| Open D-tuning |
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Tune down the 1:st and 6:th string a whole step to D, compare with the 4:th D. |
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Tune down the 2:nd string a whole step to A, compare with the 5:th. |
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Then tune down the 3:rd string only a half step, compare the 3:rd string 3:rd fret with the 2:nd and 5:th string. |
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The Open-D tuning is very popular by many slide-players and it is used in many Rolling Stones songs. See also E-tuning |
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Check these |
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Jumping Jack Flash and Street Fighting Man by Rolling Stones |
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Dust My Broom and nearly every song by Elmore James |
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Dark Is The Night Cold Is The Ground, Jesus On The Mainline and Feeling Bad Blues played by Ry Cooder |
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Robert Johnson |
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Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell |