Open C: The Tuning of CHAMPIONS!

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 171

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 года назад +26

    I really love to experiment with all tunings, the possibilities and musical compositions are endless!

  • @philviral
    @philviral 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this video, as a classical piano player I always struggled to make musical sounds with the guitar, and this tuning just opened up a whole new world for me

  • @rich_in_paradise
    @rich_in_paradise 4 года назад +57

    First he said he'd never do an unboxing video and then started doing regular unboxing videos. He hated C-major, now he's shilling for Big C-Major in the biggest way possible. What next Sean, reaction videos? smh.

    • @sheikurbooti7432
      @sheikurbooti7432 Год назад

      Yeah… how dare you evolve man…

    • @Shayne_Mushin
      @Shayne_Mushin Год назад +1

      @@sheikurbooti7432yeah, because evolution necessarily involves repeatedly contradicting yourself

  • @frankmormon2503
    @frankmormon2503 4 года назад +5

    The variation on the theme I’ve used a lot is CGCGCE (with the tuned up and leaving the G and E alone) try it - there’s some high end sparkle there

  • @micahclancy9855
    @micahclancy9855 4 года назад +2

    damn first thing I think of when I see your videos is this guy fucking loves guitar and teaching it honestly by far my favorite guitar channel on youtube

  • @rikdriscoll2160
    @rikdriscoll2160 4 года назад +6

    Thanks for another great lesson Sean, it makes playing the guitar in rainy, cold Britain much more bearable! 👍🎸

  • @lentas08
    @lentas08 4 года назад +5

    In the British Isle I think this is called Orkney tuning, anyway you did say you were a Nick Drake guy and I suppose Elliot Smith brought you here however what comes to my mind is Joni Mitchell who liked a lighter tuning as she did not have the strenght in her fingers for mainstream tuning. Great lesson.

  • @WesCraft
    @WesCraft Год назад +1

    This is the same tuning I stumbled on through experimenting with drop C a few weeks ago. I've been loving it. Everything Sean says about it opening up different melodic and harmonic possibilities will blow your mind. I can't stop playing with this tuning. I have an electric in open D with these intervals and my acoustic is in open C.

    • @tilltanky5367
      @tilltanky5367 Год назад +1

      I don’t understand why people still use standard tuning when open tuning exists. Way less work!

  • @greenatom
    @greenatom 4 года назад +5

    In the neighborhood of Bron-Yr-Aur, and Friends, songs that seemed magical and impossible when I was just starting out and didn't know about alternate tunings.

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 года назад +5

    I love this open C tuning. I call it the alternative or alternate open C tuning.

  • @FPSBuzz
    @FPSBuzz 4 года назад +29

    Quality joke at the top of the vid. Bravo

  • @SiggyMe
    @SiggyMe 4 года назад +1

    Certainly breaking out of the standard breaks the norms and rules that have become habitual and inhibiting. Then suddenly having the struggle of mastering a new way map of the music land is a new vantage point to see differently or hear differently which is a call to creativity to come out and play. Introducing a fun way to continuing mastering old rules under new circumstances expands deeper understanding of the music. Nice surprise move........Thanks!

  • @jaydevice333
    @jaydevice333 2 месяца назад

    Awesome, I've played standard tuning for so long that I'm finding it difficult but you have helped. So far lol

  • @richellmcknight446
    @richellmcknight446 3 года назад +11

    The guitar tuning for pianists😃💖

    • @tilltanky5367
      @tilltanky5367 Год назад +1

      A 7 string guitar. Strings are all the same gauge/thickness/material. tuned ‘do re me fa so la te’. So you can make basic diatonic-scale music without even touching the fretboard. I call it the ‘diatar’

  • @RameshKumar-ng3nf
    @RameshKumar-ng3nf 4 года назад +3

    What a beautiful lesson this is !! ❤❤❤👌👌. As always you make all complex things very easy for everyone to understand and learn . Please make more of such informative lessons. And You deserved 1M subscribers . Thanks for the Great lesson 🙏🙏🙏

  • @mjolnircarlssen4211
    @mjolnircarlssen4211 2 года назад +10

    I thought that Open C was CGCGCE, but I also like this CGCEGC.
    Both sound great. Especially for slide guitar.

    • @lamecatgames7214
      @lamecatgames7214 Год назад

      Same. Do you think this is what he meant to say or was this the actual tuning?

    • @mjolnircarlssen4211
      @mjolnircarlssen4211 Год назад +1

      @@lamecatgames7214 I honestly don’t know…

    • @hardtdc
      @hardtdc 8 месяцев назад +2

      CGCGCE is actually open C. The version he is using is just taking open D and dropping down a full note.

