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  2. Open G tuning - Wikipedia

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    Open G tuning is common in blues and folk music [2] (along with other open tunings). [1] [3] Open G tuning particularly common in guitar music of Hawaiian origin including guitar styles such as slack-key guitar and steel guitar. In the context of slack-key music, open G is often referred to "Taro Patch" tuning (the term stems from taro, a ...

  3. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    The advantage of these tunings is that they allow an extended upper note range versus a capo used with standard tuning which limits the number of notes that can be played; in some cases, instruo B ♭ or E ♭ (such as saxophones, which were frequently encountered in early rock and roll music) are more easily played when the accompanying guitar ...

  4. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Open tunings are common in blues and folk music. [23] These tunings are frequently used in the playing of slide and lap-slide ("Hawaiian") guitars, and Hawaiian slack key music. [22] [24] A musician who is well known for using open tuning in his music is Ry Cooder, who uses open tunings when playing the slide guitar. [23]

  5. Overtones tuning - Wikipedia

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    In comparison with standard tuning, each major-chord open-string tuning reinforces different "overtones and can actually make the guitar sound louder and more resonant". [3] To explain this resonance and strengthened sound, the example of the overtones on C has been used; and C's overtones is a standard example for explaining the sequence of ...

  6. Open B tuning - Wikipedia

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    Open B Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are B-F ♯-B-F ♯-B-D ♯. It uses the three notes that form the triad of a B major chord: B, the root note; F ♯, the perfect fifth; and D ♯, the major third. When the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the strings, a B major chord is sounded. This ...

  7. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    Ry Cooder plays slide guitar using an open tuning that allows major chords to be played by barring the strings anywhere along their length. In music, a guitar chord is a set of notes played on a guitar. A chord's notes are often played simultaneously, but they can be played sequentially in an arpeggio. The implementation of guitar chords ...

  8. Open E tuning - Wikipedia

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    Open E tuning. Open E tuning is a tuning for guitar: low to high, E-B-E-G ♯-B-E. [1] Compared to standard tuning, two strings are two semitones higher and one string is one semitone higher. The intervals are identical to those found in open D tuning. In fact, it is common for players to keep their guitar tuned to open d and place a capo over ...

  9. Open C tuning - Wikipedia

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    Open C tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open-string notes form a C major chord, which is the triad (C,E,G) having the root note C, the major third (C,E), and the perfect fifth (C,G). When the guitar is strummed without fretting any strings, a C-major chord is sounded. By barring all of the strings for one fret (from one to eleven), one ...