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	Open D tuning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Open D tuning is an alternate tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar.
		Open D tuning is very popular with slide guitar (or 'bottleneck') players, as it allows them to play complete chords using the slide.
		This is lowering the high D string a half step to C# when tuned to open D. It is the major seventh of the D major scale, hence the name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Open_D_tuning (315 words)

	Equal Temperament Tuning
		Tuning the 1st and 6th strings: The E, open 1st string, must be in pure unison with the harmonic of the E, 6th string at the fifth fret.
		Tuning the 4th string: Play a harmonic on the (in tune) 6th string at twelve, and as this harmonic sounds, adjust the 4th string until the tone E on the second fret is in pure unison.
		Tuning the 3rd string: As it is easier to adjust a string while listening to a continuous reference tone, you may first try the following: Play a harmonic on the (in tune) 4th string at twelve and as this sounds, adjust the 3rd string until D at the 7th fret is in pure unison.
	users.adelphia.net /~cygnusx_1/equal_temperament.html (1216 words)

	Open Tuning Tutorial
		Open Tuning - An open tuning is defined as one that forms a major chord when all the strings are played open (no strings fretted by the left hand).
		In Open tunings, this is difficult because the tuning is optimized for a particular key.
		Open Tunings is whole new frontier that will give you an almost unlimited palette to draw from in your creative exploration of fingerstyle guitar.
	www.acousticfingerstyle.com /opentune.htm (1958 words)

	Guitar Lessons: Blues: Slide Guitar: Open D Tuning
		Open tunings allow the player who often plays alone have a full sound of rhythm and melody underneath his voice since there are no other players to fill these roles.
		With an open tuning, you are usually tuning your guitar to a chord (alternate tunings are not tuned to a chord, but rather in a way to emphasize certain notes or drones).
		Instead of tuning up to open E (which puts extra strain on the guitars neck), alot of players tune to open D and put a capo on the 2nd fret for open E tuning.
	www.guitarists.net /lessons/print.php?id=135 (725 words)

	Bob Brozman's Open Tuning Basic Lesson
		Standard tuning requires lots of memorization of strange chord shapes with little apparent logic, but open tunings reward your observation with simple fingerings to remember, and plenty of pleasing sounds.
		The 3rd string is tuned as a major 3rd, a minor 3rd, or as a suspended 4th.
		Bb The bottom end of this tuning with its root-fifth-root bass strings, is similar to D tuning.
	www.bobbrozman.com /tip_opentune.html (531 words)

	Open Tuning Part I : Lesson by David Hodge
		Open tuning is when we tune the guitar in such a fashion that results in our getting a major (or minor) chord when we strum the open strings.
		Open tunings have been making a "comeback" of sorts in the nineties, but they have always been a staple of serious musicians.
		As we stated earlier, open tuning is when we tune the guitar in such a fashion that results in our getting a major (or minor) chord when we strum the open strings.
	www.guitarnoise.com /article.php?id=4 (2241 words)

	Open Site in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		Open architecture is a type of computer architecture that allows users to upgrade their hardware in all of the computer components for example the IBM PC has an open architecture.
		Open spots are opportunities for new comedians to try out their material in front of an audience.
		Open Sesame is a children s television series comprised solely of the skits and segments of the legendary..., as Open Sesame.
	www.tutorgig.com /es/Open+Site/3 (832 words)

	Music Theory for the Short Attention Span from FolkBlues.Com
		Each section starts with a graphic, showing the tuning name, notes of the open strings, and a chart showing the six strings from low to high, and from the first to the twelfth fret.
		Standard tuning also provides a frame of reference, which can be very important when you are trying to make sense of an altered tuning.
		From DADGAD, Open D or Open D Minor, all you need to do is drop the original G string to D. It takes a few twists, but all you have to do is make it sound like the D string next to it.
	www.folkblues.com /theory/alt_tuning.htm (1698 words)

	OPEN Tuning cultures - Acoustic Guitar Forum
		Tuning, temperament and pedagogy for the vihuela in Juan Bermudo's 'Declaración de instrumentos musicales' (1555).
		This tuning is of course a prototype for all the open ternary tunings: a triad and octaves of the I and V intervals.
		Open tunings on any multi-stringed instrument are kind of a no-brainer; of course they cover the earth and have since strings were plucked.
	www.guitarseminars.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/003872.html (5854 words)

