Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for the American Museum of Natural History Having introduced 5 chord shapes for DADGAD tuning, let's turn our attention to open D (aka D A D F# A D). As with ...

exploring the world of open tunings on acoustic guitar can either be a goldmine of inspiration or a minefield of frustration. Many of us have tried a little drop-D, or maybe DADGAD in search of new ...

Open E tuning is essentially Open D tuning, two frets higher, and so licks in one of course translate readily to the other - but it deserves attention in our roundup here because of its appeal to ...

The acoustic guitar remains one of the most ... In case you haven’t already guessed, the add11 (D) is our trusty open first ...

Guitar maker Gibson has a history of innovation. The company is responsible for the Humbucker pickup and the legendary Les Paul electric guitar. Now it is selling the Self Tuning Guitar, which ...

Joni Mitchell favoured Open D tuning, and her example inspired Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, which stands out, in part, because of its voicings. Guitar nerds would point you towards Leo Kottke, ...

In 1856, the year the war ended, Worall composed a tune called “Sebastopol: A descriptive fantasy for the guitar,” a simple melody played in “open D” tuning. The tune was meant to evoke ...