The Magic of Open G Tuning In 4 Simple Moves
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I think Keith got the inspiration from Ry Cooder, who worked with Stones (& Jagger solo, e.g. Memo from Turner). Cooder used All open tunings, to the point that when the album session was over, Keith reportedly gave Ry a hand written note that said,
"Hey Ry, here's a tuning I've found Really good....
E-A-D-G-B-E"
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When I first heard about open G tuning. I had just bought a telecaster copy guitar from a pawnshop. It was brand new. I put $20. Down on layaway. Got it out a few weeks later. Total cost $149. I first played it in drop D tuning. For a week or so. It just didn't feel right. So I played my other guitars. Thinking I wasted my money on that telecaster. Then I found out Keith Richards played in open G tuning. Once I got it tuned in open G. I tested it out. I was blown away 😮. I couldn't stop playing that guitar. I played that guitar all night. Till 3 am. It was so much fun that I couldn't put it down. To the point that I haven't played my more expensive guitars for quite awhile.
Cool story!
I always tune the bottom E unison to the fifth string G to give a thicker bass tone especially if using a telecaster
In a band in the mid 90’s.. We had a lead singer that could do jagger as well as jagger.. plus he knew all the words.. so I bought a custom shop tele with lace sensors and discovered tuning G .. that tele sounded so much like Keith that it opened up a whole stones set for us.. it was so much fun covering Stones and sounding like them and even looking like them with our singer.. all because of G..
oh yeah, no question, Start Me Up will catapult folk onto the dance floor. The other sure tune in the set list for dancing is Billy Jean - all about that bass line.
Were you guys based in NJ by chance?
@@philipcramer940 no North East Ohio. Cover band local did bars and private parties..
I just saw a black tele set up like that today for sale
Cool 😎
I’ve viewed numerous videos on guitar ‘open tunings’. This is a darn good one! Thank you!
Just the mere fact that the OG himself is still alive and creating is nothing short of a miracle,long live Keef!
Just as a point of interest, I cut an eraser into a block just a bit taller than the low D saddle. Then that gets pushed up under the string between the bridge and the pickup ring. So then if you happen to hit the low D it is totally muted.
Cool tip, thanks.
Brilliant!
Open G is rooted in old time country blues, typically they rested their right hand on the body to mute the low D and used to add rhythmic "chunks" while playing.
Do what Keith does and remove it !!
@@jimking3288 Yeah I've got one of those as well ;)
I wondered for 30 years what that tuning was that made it look so easy and quite frankly possible. Thank you for sharing this tip that I will use and enjoy forever! I cannot believe how easy this makes a ton of songs. I used the 2 E's to D tuning for many Neil Young songs but could not figure this tuning out to save my life! Can't thank you enough!
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Thanks Jeff……..just went and cut off the sixth string of my beat up Tele, tuned it to open G per your wonderful video, put a capo on the fourth fret, and taught myself in a half-assed way Happy and Tumbling Dice, my two favorite Stones songs. Thank you for your generosity. Subscribed of course……Best wishes and thanks again.
Awesome!!!
The open chords in this tunning are Magical because they are STACKED DIFFERENT 💓✌️
Really good lesson. Clear, concise and right to the point. I was also perplexed as to how Keith Richards was getting all those tones in his chording structures - until a friend showed me open-G tuning. My guitar playing has never been the same. It was like I was playing a standard guitar - then I was open-G tuned and playing a whole different instrument. Crazy!
Next time you are in a music store, pick up a 5 string banjo and treat yourself to a little Brown Sugar… Banjos are tuned to open G as well, so you kind of “are” playing a new instrument!
@@DaveGrandel I remember Keith backed Chuck Berry a few times, as well as a few more people. I would imagine in that instance he would revert back to normal e tuning ?
