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  2. Open G tuning - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    Listing the initial six harmonics of the G note, this open-G tuning was used by Joni Mitchell for "Electricity", "For the Roses", and "Hunter (The Good Samaritan)". [9] It was also used by Mick Ralphs for "Hey Hey" on Bad Company's debut album. [5] and on the Meowtain song "Alleyway" Stone Gossard also used this tuning in the song "Daughter" by ...

  4. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    For the English guitar the open chord is C major (C–E–G–C–E–G); [67] for the Russian guitar which has seven strings, G major (G–B–D–G–B–D–G). [ 68 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Mixing a perfect fourth and a minor third along with a major third, these tunings are on-average major-thirds regular-tunings.

  5. Riff - Wikipedia

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    In jazz, blues and R&B, riffs are often used as the starting point for longer compositions. Count Basie's band used many riffs in the 1930's, like in "Jumping at the Woodside" and "One O Clock Jump". Charlie Parker used riffs on "Now's the Time" and "Buzzy". Oscar Pettiford's tune "Blues in the Closet" is a rifftune and so is Duke Ellington's ...

  6. Slide guitar - Wikipedia

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    In open tuning the strings are tuned to sound a chord when not fretted, and is most often major. [67] Open tunings commonly used with slide guitar include open D or Vestapol [b] tuning: D–A–D–F ♯ –A–D; and open G or Spanish tuning: D–G–D–G–B–D. Open E and open A, formed by raising each of those tunings a whole tone, are ...

  7. Overtones tuning - Wikipedia

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    Using a high C rather than the high G of the overtone-series, the open-C tuning C-C-G-C-E-C. was used by Mick Ralphs for the songs "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" on Bad Company's debut album. The lowest and second lowest C's differ by an octave; even when the lowest C-string is not struck, its sympathetic resonance improves the sound. [9]

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  9. Lick (music) - Wikipedia

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    In popular music genres such as country, blues, jazz or rock music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" [2] consisting of a short series of notes used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment. For musicians, learning a lick is usually a form of imitation. By imitating, musicians understand and analyze what others have done, allowing them ...