  • @dulla8469
    @dulla8469 3 года назад +8

    finally someone else who thinks of the strings as 1 to 6 from top to bottom

    • @landonbrown8482
      @landonbrown8482 3 года назад

      I think everyone thinks of them that way. But the people that don’t have just learned to force themselves to say it backwards

  • @starsandguitars2050
    @starsandguitars2050 4 года назад +3

    I enjoy playing Neil Youngs Harvest Moon in open C because I can sing it in Open C with a capo on the 1st fret.

  • @ctx4241
    @ctx4241 3 года назад

    I think best resource for openC for begginers on YT rn. 👏

  • @TUNA_FOOL_
    @TUNA_FOOL_ 3 года назад

    Thank you friendo, much appreciated.

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 года назад +4

    This is my personal favorite open C tuning.

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад +1

      Likewise. I like having the third (E) on the third string instead of the 2nd or first strings. Seems to be more centrally located for more triad voicings etc. Anyone else have thoughts on that? I've seen various open c tunings but this is the one i like

    • @mwj5368
      @mwj5368 3 года назад

      @@jpwaterman5104 Hi jP! I was finding so many open C tunings and the 3rd string not being E. I don't remember how I tuned CGCEGC... I think because I played open D as DADF#AD, which for my voice it was too high, so I went down a whole step and that's how I ended up where I am more than in standard tuning. A guy said to me when he saw me playing, "you play your guitar like a dulcimer."... or maybe he said, "like a Dobro", and not sure why he said that. I like the CGCEGC very much and not sure why, just that I adapted to it easiest. I have arthritis and also in this open C can play chords with 2 and 3 fingers which is easier for me too. I wish I knew what chords I'm playing as I do all by ear. So I run into problems when I want to play a song like the late great Sandi Denny's, "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" There's some beautiful chords with that song and really wish I could do it in my kind of open C. I've written several of my best songs in that open C... and will post again on RUclips my version of Joni Mitchell's, "Both Sides Now" I play in open C. I pulled it because I didn't get many hits and also because my little camera sounded too tinny, so I'm making the big leap and will record in a pro studio (that I can't afford ha!) In 2 1/2 days I got 104 hits, 7 very nice comments, and 3 Subscribers. I hope I can do better next try as it is going to be my "debut" and will follow with my original songs in open C too. Have you posted on YT any songs in open C? I'm feeling in a limited realm now and want to try another tuning. I looked at Nashville tuning and for me it doesn't sound all that great, and just looked at Frank Gambale Tuning and it sounds not attractive enough to me. Maybe you'll like it at: ruclips.net/video/307QNIQAcqY/видео.html So right now I'm lost, and since you like the same open C tuning as I do, what other open tunings do you like? Thanks for your comment. I was surprised to find it as so many play open C in a different way of tuning I can't remember.

  • @louismarucci9056
    @louismarucci9056 Год назад

    Finally a tutorial that makes sense to me. And like Sean, my brain considers the top string to be the 1 string etc.

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 года назад +1

    In my opinion, for the 3 bass strings, the late Ritchie Havens used the thumb technique. I think I’d use the thumb technique for the 3 bass strings, too.

  • @eagles_s
    @eagles_s 4 года назад +2

    Sean, If you havent already, I would suggest checking out Joni Mitchells work. Very innovative. She also uses this tuning.

  • @charleswelles4192
    @charleswelles4192 4 года назад +1

    Really the best guitar; making an appearance. Run it back. Run it back!

  • @politicalGRAFFITI
    @politicalGRAFFITI 4 года назад +1

    Timely video, just yesterday I was talking about open tuning for my son to try yesterday.

  • @lentas08
    @lentas08 4 года назад +1

    Apropos of my last comment, Orkney tuning is CGDGCD and I think your C tuning is actually different to that, so I was wrong. Keep up the good work.

  • @tomoffer4764
    @tomoffer4764 4 года назад +1

    I opened a beer before trying the open C tuning. Loved both. Thanks Sean. Great job as always.

  • @zion6680
    @zion6680 Год назад

    Man for years I have neglected the string skipping stuff, never played with a pick to avoid learning it.
    I play finger style but have trouble playing chords this way. I guess it's time to re-learn guitar completely. 10/10

  • @soundssimple1
    @soundssimple1 3 года назад +3

    open C ( CGCGCE 6-1) is a great tuning. Hear it at its best in Devin Townsend ( DTP ) albums, he has used it across most
    of his career. DT has has many 'acoustic' albums as well as the metal, but look for his UNPLUGGED album . Bliss ....oh and another one try ....Robert Plant track All the Kings Horses

  • @charlieytpw
    @charlieytpw 4 года назад +1

    Secret of Tommy Emmanuel : thanks for reminder. Just had minor stroke now limited hand control. Iowa, I’m in Minnesota. I believe forcing left hand on knock and syncing right left is excellent recovery. Do need to know, I use multiple computers through house, do I need to buy your classes per computer?