It’s hard to say… As said in the video, Keith plays only 5 strings instead of 6 making it pretty tough to play anything in Standard Tuning without losing the 6th string notes (pretty important “root notes” on that string…)
Now I finally understand how all those guys that you mentioned were doing this. Funny as hell. It was just a trick. It sounds so big. It sounds especially good with a Les Paul, running it like you are running it. Until youtube, we did not know how to run Les Pauls like we do today. I have heard some great Les Paul tones recently, and Tele sounds too. People seem to know how to run the amp a lot better than before. Clean but with break up.
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Rhythm in open G is all about finding a groove and almost being percussive.
Open G... Like it, love it, want more of it.
Spent a lot of my youth wondering where and how they got their sound, no one ever mentioned drop tuning, I suppose they didn't know about it ether. I'm old as dirt now so it don't matter any more! If only me and my friends would have had YT back then.
I found out about open G tuning and the Keith Richards chord about 3 months ago and since then I've learned 4 Rolling Stones songs I started off with brown sugar I can sing it and play it at the same time I couldn't believe it every guitar player should give it a try it's very easy if you're just the average player
As a keyboard player I'm going out and getting a guitar. You just made it easy for me. Thanks
Nice video. I loved that you kept it simple and stuck to the basics, and were very thorough. That's just the kind of thing that provides the spark to get players interested, where they will sit down and then start to explore.
I had a similar experience watching Irish players live and wondering "what the hell are those chords they are playing" avter talking to one after a gig, he opened the door to dadgad tuning. After playing around a little with it over the course of a few years, I left one guitar tuned to dadgad, determined to learn something. I'm still learning, but open tunings open your mind to be creative in a way you couldn't with regular tuning.
Thank you Tony!! I appreciate this!
Loved this Jeff!
Great lesson Jeff, thanks. I was always aware that the Black Crowes were big fans of this tuning but watching your opening jam it I suddenly see / hear that Bad Co were clearly fans too. I love Mick Ralph’s playing. Very inspiring! This is a great tool to come up with new song writing ideas. Thanks. 👍👍 oh, btw, stunning Goldtop! 🤘🤘🤘
Yeah, I instantly heard "Hotel Illness".
Faces, Crowes , didn't know about bad co. Have to listen more .
Use this tunning a whole lot..just love the sounds it makes.
Great quick take on open g tuning
Thanks so much for this great explanation of open G tuning and its relation to all those great Stones tunes!
Figure 4 was new for me. Nice vid. Thanks.
Fantastic video 🤙🏻
Great stuff! I love playing in open G.
Great video!!! Thanks Teacher!!!! 🤟🏻
Can’t you hear me knocking is absolutely my favorite stones song. Agreed.
Another great vid.
The biggest benefit I found of alt tunings is that I needed another guitar so could leave one in G tuning. Was a good excuse to buy a LP so could tune the Fender to G.
Best guitar instruction video in a long time.
Thank you!
THANKS, LEARNING MADE FUN.
Awesome video. Thank's man, I'm gonna start practicing right away.
This was perfect! Finally, after watching your video, I had an aha moment. I love open G I’ve been practicing slides, but I just didn’t know what I was doing really. I was playing those chords you were playing with a slide no problem and I was discovering on my own some picking areas, but this really helps me see a different side of it when it comes to picking and strumming it open G. Thank you! Thank you.
I will definitely give this a go. Thank you.
Jeff, the camera work + lighting make these videos AWESOME. Great job with the content - love the Keef stuff!
Thank you!!!
Instead of lowering the low E to D, try tuning it up to G like the one next to it. It prevents hitting bum notes
I use the low D all the time, that and I’m not crazy about bringing up an E string to G. But yes you are correct it’s a good option!
Liked and subscribed and notified !!!!
Great vid Jeff, love the edge of breakup sound 👊🏻👌🏻
yes! can't you hear me knockin' IS one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time!
Wow! thanks man. On holiday at the mo. Not near my instruments. So I have to keep myself sane with music tutorials. So thanks for the tips. When I get back home to Yorkshire I am on that. 57 still learning.
