The Doors Slide Guitar Tuning

Slide guitar can be played in standard or open tunings and each has its advantages and disadvantages.

The doors slide guitar tuning.

I said you buy one anyway you get the point. To get there you need to tune the guitar as follows e a e a c e low to high. It s like you buy one you get one free. If you have your guitar tuned to open g there are two ways to get to open a.

Open d tuning is a great open tuning for slide guitar giving you that swampy vibe. When playing particular music types it s often easier to tune your guitar so that chords are played instead of individual notes. Below are five different types of open tunings open d open c open g open a and. With a interview of ray manzarek organist for the doors.

Allman and trucks widely considered to be two of the greatest slide players ever have mostly preferred to play slide in open e tuning which is spelled low to high e b e g b e. It s a d major chord. Learning the various different methods to tune for slide guitar will give you more options to let you suit the tunings to your playing style. Robby krieger of the doors plays slide guitar.

Either tune every string on your guitar up a whole step or place your capo on your open g. D a d f a d low to high hint. This is our most popular guide and it will improve your chord ability quickly. The august issue of guitarist magazine onsale now features an in depth review of the new very cool gibson robby krieger sg vos meanwhile the doors legendary six stringer took the time to shoot the breeze with guitarist about his signature instrument the guitar loves of his.

The above video is a good example of a slide guitarist making a great sound come from a standard acoustic guitar not a resonator guitar. This is done using open tuning. Learn 12 beginner friendly versions of every chord. You just drop the low e 6th string one whole step from e to d.

With this tuning the guitar s open a d and g strings are tuned up to b e and g. Sometimes playing your guitar in standard tuning just isn t enough. Open g s higher strung sister open a slide guitar tuning. The most common open tunings for slide guitar playing are open e d g and a.

Drop d is a popular tuning for slide guitar that s easy to tune.