thanks for the Demo and lesson!
Ray Boston area! 👍🏻😉
You are welcome!
The open g intro music was awesome brother from Warren. 😎
Nice work Jeff. I'll be trying the open G. Sounds really cool! Thanks for sharing...🎸
I’ve been a slide guitar junkie since I first heard Duane Allman in 1970. I didn’t know about open tuning until I bought a book at the bookstore in 1977 called Traditional Country and Bottleneck guitar by Arlen Roth. I learned some great stuff from that book. It came with a vinyl record.
The minute you tune your guitar correctly, you can hear the difference. I learned "The key of Keef" for "Start Me Up" years ago, but soon found it fit "Sad Sad Sad " also, and on to many Stones tunes...now I hear it constantly on many other tunes.
Timely lesson. Just dropped my Tele to G a little over a week ago. Thank you Jeff.
I’ve always loved opeopen g tuning and the sound of it. There are some good chats , Bob this discussion is clear and in-depth and easy to relate to many thanks !
This is an eye opener for me, thanks!
The quality of this tutorial cannot be understated.
Great lesson! Covers all the basics.
Great help Jeff! Thanks 👍
The article in that magazine was "G Whiz" by Keith Wyatt. That article opened my world and explained much. Good job Sir.🎵🎶😎
Great video. Great tips. I like to mix major and minor chords. Thanx heaps.
Wonderful lesson, thank you
Drop Tuning is always interesting...Its such different sounds than standard .Thanks... I enjoyed your video. "Cheers Guitars for Everyone"
Thanks, I've been interested in Open G for a while, hoping to learn a bit more about it. I've hit the subscribe button, and will look through some of your other vid's.
I play .11s for slide. But the real secret is to put a .13 on the top string. You want the higher tension because you’re tuned down AND because if you’re using slide it keeps you from hitting your slide on the fretboard. Also think about using normal d b and g strings in the fret 543 order like in a G bar chord (533 for minor). It helps you relocate where all your notes are in a standard pentatonic if you want to solo without a slide.
Never thought of that. Fatting up the top string. I love open tune slide. Even when action is slightly higher, you still start to loose a little at the top. Great advise.
Love this lesson- you’ve captured that Keith Richards rockin’ swagger! Is that backing track part of a collection I can purchase?
Cool lesson. Great tune for a Tele. Thanks.
Just had this video pop into my feed and thought I’d check it out. Jeff, there is a track playing during the countdown timer at the beginning - is that your song? It’s fantastic.. caught a little while I was fast forwarding to the content and decided to go back and listen to the whole thing. Beautiful playing 👏🙏🏻
Can't you hear me knocking is also one of my favorite tunes ever! And it's really fun to play. Also I love the black crowes. So I leave my semi hollow D'Angelico guitar in open G
GREAT TUTORIAL! Thanks for puting sense where it's needed : in My Brain😂!
Really fine of You to help so many this way!😊
First open tuning I learned. Open G. I play banjo & dobro, so I was already there. Jimmy Page does a lot with Open G & alt tunings. A few months later I did Open D and went from their to Drop D, to DADGAD, etc. Keith plays in both standard and open G. Around Sticky Fingers & Exile he is mostly Open G, but he plays in Open E and Standard Tuning. Nice lesson. Duane Allman and Joni Mitchell do a lot in Open E. Nick Drake goes carry with Alternate Tunings.
Great instruction! Thank you. The backing track you used for the jam doesn’t seem to be on your band camp. Is it available by chance?
Great lesson . Terry from Downunder.
You know i always loved that driving rhythm sound on stones songs like jumpin Jack Flash, gimme shelter etc but ive learned such a lot from your video's about the wider applications.
Hi Jeff, your videos are great.
I just found them and I am excited with happiness and anxiety about the G tuning.
Although I confess that it is a little difficult for me to understand you because I do not speak English and I constantly need a translator.
From time to time I get lost and need to repeat the sentences several times.
Where can I find information about your blues courses?
Hug from Argentina.
"awesome" greetings from Vienna...
Jeff, I know you're going to say chord tone soloing, but what's your advice for soloing over a 1,4,5 which has moments of bringing in the 4ths of each of those chords. G hammers to C, C hammers to F, and D hammers to G. Hitting G, C and F tones in G mixolydian and then handling the D major carefully seems like a good option.
Down down, Status Quo, open G capo 4th fret. It took me years to understand why I couldn't play a lot of stuff I liked. When I found open G it felt so natural, and didn't feel like I had to adapt much from standard tuning. Even playing a bit of lead, the pentatonic scale still seems to work. Great video, thank you.
You’re welcome!!
brilliant Jeff
Williams Reilly uses this too. Great stuff!
