The Doors Slide Guitar Tuning

Slide guitar can be played in standard or open tunings and each has its advantages and disadvantages.

The doors slide guitar tuning.

Below are five different types of open tunings open d open c open g open a and. This is done using open tuning. Open d tuning is a great open tuning for slide guitar giving you that swampy vibe. This is our most popular guide and it will improve your chord ability quickly.

D a d f a d low to high hint. You just drop the low e 6th string one whole step from e to d. With this tuning the guitar s open a d and g strings are tuned up to b e and g. Sometimes playing your guitar in standard tuning just isn t enough.

It s like you buy one you get one free. It s a d major chord. Learn 12 beginner friendly versions of every chord. Robby krieger is the latest guitarist to be honoured by an inspired by instrument from the gibson custom shop.

I said you buy one anyway you get the point. The most common open tunings for slide guitar playing are open e d g and a. When playing particular music types it s often easier to tune your guitar so that chords are played instead of individual notes. Robby krieger of the doors plays slide guitar.

Open g s higher strung sister open a slide guitar tuning. To get there you need to tune the guitar as follows e a e a c e low to high. Either tune every string on your guitar up a whole step or place your capo on your open g. The above video is a good example of a slide guitarist making a great sound come from a standard acoustic guitar not a resonator guitar.

If you have your guitar tuned to open g there are two ways to get to open a. With a interview of ray manzarek organist for the doors. Learning the various different methods to tune for slide guitar will give you more options to let you suit the tunings to your playing style. Drop d is a popular tuning for slide guitar that s easy to tune.

Guitar teacher blues specialist jim bruce takes a look at the open g tuning covering its history use technique a handful of examples.