Alternate Tunings For Guitar

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1. Drop D Tuning D A D G B E
2. Double Drop D Tuning D A D G B D
3. ‘Dad Gad’ Tuning D A D G A D
4. Open G Tuning D G D G B D
5. Open D Tuning D A D F# A D (Like ‘Dad Gad’)
6. Open C Tuning C G C G C E
7. Open B Tuning E B E G# B E (Can be played Open D Capo 2)
8. G6 (Drop G) Tuning D G D G B E
9. Open G Minor Tuning D G D G Bb D
10. Open E Minor Tuning E B E G B E (Early Blues)
11. Miscellaneous Tuning D A D G B D (Early Blues, like ‘Dad Gad’)
12. Miscellaneous Tuning D G D G C D (Early Blues)
13. Miscellaneous Tuning E A D E A E (Country/Bluegrass)
14. Miscellaneous Tuning D G D E B D (Used by Chet Akins)
15. Miscellaneous Tuning E A B E B E (Praise)
16. Miscellaneous Tuning C G D G A D
17. Miscellaneous Tuning D A D E A D
18. Miscellaneous Tuning E A D G A E (B changes to A)

Producing the Various Tunings:

Standard Tuning: E A D G B E

Drop D:

  1. Lower the low E string to match D string.

Double Drop D:

  1. 1. Lower both low E and high E strings to match D string.

‘Dad Gad’:

  1. Lower both low E and high E strings to match D string.
  2. Lower B string to match A string.

Open G:

  1. Lower both low E and high E strings to match D string.
  2. Lower A string to match G string.

Open D:

  1. Lower both low E and high E strings to match D string.
  2. Lower B string to match A string.
  3. Lower G string one half-step to F#.

G6:

  1. Lower the low E string to match D string.
  2. Lower A string to match G string.

Open G Minor:

  1. Lower both low E and high E strings to match D string.
  2. Lower A string to match G string.
  3. Lower B string one half-step to Bb.

Open E Minor:

  1. Raise A string to match B string.
  2. Raise D string to match the high E string.