	Slide Guitar Tuning
		The 6th (low) string or E is tuned down until it is a D, an octave lower than the 4th or D string.
		If you're playing open or low and throwing in accents and fills, use the open string and third fret a lot, making that 3rd fret work for you and THEN resolving (or ending) on an open string, probably the G or 3rd string or, better yet, the G or 5th string open.
		Once again, the beauty of open tuning is that when you do place the slide across the strings you have, in essence, a major chord to play off of.
	www.bigroadblues.com /slide/guitstuff/tuning.shtml (847 words)

	Seven String Guitar Chord generator 7 string
		The diagram on the left is an E open chord, the diagram on the right is a seventh chord on any fret above open.
		Capo with change the tuning to what the guitar would be as if you have a capo on whatever fret number you chose.
		There are 12 different notes, 27 chords, 12 frets...zero (open) through eleven (12th fret same as open unless using open strings..., including open strings would multiply grand total by two or=7,838,208), 4 stretch's, 9 variations...(average out of possible 24, some more, some less), 2 ways to string it (righty, lefty), 14 tunings.
	www.gootar.com /folder/guitar7.html (1259 words)

	Bob Brozman Guitar Lesson: Open-Tuning Tricks - Chords And Classic Turnarounds
		Much of the heritage and the repertoire of Mississippi country blues is expressed on the guitar in open G tuning (D, G, D, G, B, D, low to high).
		This is an easy tuning to learn, and a good one to choose if you're just beginning to experiment with open tunings.
		The simplest positions for these chords are: G, open and barre at the 12th fret; C, barre at the 5th fret; and D, barre at the 7th fret.
	www.bobbrozman.com /tip_opentune2.html (705 words)

	Open D
		This tuning is called Open D because when the strings are strummed a D major chord is produced.
		Open D is also a good choice for the novice guitarist, since a different complete major chord can be produced simply by barring each fret all the way up the neck.
		In addition, because most of the strings are tuned lower than standard tuning, Open D is easier on your instrument's neck than Open E tuning, which in terms of relative tonality is the same as Open D, except each string is tuned one step higher.
	www.strummeronline.com /dtuning.html (1411 words)

	Tuning Your Guitar \| Lessons @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
		Tuning by ear is far more important because you must be able to recognize different pitches in sound.
		When you tune the rest of the strings from the 6th, it's called "Relative Tuning." Although you may not be in tune with a piano, you will be in tune with yourself and that's fine for practicing.
		First try to tune in E as best as possible then do this...pretend it’s a tab...and fiddle with each tuning peg and when each string is in tune both notes should sound the same...that is previous string 5th fret and tuned string open...
	www.ultimate-guitar.com /lessons/for_beginners/tuning_your_guitar.html (2814 words)

	Sustainable Softworks - IPNetTuner - Tuning Open Transport for Maximum TCP/IP Performance
		Open Transport's default settings must enable connections for both slow analog modems as well as very high-speed ethernet connections.
		Lower values are without tuning (~110 KB/s), upper values are with tuning (~175 KB/s).
		Tuning results in approx 60% increase in throughput.
	www.sustworks.com /site/prod_ottuner.html (357 words)

	WA's Alternate Guitar Tunings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		This tuning can be thought of as a step beyond Double Drop-D tuning: the 5th string is also lowered a full step, leaving the 'middle' three strings as in standard tuning, in which they just happen to form a G major triad.
		One advantage of this Drop-D-G tuning is that the open G on the 5th string affords a convenient low open root for the IV chord of the key of D....
		In any case, this tuning is great for playing melodic lines (in A, especially) on the 3rd string, or intervals on the 3rd and 4th strings together, against the open A and E of the 2nd and 1st strings (not to mention the open A and E of the 5th and 6th strings).
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/warrenallen/tunings.htm (5888 words)

	Open Tuning - Black Belt Guitar Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The only 3 alternate tunings I have learned to use are drop D, Open D and Open E. I like to drop my big E string to a D to play stuff like Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen), Black Water (Doobies), and a bunch of metal bottom-end power chord stuff.
		Open D and open E are really the same tuning, just a whole step apart.
		Open G is also good for fingerstyle as well as all your chord and scale shapes are based around the G and C shapes.
	www.blackbeltguitar.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=394 (386 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		It is popular in Nashville studios to double acoustic guitar parts with this tuning, hence the name.] One advantage to open tuning is that you can use a lot of two-finger chords.
		If open C is used, for example, covering up all the strings on the fifth fret gives you an automatic F, the seventh a G (etc.).
		Changing the tuning the first time is rough enough on the strings, but going back and forth is murder on them.
	www.museweb.com /ag/tunings/tunings.txt (488 words)

