Keith and the Rolling Stones built an entire career from the Sus 4th chord. Sting and The Police built an entire career from the Sus 2nd chord. Great sounds. Rock on Sirs!
In 1964 I set down the clarinet and picked up guitar after watching the Beatles. 57 years and I just found this tuning and I'm totally stoked. I wish someone would have shown that teenager this back in the 70's or even the 80's how simple and basic this is. I was playing all the same notes but it never sounded right. This is remarkable video AND a great lesson. Many thanks my friend.
Wishing I had found your lessons long ago. You cut through a lot of unnecessary , and get to the good stuff. Your a good guitar player and teacher. Thank you much.
I just started 3 days ago and open G is the only thing I can play so far, I can do some generic strumming with bar chords on the 5th and 7th as well as some blues shuffle stuff and I love it.
Great video! Check out these 5 string Open G variations, and you'll be glad you did: 1. Starting with your standard Open G tuning, drop the B string half a step for Open G minor (G D G A# D) 2. Starting with your standard Open G tuning, drop the low G string to an E for super jazzy/(added 6th) barre chords (E D G B D)
Not sure how I didn't find this before but so glad I watched it now. This stuff is so much fun. What a cool element to add to my playing, so Thanks a lot for posting this. The Danelectro sounds awesome too....
Thanks my man. I just lost half my first finger and the top of my second but now see i can incorporate this to getting back to playing a few tunes again. Thanks Mr.
Brilliant video, thank you so much for explaining this. As a beginner, I've watched tons of stuff trying to get the Keef sound, but this is the best. Thanks again, from a lifelong British Stones fan living in the US :-)
I took the low E off of my Taylor acoustic, tuned to open G and its great. It rings like a bell and you can form some odd chord forms that you wouldn't play on a guitar with standard tuning. ( can I get an award for longest sentence?)
Thanks! Other musicians have been telling to I gotta try Open G tuning and I've been hesitant only because I've been playing standard tuning for fifty years. Your eight minutes here have given me enough traction to work with to give it a shot. Cheers!
Lol. Thanks for the lesson on EVERY Stones song! Thanks for getting to the brass tax. I've been playing a while so it was nice to see someone simply run through a bunch of the riffs in one video. Great work and thank you.
Very cool, I'd always heard about open tuning but never really looked into it. I'm reading Richards' book right now and he never shuts up about it. Maybe I'll learn a few riffs now.
Thanks. It is amazing how much practice it takes to get your fingers accustomed to hitting the right strings simultaneously and with enough strength to play the desired chords at will. I've got a long way to go, but its great fun. Thanks for the helpful video.
How have you gotten along since You commented,with your guitar playing?!! Did you crack it or leave it,I'm curious to know 😅.. I hope you stuck with it as We All go thru what you were experiencing at the time..😊😊
Fabulous! I've been playing Brown Sugar (and others) in bar bands in the UK for years, and just learned something I missed out!! Huge respect - great video! @MarkTwrites
One of the best guys i ever see in RU-vid. If not the best. I learn só much from you. If you ever come to France you have à couple of meals and beers payed ! Thank you and keep going!
Wonderful info that I seriously need. I'm in my sixties and working on my bucket list which includes learning how to play guitar. My hands and posture are damaged from sports and work so I have a real problem with standard tuning which makes it very frustrating and depressing. You have given me an alternative method and hope for which I am truly very grateful.
Great lesson my man, love open G tuning especially with Keith Richard in mind. I’ve just subscribed to your channel keep up the good from Charlie🎸🎸. Scotland 🏴 UK.
Hi Jay, Great and uncomplicated tutorial ,open G ,just found it easy to follow and great sounding chords and the riff's sound good so i will give it a go maybe get a lot closer to what i like to play , open G seams to fall into my bag,thanks again !
I'm a older newbie.. I'm learning on a classicle electric acoustic guitar... wider string spacing... Much easier for me to make these chords with out touching other strings.. I also threw away the low string.... I found out that open g is also a common tuning for 5 string banjo.. just get a banjo chord book and your good to go.. Thanks for a great upload 😁👍
Your Danelectro looks awesome . I have the 59 wishbook special Silvertone but it's not that clean but she still plays like a dream . Great video I've been wanting to spend a little time in open G so this video is a great start thanks . You have a blessed one .
You wonder why this is not standard tuning. I have five strings on my Strat and tune it like a banjo which is also open G (with octave up on the top string). Works well with pinky slide, as you only need three fingers for hitting the notes.
Great video, Jay. Thanks. Keith talks about this at length in his book. I thought it was funny when he talked about bands that played covers of Stones songs but played them in standard tuning. They just don't sound right. It's so true. I'm not a good player and I was amazed at how these good chords sound when played this way.
Great tuning. Up there with Ryanair Cooder's "banjo" tuning or "Australia" as I call it as it's basically upside down. Beautiful tuning. But Ry is the grand master. His house must have 3000 in it. RIP Chuck Berry. x
I do this a little differently this time. Rather than leaving off the Lowest string, I tune my Guitar to Open E & put a capo on the 3rd Fret to get Open G Tuning w/ a High G String & it's called Open G Terz Tuning. The High G String gave me more Clarity & also the Capo allowed me to transpose the song to a Key that would be easier on my voice.
sorry spelling mistake. When I said "moor"...I was meant to say minor. I just wanted to know how to do minor chords in open G tuning. (G stands for gansta...so I've been led to believe)
+Abdirahman Osman it's just another set of shapes to learn. The standard tuning Am shape and D7 shape form minor chords (don't play the open strings. The easiest open G minor chord is a Gm. Hold down the 2nd and 3rd string at the 3rd fret and all other strings open.
