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Open G tuning – G-d-g-b-d' Some slide/bottleneck guitarists omit the bottom E string when playing in open G to have the root note as the tonic. This tuning is used by Keith Richards. Open E ♭ 5 tuning – E ♭-B ♭-e ♭-b ♭-e ♭ '
The open G tuning variant G–G–D–G–B–D was used by Joni Mitchell for "Electricity", "For the Roses" and "Hunter (The Good Samaritan)". [36] Truncating this tuning to G–D–G–B–D for his five-string guitar, Keith Richards uses this overtones-tuning on the Rolling Stones 's " Honky Tonk Women ", " Brown Sugar " and " Start Me Up ".
D A D G A D, or Celtic tuning, is an alternative guitar tuning most associated with Celtic music, though it has also found use in rock, folk, metal and several other genres. Instead of the standard tuning ( E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4 ) the six guitar strings are tuned, from low to high, D 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 A 3 D 4 .
Standard aka "Argentine tuning" or "G 6 tuning", one fourth lower than the charango. Very similar in appearance to the charango, but slightly larger. Charango, Ranka: 11 strings 5 courses. G 4 G 4 •C 5 C 5 •E 5 E 4 •A 4 A 4 •E 5 E 5 E 6 •D 4 D 4 •A 4 A 4 •G 5 G 4 •C 5 C 5 •G 5 G 5 G 6: Patasi Charango, Ranqha Charango ...
Dominant triad: G (in modern tonal thinking, the fifth or dominant scale degree, which in this case is G, is the next-most important chord root after the tonic) Seventh chord on the dominant: G 7 (a dominant seventh chord, so-called because of its position in this – and only this – modal scale)
A cittern tuning, such as C-G-c-g-c'-g'. [5] There are other tunings for the cittern. [6] Alternating fourths and fifths tuning, such as A1-D2-A2-D3-A3-D4. (ADADAD) This kind of tuning can also be called modal D or open D5 as it contains a D chord without a third. It is also used on other instruments, e.g. fiddle, mandolin and the Irish bouzouki.
Terz or G tuning. The six-string alto guitar or G Guitar or Terz guitar is a smaller version of the classical guitar , designed to be fitted with lighter strings and tuned a perfect fifth higher, to B-E-A-D-F♯/G♭-B. [ 1 ]
Among alternative tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning is D–G–D–G–B–D (low to high). An open-G tuning allows a G-major chord to be strummed on all ...