How To Play Blues:Open Guitar Tunings - Fingerpicking Blues Guitar Lessons

Playing guitar in open D tuning opens interesting possibilities. For example, it isn't necessary to hold down the bass E string when playing a D chord - a deeper bass gives the guitar a low down, bluesy feel but also lends itself to ragtime picking.  The acoustic guitar lessons in this course explains how to tune down to open D tuning and open G tuning , and presents several videos teaching a variety of songs in these open guitar tunings.
 
             Open G guitar tuning is of particular interest and we take a look how Robert Johnson, King of Delta Blues Guitar used it to create songs such as Walkin' Blues and Crossroads. 

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