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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 16:49:11 GMT
I admit it, I like learning from books... Lately I've been playing exclusively in Open G -- why can't I find any books dedicated to this tuning?
I do have a couple of slide books (Woody Mann's, Arlen Roth's), and a book on open tunings -- but that covers a whole range of tunings I'm not interested in at the moment, and doesn't get deep into any of them either.
Does anyone know of a book, or at least a decent resource to get deeper into this tuning?
It's funny... I spent years being frustrated with standard tuning. Switching to open tuning really does open up a whole new world. But there's just not a lot of learning material for it.
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 3, 2015 17:04:25 GMT
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jul 3, 2015 18:31:55 GMT
Jono - you are hero of the month (so far). Thank you!  |
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 3, 2015 18:37:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 18:46:49 GMT
Yes, I've seen his site. But that's not the indepth information I'm looking for (and he's a bit of a nutcase). It just strikes me as odd that, 60 years after the blues revival, no one has ever put together a comprehensive, more or less progressive book dealing only with Open G tuning? Maybe there's an old out-of-print book I can try to dig up? I don't mind my method -- hunting down songs that interest me, and if I can't find the tab, figuring out a version that works for me (I find myself playing a lot of Open D/Vestapol songs in Open G/Spanish). But it doesn't challenge me as much -- I get lazy and can go for weeks without taking on a new song -- and I feel like I'm missing out on interesting information. . |
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 3, 2015 19:00:56 GMT
on that site there are links to books?
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 3, 2015 19:14:55 GMT
Mickey, I think that the problem you have is that the information you are looking for has been taught using video tapes and DVDs for a long time now. I doubt you will find really good books on this subject, but you will find DVDs
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 21:39:00 GMT
I've worked with a bunch of videos and DVDs, and they're great for learning individual songs -- but I often get impatient with them. And I'm looking to go a bit deeper into the potential Open G offers, and it seems to me books are best at handling this kind of stuff, the theory, the different styles, etc. Oh well. @kenny Sultan popped up a few weeks back, I've already worked with one of his books (and it was very helpful)...hmm...maybe he'll take the hint...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 1:37:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 7:08:55 GMT
This comes closer to what I'm looking for: Country Blues Book Although all I really need is the PDF from that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 9:10:44 GMT
Here's a video on Spanish Tuning on Youtube...
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