"Water Song" by Jorma Kaukonen/Hot Tuna is a great open G song, especially the electric version with that bass.
Finger picking in open G Sounds great because the chords are stacked differently
Wow Jeff i went to another place with your opening instumental before the video started👏👏👏👏
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Not the biggest stones fan (still a fan) but really happy someone breakdown the theory and riffs. Richards isn’t a shredder but damn the guy knows how to write a riff that is simple yet sophisticated. Maybe that’s why more YT creators avoid the stones-to the ear it’s really complex but broken down it’s fun to learn
I love open tunings! I actually stumbled onto open tuning years ago with a cheap acoustic. I think it was an open e but it probably wasnt completely right because i was young and tuning by ear. I didnt even know what it was called but i knew it sounded cool!
Real nice playing and instructions. I can't decide which guitar to tune to open G . Strat would probably be my choice .
Get real sick and get a cheap 12 acoustic and loaded up sounds like the whole Orchestra all at once.
The US live streams are way to late for us german guys :-( Great content easy to understand! Thank you Jeff!
Started playing guitar at 16. My favorite open tuning was e. I loved it. Now that I’m 68 I find out that open g is what I should have been playing…well what the…
I can’t believe how much of my favorite music was written in open g
Thanks dude 👍👍
I love Chris Whitely's music. Loved hearing you speak of him.
Thanks, Chris was a good dude. I miss him.
@jeffmcerlain did you do the delta blues follow up... I'd be really interested. Great stuff! Thanks! 🙏👍🙂
Gracias por la información, gracias desde Azcapotzalco México ✌️😃♥️
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I do this a bit differently, I tune my Guitar to Open E & put a capo on the 3rd fret which gives me Open G w/ a High G String.
cheers from here....yeah...great idea of Keif....:-) it made some great Stones hits and i loved the sound....but when i played in open G, i found it to binding in one particular style of music.....all my guitars (even th Tele...) are back in "standard" tuning.....that's where i'm at "Home"....and i feel better for it....:-anyways...thanks for the insights...as ever....
I invested a fair amount of $ in my audio system for YT. I tune in to your show and guess what? - the hum is back! Just shittin ya - thanks for the tips. Really useful.
Wow where ya bin all me life cheers love it..
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Very useful, ta fella.
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Thank you. I broke my left hand in a few places and need to start exploring open tunings. Bar chords have become a chore for me which breaks my heart but ya I just dunno if I want to risk doing surgery since my finger healed in a maltotated position with hyper extension. At this point they’d have to go in there and resaw bone to realign it properly and I dunno if it’s worth it.
Open G tuning opens the world for those looking to learn guitar.
Never mind, I should have watced the whole video before I asked. Tune Down! thanx
Awesome stuff, really opens things up. going to calif in double drop D?, maybe the a string mostly muted. Thank you this is truth to the soul
It plays better in open G
Stray cat Blues? On the tip of your toungue @44 min in? Thanks for sharing!
This track made me want to open up to twisting and tweeking on the b string to experiment some more
Thanks for the info, and i really like the comments. Question, I play all acoustic, started playing in open g for a Doc Watson tune. I'm concerned about the added tension. Should I be? thanks
Don't worry. You'll be reducing tension on three of the strings.
actualy a i teatch a guy from my contry side with bootle neck he is around 7 years old i wil work with your stuff now were working with red rooster blues it will help a lot thanks a lot
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Great vid, Jeff, as always. Not to blow smoke, but... the way your fret hand dances around, almost floats, over the fretboard has very much influenced my playing. My touch has gotten lighter and my phrasing is so much more expressive.
Thank you for letting me know that. I am humbled and so happy to have helped.
What slide are you using? It seems to not wobble around on your pinky like the glass pill bottles I've experienced.
I think Vestapol tuning refers to open D. from the song Vestapol by Eliz Cotten.
Bravo! Your the first.....and only person I've heard play Honky Tonk Women wrong (and by wrong I only mean not exactly how Keep plays it) .....and still make it sound good. When other folks "play it wrong" it sucks. I think Keef would most definitely approve.
Ha! Thanks!
What brand capo is that? Is it rounded like a finger?
24:24 that whole passage is like learning a spell.
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Help me out with my confusion . Open major chord tuning sim told are 1-5-1-3-5-1 . But that’s not the case in this open G . See my confusion ?
Certain songs are still played in standard, Dancing with Mr.D is one.They trade off guitars per song/tuning, some in open G & standard.
Hey Jeff there is actually only two confirmed pictures of Robert Johnson, in the second picture, he is using a capo on the 2nd fret
3 pics actually. My buddy Zeke. archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/is-this-really-the-bluesman-robert-johnson/
@@JeffMcErlain Wow! I didn't know this one! Thanks for sharing!
what kind of capo you use? that was fast and didnt pinch stings sharp.