  • @TheBestBoyyeeehehe
    @TheBestBoyyeeehehe 2 года назад +2

    This is a different Open C than the one I play and that I've heard most other people play, I tune my guitar to CGCGCE.

  • @JumpinJakalopes
    @JumpinJakalopes 3 года назад +10

    The Devin Townsend tuning

    • @marcusking8507
      @marcusking8507 3 года назад +1

      That's how I always think of Open C.

    • @7ANUBIS-MC
      @7ANUBIS-MC 2 года назад

      I'm trying to find anything on scales with open c.. in my head sounds like the fingerings are going to be either way easier or jazz fingers lol... If you have anything scale wise even if it was something you stumbled on... I'd be interested thanks and happy new year

  • @MJWPub
    @MJWPub Год назад

    Mine is Open CMinor! 👌 Sadly you suggest any examples of songs featuring the tuning?

  • @schiggy182
    @schiggy182 3 года назад

    I subbed, learning open tunings this helped a bit.

  • @smileswrappedingauze
    @smileswrappedingauze 25 дней назад

    did you do this because "elliott smith - ballad of big nothing?" haha, "owen - gazebo" is kind of like this tuning too, but more like CGCGCE, so you just have to tune the lower 3 strings like drop-C & leave the high 3 in standard, with just the b string tuned up one note/fret. which i guess would be kinda easier for newbies.

  • @kane29842
    @kane29842 4 года назад +2

    The honeymoon is over baby, it's never gonna be this way againnnnnnn (banger by the cruel sea, slide guitar in open c)

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 года назад

    I think Barry Gibb would like this tuning; because the song Jive Talkin’ is the perfect song for this tuning.

  • @edwincancelii2917
    @edwincancelii2917 3 года назад +2

    What would be the recommended gauge strings for this tuning of the acoustic guitar?

  • @jcburger733
    @jcburger733 4 года назад

    Thank you for the open C tuning concept lesson.

  • @tomasverner5354
    @tomasverner5354 2 года назад

    If you like inverted chords alot could you keep the E string tuned to E? Or would that be bad?

  • @TheLordBizwah
    @TheLordBizwah 2 года назад +1

    Good video! I've been playing a little different with CGCGCC

  • @noompsieOG
    @noompsieOG 2 года назад

    Got bored and mucked around with my strings and now it’s B, F#, B, F#, B, F#
    I absolutely love it , anyone else know what this tuning is , or have I gone too far this time ?

    • @Disco.Wizard
      @Disco.Wizard Месяц назад +1

      That would be Open B5 tuning (B being the root and F# being the 5 of the key). This sort of tuning has no third so is neither major or minor, I like a similar one a lot Open C5 (CGCGCC)

    • @noompsieOG
      @noompsieOG Месяц назад

      @@Disco.Wizard that’s so great to know thank you so much for sharing that 🙏 I’m no good at theory yet so it definitely helps

  • @Fairy-door-78-86
    @Fairy-door-78-86 2 года назад

    I loved this thanks a lot I have written songs in open D but open C is definitely next on my list ! I subscribed, hoping to get more great tips.

  • @allouttabubblegum799
    @allouttabubblegum799 4 года назад

    I LOVE this tuning. I like to pluck around and play spaghetti western type music and this tuning is fantastic for it. Thanks man!

  • @traviscarver4708
    @traviscarver4708 3 года назад

    “I’m running speeeeeeed....triiiiiiiiiiials...”

  • @TheRealDarthCosby
    @TheRealDarthCosby 2 года назад

    Hahah!! That opening line is perhaps the best on youtube!!

  • @1982matthewtaylor
    @1982matthewtaylor 3 года назад

    Did this for an
    Alice in chains
    song but HES RIGHT!! Wow! Makes playing guitar interesting again!

  • @addictedtocraic
    @addictedtocraic Год назад

    Leo Kottke uses this tuning LOTS. I love it.

  • @Jack.Waters
    @Jack.Waters 4 года назад +1

    No matter where your finger lands. A 3rd and 5th away will always sway.

  • @Petertunes
    @Petertunes 3 года назад

    Really loved this video!

  • @eddielee6490
    @eddielee6490 3 года назад

    On my Classic guitar this is wonderful. Thanks .

