open tuning
Non-standard guitar setup
Open tuning is a guitar tuning where the strings sound a chord when strummed without fretting any notes.
Standard tuning requires finger placement to form chords, but open tunings let the open strings ring as a major chord—typically G, D, or E.
Slide guitarists favor open tunings because a single finger or slide across all strings produces clean chords at any fret position.
He retuned to open G for the blues number.
Mournful American music genre
- delta bluesSouthern regional folk music
- folkRegular common people
- HawaiianFrom the 50th state
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
country · bluegrass · Americana · ragtime · roots music · world music · singer-songwriter
Fretted stringed instrument
- dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- lap steelFlat-played slide instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
ukulele · cigar box guitar · acoustic · twelve-string · mandolin · bouzouki
Lowered bottom string tuning
- slack-keyOpen-tuned guitar method
- capoString-shortening clamp device
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
fingerstyle · fingerpicking · fretting · barre · drone · bass note · strumming · hammer-on
blues
Mournful American music genre
- delta bluesSouthern regional folk music
- folkRegular common people
- HawaiianFrom the 50th state
Celtic · country · bluegrass · Americana · ragtime · roots music · world music · singer-songwriter
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- lap steelFlat-played slide instrument
banjo · ukulele · cigar box guitar · acoustic · twelve-string · mandolin · bouzouki
drop D
Lowered bottom string tuning
bottleneck · fingerstyle · fingerpicking · fretting · barre · drone · bass note · strumming · hammer-on · pull-off
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- droneUnmanned flying machine
ringing · fullness · richness · voicing · timbre · harmonic · bass response
- folk techniquesfingerpicking, flatpicking, clawhammer, strumming, hammer-ons
- guitar tuningsdrop D
- Guitarelectric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, guitar string, guitar strap
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, twelve bar blues, delta blues
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- acoustic guitarsclassical guitar, folk guitar, flamenco guitar, dreadnought, Spanish guitar
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