G7!!! The best for the reasons you mentioned!
hey, are we live????
I really enjoyed your presentation. I am retired now but when I played live covering typical Keith Richards / Rolling Stones classics I tuned my guitar GGDGBD. I used two "A" 5th. strings and tuned them both down to "G". I did try simply increasing the tension on a normal "E" 6th. to "G" but the extra tension on the neck is not recommended!! I can understand why Keith only plays with 5 strings, his riffs sound better without the bass 6th. string tuned to "D". I found having to bass strings tuned to "G" unusual and effective. When I changed strings on other standard tuned guitars I always kept the "A" 5th string. Kind regards, John.
The real badass part is he’s tuning by ear.
The Rolling Stones allow Marty Schwartz to teach their songs, and they even provide tabs to his viewers for free -- maybe they wouldn't mind too much if you played their stuff.
Where can I access the backing track?
Thanks for the lesson by the way!
bloody groovy oooooooooooooooooo
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Do you know music from Snowy White??
Keith Richards does NOT exclusively use open G. This would be impossible. He just uses it on certain songs on a dedicated Telecaster and switches guitars on other songs.
Not impossible but yes, unlikely. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Can you throw in a rock lead in Open G
Sparks will fly?
There is no reason on earth to EVER stay stuck in “standard” tuning, which is a non-natural tuning. When you play a piano, the keys are arranged in a very natural & open fashion…. The same concept applies to Open G or Open D tuning! Once people realize how amazing Open G and Open D are, they rarely switch back to “standard” tuning as it becomes abundantly clear that guitars are really designed to be played in Open G or Open D and not “standard” tuning. “standard” tuning only exists so that the majority of players can play the majority of songs using standard tuning method… but it isn’t natural to play that way. And it sounds horrible. Switch to an Open G or Open D and the guitar instantly sounds rich and full. I went to Open G and Open D after 40 years of standard tuning and haven’t looked back… you won’t regret it… I promise! Ditch “standard” tuning and instantly enjoy playing guitars… and you will sound amazing doing it :)
I was having a miserable time trying to understand standard tuning and have the strength to make barre chords on an instrument designed for a man’s hands. I switched to playing slide in open tunings and suddenly I could make music! Every now and then I tune to standard to try it again and quickly change my mind. You are right! Not going back...
What he said 👈!
Thank you. I broke my left hand in a few places and need to start exploring open tunings. Bar chords have become a chore for me which breaks my heart but ya I just dunno if I want to risk doing surgery since my finger healed in a maltotated position with hyper extension. At this point they’d have to go in there and resaw bone to realign it properly and I dunno if it’s worth it.
Totally agree! Started many years ago with open E then progressed to open G, can’t stand to play in standard now, it sounds terrible to me!
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Holy crap! Can you adopt me, so I can be your guitar playing son? I don't eat much......
MY woman from TO KAa... OOO Cool.....
Derek is open E.
That sus chord is termed. Sus K !
How isn't teaching music "fair use" under copyright law. It's like you shall never hum a tune without paying. Beato challenged it I think and won.
That is the question. I’m sure I’m being overly cautious but I have had a few videos demonetized for playing the CHORDS to a Zep tune. Since I’ve Been Loving You, a blues. Honestly I don’t care about the $ the video generates as it’s not much at all, but sometimes they can hit you with a strike. If it’s a prerecorded video I can check first, but live who knows. But I completely agree with you, I’m teaching. It’s frustrating. I also got dinged for calling a blues progression out by the title in the thumb nail, and they claimed the royalties. For a blues… Rick’s a friend and we’ve discussed it. Easier to avoid it in the live streams.
@@JeffMcErlain i have thought you wont play a G major key
Missed the F# in Honky Tonk W. nice playing though!
Keith told me it was cool so…
By the way, I like your thinking on the Open G, but it's important to realize the history behind the tuning. Kieth Richard's may have 'written' tunes in it, but the mechanics were around WAY before him. He only emulated his heroes and played around with it. Sadly, he is a shadow of his former self as a musician these days, if you ask me. Thanks for a cool lesson! Subscribed to your channel. Nice hat.
Early song books were ‘fake books’. Not even in the right key. Rain song tuning is DGCGCD.
All of Joni Mitchell open
My uncles played guitar and always played one finger chords, which was strange and foreign to me when i started learning guitar in standard tuning
.I later learned that they all played banjo, and that banjos are tuned in open G. So their guitars were all tuned to open G.
The problem I see with Open G is that it wastes the 6th string. With Open E, Open D, and DADGAD you use that string.