  • @peterl3282
    @peterl3282 Год назад

    "Question" by the Moody Blues (CGCGCE)

  • @eagles_s
    @eagles_s 4 года назад +2

    Nice opening line!

  • @TimHoustonSB
    @TimHoustonSB Год назад

    Thanks, Sean, I’m just now getting into open C thanks to Ariel Posen’s “One Last Thing” (check it out, everyone, it’s a frikkin’ masterpiece!) so your insights a super appreciated 🙏😁🎸

  • @protodosto
    @protodosto 4 года назад

    i think of the strings in the same order as you!! glad i'm not the only one

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      The whole point in numbering strings is to communicate with others about what you're doing. The "first" string is the lightest guage, highest pitch string. Actually, Sean, that would be my only complaint about your video. Too many people add to that confusion. You should just name the string properly once and leave it at that. Minor detail tho. Otherwise great video, one of the better open tuning vids I've seen. You packed some good details in there. Thanks.

  • @doncaviness7961
    @doncaviness7961 4 года назад

    Yeah!

  • @TheLastMoomin
    @TheLastMoomin 4 года назад

    Haha great intro. DADGAD dropped to C is champion mode.

  • @scottv4186
    @scottv4186 4 года назад

    great stuff... You should look into getting a cigar box guitar. only 3 or 4 strings, and they are all about this sort of thing.. Very fun stuff to play.

  • @arieswaters
    @arieswaters 3 года назад +1

    Gosh that sounds so damn good

  • @stephentanner9767
    @stephentanner9767 3 года назад

    Great lesson,thank you

  • @bangpow00
    @bangpow00 Год назад

    Good lesson. Best intro. Ever 😂

  • @samraffertymusic
    @samraffertymusic 4 года назад +1

    Yesss thanks for this! Can't wait to try it out :) I'm with you on the string numbers, it makes no sense to me when people refer to the first string as the sixth 😐

  • @waltergoring8428
    @waltergoring8428 3 года назад

    Way to reference the class divide

  • @shadyburnike264
    @shadyburnike264 3 года назад

    Acoustic Life channel tunes differently..which one is right?

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      Thats the beauty of it. There is no right or wrong. I've also seen it as CGCGCEC

  • @hansvandermeulen5515
    @hansvandermeulen5515 2 года назад

    So, this is open D with everything down another whole step.

  • @udithazoary3668
    @udithazoary3668 3 года назад

    How to minimize buzzing in low strings in open c tunning ?i don't no why my 6th 5th strings buzz a bit

    • @emptytombprod
      @emptytombprod 3 года назад

      You'd need heavier gauge strings for the low strings to avoid that.

  • @ianboese2476
    @ianboese2476 4 года назад +1

    I had just commented that independence day -Elliott smith was in open C and then you said it haha.

  • @PedroMachadoBorges
    @PedroMachadoBorges Год назад

    the millionaire joke at the beginning : hahahahaha

  • @zion6680
    @zion6680 Год назад

    Cool tutorial, dunno if the intro landed lol

  • @AFisk36
    @AFisk36 6 месяцев назад

    Casey Rocket of Guitars 🤘🏻

  • @mark-hanna
    @mark-hanna 4 года назад +1

    Try open Dm - my favorite

  • @by7212
    @by7212 4 года назад

    Open C sounds great with a slide.

  • @AxeMurderer2222
    @AxeMurderer2222 4 года назад

    Great for the key of C, but what about when there's a key change in there somewhere? Don't you suddenly have to learn a whole new set of positions and chord shapes for everything?

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      Not if you spend time learning where they are at.

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      I mean, what does it matter? You're just gonna murder that axe anyway, right? Plug that acoustic in and run it through some overdrive and distortion and it will all work out ; )

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 3 года назад

    @UCzZCiVjRPPDCpP5l7HIGRtA
    It's basically Open E down a Major Third.

  • @Ruby-eq1qg
    @Ruby-eq1qg 4 года назад

    You can write some great stuff thats impossible w standard tuning but it can also be hard to approach it after being used to standard for so long

  • @jasondoolin6476
    @jasondoolin6476 9 месяцев назад

    Well that was a hard intro to get past

  • @7ANUBIS-MC
    @7ANUBIS-MC 2 года назад +1

    God actually tunes to open C and when he's creating mountains..... You guessed it!! Open B because you have to get dirty every once in awhile

  • @minirafeb1865
    @minirafeb1865 4 года назад +1

    What are the songs ? Of key c

    • @04792322109
      @04792322109 4 года назад +1

      Hide me now

    • @kane29842
      @kane29842 4 года назад +1

      Cruel Sea - Honeymoon is Over

  • @jprice276
    @jprice276 Год назад

    Love that Irish accent! So distinct! 💩

  • @UriahBennett
    @UriahBennett 3 года назад +1

    I’ve seen this tuning most often as CGCGCE.

