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Post by jono1uk on Jul 5, 2015 20:14:40 GMT
having had the reso for 2 weeks i am finding i steer towards open D ...prefer it to open G ...seem to like the sound better... looking on the net it seems that more songs have been done in G then D
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Post by gaucho on Jul 5, 2015 20:47:26 GMT
I like G but also like to tune it down to key of F or even key of E. My experience has been opposite of yours.. Seems like everything I find is in Open D. I like the challenge of figuring out a version in Spanish tuning tho. Currently working out "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning". I've never seen a version that wasn't in Vestapol, but it seems to work in Spanish. I'm not currently clever enough to keep multiple turnings straight in my head!
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 5, 2015 20:58:24 GMT
if you have a website that list songs in open D.. I have a G list...
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 5, 2015 21:54:33 GMT
Hi Jono,
There are as many songs played in open D as there are in open G tuning. I think that part of the learning curve is listening to the music and trying to work out for yourself how it is played. When I started playing open tuned guitars I listened and copied. Sometimes I got it right and many times I got it wrong.
There is no tuning that is better than the other and you should try to put equal practice time into both D and G. Any tune will work in either tuning, but each tuning does have its own character that can enhance a tune and make it easier to play. Open D is easier than open G when you are inexperienced, because the root note 'D' is the top string. So you can play any melody or scale on the top D string. Whereas in open G you have to approach it differently, because the top string, 'D' is not the root, it is the 5th. So your root note on the top string in G tuning is at fret 5.
I hope that is helpful. I believe it is more helpful to discuss technique and music, than giving you a list of songs with their tunings.
Just keep on doing it and making sure you HAVE FUN!
Shine On Michael
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Post by pete1951 on Jul 8, 2015 19:08:29 GMT
I`m an Open G player, I find it more flexible. D has the major note of the chord on the 3rd string, whereas G it the 2nd string. This means I can play the bottom 4 strings as a chord in major or minor songs ,(This is mostly for electric `blues-rock`), (which I find easier than D). D is great for those Blind Willie Johnson songs, where you use the 6 and4 strings and the bass and play a `tune` on the top string (I have a weak thumb , maybe that why I use G?) PT
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Post by slide496 on Jul 8, 2015 19:48:46 GMT
I play both for acoustic prewar slide but find D easier and there's alot of material - BWJ, Willie Mctell, Tampa Red, Fred Mcdowell, Robert Wilkins and others all have slide tunes. I've been taking lessons with Michael Messer, when he is available and can fit me into his schedule, and we cover both open D and G, which is as he mentions is a different approach.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 19:57:50 GMT
I find open D so versatile. I play in D major, D blues, modal scales/chords (which have great names, such as dorian, aeolian, harmonic minor,lydian,mixolydian - and many more). In G I play G major and blues, but haven't tried modal scales/chords.I've now got 3 14 fret guitars, so can put the capo on the 2nd fret to play open E and A.
Modal scales -
www.playdadgad.com/dadgad/ScalesInDADGAD.htm
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 20:23:26 GMT
Aside from the usual open tunings, nearly all my non-slide 'acoustic' stuff is in DADGAD. Some tunes sound much better for it, but some are impossible on it. TT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 20:31:35 GMT
Talking of impossible tunes, I love Pierre Bensusan. This YouTube video could be interesting (just started to watch it).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 21:05:51 GMT
One thing I know -- I've pretty much dropped Standard tuning for good! For blues, anyway, since it seems the styles that interest me most are played in open tunings.
When I first switched to open tunings, which was only late last year, I was alternating between Vestapol and Spanish, but found having to keep track of which song went with which tuning too confusing. I'm also quite lazy about retuning all the time.
Spanish (I like to tune down to F# or F, but often just stick with G too) matches my singing voice more closely, so for the last couple of months, I've pretty much stuck with that. I also really enjoy the sound of Open D songs played in Open G -- just drop down a couple of strings -- so I end up playing those songs a lot anyway, just "wrong."
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Post by slide496 on Jul 8, 2015 21:37:10 GMT
I keep a little computer generated list of key, pitch, which guitar I play the song on for each song and a separate list for the string set up for each guitar .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 15:56:52 GMT
I like threads like this because they inspire me to try out new things.... this morning, I retuned one of my guitars into Open D and had a blast playing...
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 9, 2015 17:21:54 GMT
I haven't played seriously in EADGBE tuning for nearly 40 years. Sometime around 1977 I started playing in open tunings and it's been downhill since then!
Shine On Michael
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jul 9, 2015 17:46:29 GMT
You want to try playing open D on your reso at home and then get called for a bass gig up the road at 30 minutes notice. 5 string bass tuned BEADG - bass chaos for the first number "I Saw Her Standing There".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 17:54:11 GMT
You want to try playing open D on your reso at home and then get called for a bass gig up the road at 30 minutes notice. 5 string bass tuned BEADG - bass chaos for the first number "I Saw Her Standing There". Did you use a slide too? TT
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