	Open E-tuning - Tomas "Guitar" Larsson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Tune up the 3:rd string a half step to G
		Tune up the 4:th string a whole step to E, compare with the the 1:st and 6:th strings E.
		Tune up the 5:th string a whole step to B, compare with 2:nd string B. The Open E-tuning is the same as open D-tuning only that it is a whole step higher.
	www.tle.se /etune.html (124 words)

	Historical Tuning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Such music was composed to be played on specific tunings such as meantone or well temperament, not equal temperament, which is almost exclusively used today.
		Equal temperament is the present-day tuning, Bach used well temperament, meantone was used just prior to Bach, and the Pythagorean tuning was and is still only an academic standard.
		Until now, just tuning had been impractical for acoustic keyboard instruments but is now possible on digital keyboards.
	users.bestweb.net /~rmp (1205 words)

	Open Tunings and chords on slide guitar and bottleneck blues
		We'll work with an open G tuning here, since that's the one that's the most popular with delta style blues.
		Now, when you hear terms like the I, IV, or V and aren't sure what they mean, here's the answer: common chord pattern (one upon which many songs are based) in any key includes chords built on the first (I), fourth (IV), and fifth (V) tones of the major scale.
		Here are a few chord suggestions that might work as a substitute, but keep something in mind -- most really fine slide players in open tuning don't even PLAY the V chord -- or, for that matter, often skip the full chord on the IV.
	www.bigroadblues.com /slide/guitstuff/chords.shtml (636 words)

	Alternate Tuning Guide for Contemporary Folk Music
		Among the resources there is an extensive table listing tunings and capo settings for most of Chapin's songs (including the settings of her accompaniest and lead guitarist, John Jennings).
		Many of Joni's tunings, as well as chords and tablature for some songs, have also been archived in acoustic/j/joni_mitchell/tunings at OLGA mirrors; if you can find an operating mirror, that's where to look (a good way to track down such tab sites is via the GuitarNotes Music Page).
		This is known as "Nashville tuning" when the strings are in standard tuning, but Ellis usually uses it in D tunings, but three half-steps down from D (in the key of B).
	www.museweb.com /ag/tunings/fm_tunings.html (4040 words)

	Fender Players Club - Albert Collins
		Exposed to the blues at an early age, he started on organ and piano, and the organ feel would remain with him even when he switched to guitar.
		His cousin was guitarist Lightnin’ Hopkins, and another cousin taught him the open tunings that would be a major part of his style; he was also greatly influenced by John Lee Hooker’s records.
		Tuning: Used open F minor tuning with a capo.
	www.fenderplayersclub.com /artists_lounge/hall_of_legends/collins.htm (562 words)

	Patek style tenor banjo
		The open tuning of the 4-string banjo enables you to produce sound that is very similar to the old time banjo or bluegrass banjo - the 5-string one:
		In the table below is the list of some open tunings together with common chord voicings.
		Open tuned tenor banjo is also ideal second instrument for fingerpicking guitar player - there is no misleading thin string on bass side, so you can trade the picking patterns from guitar to banjo and back.
	www.geocities.com /patekstylebanjo (216 words)

	Music Books for Fingerstyle Guitar
		The 7 tunes presented cover a range of tunings but 2 are in standard and 3 are in Open G. This book is really ideal if those who are looking for material to build fingerstyle playing ability and want to explore what open tunings can offer.
		His rendition of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" in open tuning on a 12 string is one of the best examples of how his style can take a common piece to whole new dimension.
		Given the full tempo of these tunes, I also have to say the 1/2 speed play run-through is much better than trying to learn it from a full speed rendition.
	www.acousticfingerstyle.com /books.htm (1615 words)

	Boutique en ligne de partitions pour guitare : Tuning
		Tuning the guitar to a full chord, rather than the standard 'concert' tuning, is a tradition that has its roots in the slide playing of the country-blues masters of the past.
		Open tunings have played an important role in the genesis of blues guitar.
		Slide playing using guitars tuned to open tunings-is a marriage made in heaven, not only for playing blues, but also for rock, pop, and country.
	www.guitar-directory.com /perso/boutique-search.php?search=Tuning (4292 words)

	open c tuning - Acoustic Guitar Forum
		I have been noodling around in open C the last few days and "bingo", a few songs that I had tried on and off to figure out for a few years all appeared magically.
		A Kottke tune, a Fahey tune and one by Bruce Cockburn all surfaced while I was aimlessly wandering the fretboard.
		One is tuned open C (c-g-c-g-c-e), one is open G (d-g-d-g-b-d), and one is Standard (e-a-d-g-b-e).
	www.guitarseminars.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/007048.html (945 words)

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