    • @carlosapers1344
      @carlosapers1344 3 года назад +1

      Ive seen it a mostly as DADF#ad

    • @UriahBennett
      @UriahBennett 3 года назад

      @@carlosapers1344 I’ve never though about trying Open D, just a step down. I’ve played regular Open C for years and come to think of it I like your method because then all the Open D chord shapes would work.

  • @rikusventer4326
    @rikusventer4326 4 года назад

    hey sean great vid, can u do a lesson on open g minor tuning ( DGDGA#D)

  • @jprice276
    @jprice276 Год назад

    He’s actually from Ireland everybody!😂

  • @gtr1952
    @gtr1952 4 года назад +2

    Thanks Sean, always looking for new tricks for this old dog. 8) Something cool to watch is Stephen Stills playing Judy Blue Eyes in open tuning. Very cool! My thumb will not behave itself and I've always struggled with it. 8( Good stuff, thx! --gary

  • @DARCIOSILVESTRESABBADIN
    @DARCIOSILVESTRESABBADIN 2 года назад

    Cool

  • @daveyboy8907
    @daveyboy8907 4 года назад +1

    I play C sharp alot..

  • @danbgt
    @danbgt 7 месяцев назад

    Isn’t that open D tuned down one step? 🤔

  • @bryandionne7465
    @bryandionne7465 4 года назад

    More please!

  • @Wargasm54
    @Wargasm54 11 месяцев назад

    Thought it was CGCGCE?

    • @hashdealer8822
      @hashdealer8822 Месяц назад

      There's many variations to what people call "Open C tuning"

  • @leechviolator
    @leechviolator 3 года назад

    Tuning OF champions WHO are this champions lol

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      Joni Mitchell and John Fahey, although Fahey used a slightly different open c tuning

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      Jimmy Page...Jack Rose...tons of talent

  • @arieswaters
    @arieswaters 3 года назад +1

    I'm not getting this don't sound good to me

    • @jpwaterman5104
      @jpwaterman5104 3 года назад

      Music and beauty...in the eye (or ear) of the beholder

  • @ethanfink7962
    @ethanfink7962 2 года назад

    Nothing is better than Sean's words of wisdom before beginning the lesson.

  • @donindri
    @donindri 4 года назад +1

    Tunings suck! Saved this video to my lesson playlist, so I can hate on some more in the future. 😑

  • @thomasbrown3325
    @thomasbrown3325 3 года назад

    Recommend that you show that you can play a song before asking people to buy your course. There is no music in this video.

  • @falideespinozaramos9194
    @falideespinozaramos9194 3 года назад

    Blabla

  • @pamelaparlin5166
    @pamelaparlin5166 Год назад

    yeah dude, ive played for over ten years.. theres no way you knew the names of each notes on the frets before knowing scales.. scales teaches you that on your own unless you play piano. sorry but calling bs on that

  • @jeffrey3498
    @jeffrey3498 4 года назад +1

    The Communist Manifesto "Imagine" was in the key of C. What fascinates me is that I play around in the key of C, can't discover anything memorable (so the key sucks 😂), yet Lennon played around with C and wrote Imagine. Go figure.

    • @scarecrow3432000
      @scarecrow3432000 4 года назад +1

      And that's why you're alive and he's not!

    • @jeffrey3498
      @jeffrey3498 4 года назад

      @@scarecrow3432000 You mean you think Lennon was murdered because of his extreme left wing politics? Or maybe he fulfilled his mission in life by writing a brilliant song that will live forever?
      It just amazes me that Lennon created Imagine based on a basic C chord, or Neil Young takes a simple Am chord and writes this incredible riff that becomes Ohio.

    • @scarecrow3432000
      @scarecrow3432000 4 года назад

      @@jeffrey3498 Nah, I meant if you had a more melodic ear then maybe you'd have become famous and then get killed. The grass isn't always as green on the other side.

    • @jeffrey3498
      @jeffrey3498 4 года назад

      @@scarecrow3432000 Oh I see. It's pretty bizarre that someone would get murdered for having a genius for melody. It just doesn't make any sense. Regards

  • @Craneoflight
    @Craneoflight 2 года назад +1

    Was that a serious comment... I came here for a tuning break down, an that's what you start a video with.. 🤔😔

  • @lebe220
    @lebe220 3 месяца назад

    Upperclass? The world is ruled by occultists.

  • @guitawrizt
    @guitawrizt 3 года назад

    *_Dead Strings._*