Instead of an electronic tuner, you can use your other strings to tune to, since strings 4, 3, and 2 are already tuned to G, B, and D. By starting from a lower pitch and adjusting upward, you will hear when your string is in tune much more accurately. This is how the expression “tuning up” came to be it is much easier for the human ear to hear a “flat” pitch (a pitch below that of the desired one) than a “sharp” pitch (a pitch above that of the desired one).
Turn the peg back slightly, (counterclockwise) to tighten the string, and adjust it upward until you match the tuner pitch.
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Pro tip: When first tuning a string down, twist the pegs a little extra to lower the pitch a little below the sound from the tuner. Pluck the A string and continue adjusting until the sound matches the pitch from the tuner. Set the tuner to a G pitch, and again twist the tuning peg toward you in a clockwise motion. Keep adjusting until the string matches the pitch from the tuner.ĭo the same for your A string (string 5) by lowering its pitch to G. This loosens the strings, thereby producing a lower pitch. Pluck your E strings, and tune them down by turning their tuning pegs toward you in a clockwise motion. Start with your low and high E strings, and set the tuner to a D pitch. Set the desired pitch on your tuner or app and have it play the sound aloud. You can use an electric tuner, a tuning app, or match pitches from another instrument such as a piano, pitch pipe, or chimes. You can achieve Open G tuning either by ear or by using a tuner. Tune the high E string (string 1) down a whole tone to D. This is good because all the scale patterns and chord shapes you’ve already learned will still apply here. Strings 4, 3, and 2, the D, G, and B strings, don’t need to change. Tune the next highest string, the A, (string 5) down a whole tone to G. The low E string (string 6) tunes down one whole tone, or step, to low D. This means that only 3 of the strings, 6, 5, and 1, need to change. Instead of the standard E-A-D-G-B-E intervals, the guitar strings are tuned to D-G-D-G-B-D. Open G tuning and techniques are also useful if you want to get adventurous and try learning slide guitar. With the open G tuning done, using the standard fingerings (shapes) of chord positions, such as the most basic guitar chords learned here earlier, will produce the unique chord voicings you hear in songs like the Rolling Stones’ Start Me Up, and Honky Tonk Woman. Conversely, moving closer to the nut and tuning pegs produces a lower pitch.
As you move closer to the saddle and the sound hole, the length of the vibrating string shortens and produces a higher pitch. Moving by one fret changes the pitch by a semitone. It also means you can play most major chords across the fretboard using a simple barre fingering, barring one finger on exactly one fret. Striking the strings in an open position will produce a G major chord. By tuning all six guitar strings to pitches from the G Major triad, you can play a G chord without using your fret hand. Open G tuning is based on the G major triad, the notes G, B, and D. What is Open G Tuning?Īlternate tuning means changing the pitch interval between the strings away from the standard tuning. However, open G tuning is one of the most used alternate guitar tunings and especially lends itself to blues-inspired guitar music. There are many alternate tunings, such as Open C, Dropped D, and beyond (try out open d tuning, next). However, alternate tunings make certain chords even easier to play while also creating a distinct and unique sound. This arrangement of intervals makes it easier to play chords and scales in the most common keys. The standard tuning for a six-string guitar is E, A, D, G, B, E. Legends such as Robert Johnson and Joni Mitchell used open G tuning, and you can hear it used in the music of many classic rock artists like Mark Knopfler, George Thorogood, The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, and others. Alternative tuning opens up a whole new realm of guitar sound. Open G tuning first appeared in many blues and folk music and soon found its way into blues-inspired rock and classic rock genres. Over the years of music evolution, The Rolling Stones and many other performers adopted an alternate way of tuning a guitar, producing a different, more Rhythm & Blues guitar kind of sound quality.
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Have you ever wished you knew how to play that distinctive, opening riff from the Rolling Stones’ Start Me Up? Or wondered how they made it sound the amazing way it did? Or how that riff became so iconic? This lesson will help you achieve that sound on your guitar by using Open G tuning.
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