I feel that I'm currently in the dog house I bought another guitar and wifey doesn't understand lol I'm 54 and it probably won't be my last one lol
I had almost the same experience you had trying to learn Stones tunes in the late 60's and 70's. Like you I read in guitar player magazine about open G tuning ...was a big ah ha moment for me.
Genius explanation ⚡️
Very interesting, thank you!
Brilliant. Thanks you.👍
Supercool, thank you Sir.
Slack-key players of Hawaii have been using that since 19th C.
I decided to switch it up and try my hand at open G with Start Me Up then I saw this video, thanks so much, it's a lot of fun playing in this tuning!
Great stuff...thanks for unlocking that, Jeff! Yes, retuning live is a nuisance. Thankfully, with the Advent of so many really great guitars in the $300 - $400 range, anybody can afford to keep a guitar dedicated to open G if they really dig that tuning.
You are right about that Edward. I keep 2 Acoustic and 2 Electric in open Tuning. a 6 &12 string of each. They make budget Guitars so much better than back in the 1970's when I started out. I am surprised the Beatles never really did much in open tuning. Maybe Rain was. I play it in open G myself
Check out the Line 6 Variax guitars with open/alternate tunings all in one guitar and MORE! No need for seveal guitars tuned differently.
This is a fantastic video have a good weekend
Check out Kevin Borich Express playing "Going Downturn in A open
Greg Lesson. Thanks👍👍👍👍
The hat really puts it across! Nice playing mate!
Brilliant piece of teaching, well done!!
Thank you!!
Wow! I had no idea!
Thank a lot for uploading. Very well explained!
You’re welcome!
Love the Rolling Stones and Keith Richards!
Thank you for the really cool lesson… All the years I’ve never heard anyone explain open G the way you just explained it… Really appreciate it Jeff!
Doug from Denver.
I gave a like 👍 and subscribed!
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Status Quo “down down” great playing with the g tuning
Great lesson....thanks...
Good stuff bro! Thank you. I’ve played for 50 years and I’m just now picking up slide. I dig your teaching style. 🤘🎼🎸
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@@TNT-km2eg long story, I’m 62. A retired session cat from LA. I retired to Tahoe in 2017 with my wife. I was first call for Taavi Mote for ten years. I’ve toured everywhere and I have thousands of hours in every room in town. And I do play slide but I’ve never studied it. This cat has a great vibe and you’re never too old to learn. I won Hollywood Hotlicks 3 years in a row in the 80s at Gazzari’s. Now I get to woodshed in areas I never was able to. I was a working musician, I never had the luxury of lessons. I began playing professionally at 15 back in ‘77. However, my ignorance is stunning in all the forms I missed along the way. I’ve only been playing jazz for 6-7 years. I missed all that when I was young. I’m a high gain player and I’ve always loved Rod Price. Best rock slide player ever. And a hell of a nice cat RIP. We even share a birthday. And I’m old AF and slide will give me old mitts a day off😊 I had to go to 8s on my strats last month😂 hope you’re good! 🤘🎸🎼
Super Cool video. I always wondered how K.R. did those changes.Thanks for showing us.
thank you!
awesome video. very interesting. i tune down a whole step. not much to tune to open G. gonna have to try this out n get my stones on.🤔🍻
Great video. Open G is so simple it's genius. All those Stone tunes, and the Crowes borrowed so heavily and disguised by detuning a little as well. So much fun, so easy, made the Stones how much $$?? Ridiculous really...
Great video. Thanks
You’re welcome!
Thank you for your insight, very useful!!! JJ Guitars also...
Well that explains a lot! So excited to find this out. Many thanks! Subscribed! 😎👍🏻🎸
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A few very ‘Townshend’ sounding chords in there too - and he’s also been known to dabble in what I’ve always thought of as the tuning dark arts!
So simple with a big effect. Stoned again❤
Thanks! 👍🏻
awesome lesson... perfect pace.
Thank you.
This was an awesome lesson. I don't know how I missed this for so long. Thanks!
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You can thank Don Everly, of Everly Brothers' fame, for turning Keith Richards on to the G-Tuning. Don used it on the Everly Brothers' first hit, "Bye, Bye, Love", when he played that classic intro. He also used it on "Wake Up, Little Susie", and several others.
Great video as always. Can’t help but hear the black crows and John cougar in that tuning.
Sooo many tunes!!
Awesome video
Yes this is definitely one to have in your arsenal. That said it is quite limited. I play a couple songs in this tuning but I need more variety in chord voicings. Good video.
This is great!
You just gotcha another fan Jeff, shame I've got three Strats coz I love that beefy tone bro...Your hitting us with all that great Brit-Rock sound Jeff and thanks for some great info.
Yep. Its a cracker of a tuning. Wasy to use and so creative when you spend the time on it. So many applications and styles come flying straight out of it.
Much appreciated
Nicely done!
Thank you!
Great Job as always sir
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So cool, thank you.
@@JeffMcErlain. Is it a trip to Camden NJ?
Jeff, this is like you were reading my mind. Been playing Sticky Fingers on repeat and agree "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" is one of he best RnR songs ever. Been playing a lot in Open G on acoustic and also Open D (DADF#AD), which seems to be really similar. The last two moves here are definitely ones I will add to what I have been messing around with lately. THANKS!
Great minds!!
I have found an acquostic for £18 + new string costs, might give it a try as richer sound should come out of it
awesome thank you, liked and subscribed
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WOW! THX!
Eric Clapton uses open G tuning for slide on his 335, which can explain how different his slide licks were from Duane Allman's on "Layla".
Dang, thank you for that
Great lesson!
Thank you!
Open G, the tuning that just goes on giving!
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It was Ry Cooder who showed Keith Richards the Open G Tuning. Honky Tonk Women guitar tune was actually a Ry Cooder guitar expirement on notes.
I remember often seeing guitar players proudly saying they didn't need to retune for open G Stones songs and then sounding nothing like the Keith Richards parts. It's a pain retuning to an open tuning live (you need to find some space for it because of the need to retune a couple of times to compensate for changes in pressure on the neck) but it's so worth it. Rich Robinson is another person who made fantastic use of open G - in a pretty different style to Keith. And he'd often combine slide and chording in great ways.
Doesn’t sound right unless you retune!!!
Just use different guitars for different tunings.
@@nedim_guitar touring with multiple guitars can be prohibitive!
@@nedim_guitar That's not a small 'just'. There's cost, lugging, swift change-overs (I used to have a dual input box for this). There are pros and cons. Plus I also used Open D for slide. So... three guitars? It is a good solution. But it has a lot of downsides. For recent gigs where I'm so far only using standard and open G (which requires retuning three strings, unlike Open D) I've just been doing quick retunes. Multiple guitars can often be better but they're also an absolute pain in their own way.
For sure Rich is often very overlooked with peeps often focusing on the Crowes latest 2nd guitarist. He is a brilliant & inventive player 👍
Always worth having two (or more) guitars with both the tuning AND the change in string dia to complement the down tuning
Nice guitar, man!👍
Fabulous tone
Thanks!
Great line "I don't think Keith was thinking about that being Lydian". Personally, I don't think Keith was thinking much about any of this, except for "Mmmm, if I do this I can make some really cool riffs, very easily". He probably wasn't even thinking "Hey, I can build a career on endless variations of this and get filthy rich and keep doing it till I'm in my 80's!"
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Guess I’ll be playing some Stones tunes today ..👍🏼 the right way.! Thanks Jeff..!👍🏼❤️ ..and looking forward to your slide video…
Thanks man!!
I really like this. When I get back home (working out of town) I'm gonna try this out for sure. A Keith Richard's fan always.
Excellent!!
Open tunings were an AHA moment for me too. Good stuff brother.
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Believe that after all these years I just learned the right way to play Rock'n'Roll Damnation from AC/DC lol. Thank you for this video, sir. Cheers!