5 Tunings YOU NEED to know. Pros use them every day

[@alexanderednie1205]

Jack is the most underrated guitar player ever. A true monster

[@randallashe7353]

I totally agree.amazing.inspiring,great job.mastèr of a teacher.. best teaching video I have ever witnessed for guitar instruction. Standing Ovation in my book. I will definitely view more from him

[@randallashe7353]

Outstanding Style it makes you want to learn best instruction video I've ever seen honestly

[@randallashe7353]

He deserves more recognition I Will pass this along to everyone who are willing to learn more about guitar

[@JonNewquist]

I've been playing alt tunings for 40 years and I still learned new & helpful shit today. Thanks Justin!

[@ericleary5075]

Wow! I’ve been using drop D stuff forever but never thought about dropping the high E too! Really like that idea of raising the the G string a half step.. especially for slide! I’m gonna guess you have different guitars set up for these various tunings? Anyhow, thanks for the info! This video was worth it’s weight in gold!!!! Thank you!!!

[@jonalexander8935]

Worship lead player here. Thanks for your time and contribution to the guitar / music community... You have opened the door for SO much. Bless you and yours sir!

[@colinweaver7486]

Love simply tuning the high E down half a step to Eb and playing in the key of B.

[@vk3fbab]

Alternate tunings are great. It's like falling in love all over again. Taking what was once familiar and making it foreign. Forcing you to explore new voicings and fingerings. Don't be afraid. Experiment, make mistakes, have fun, learn and be creative.

[@jrmakawoody]

Always avoided messing around with alternate tunings but realized that I really like drop c and I never thought of those other easy ones. Thanks for giving some examples on how to use them.

[@keeppressingkeeppraising]

Thanks Justin… This and all that you share are appreciated, used and appreciated! I play southern gospel music, have my own studio and I’m still in kindergarten… a lifelong student thanking a Great Teacher! Thanks Bro… Johnny

[@Koffieleuter]

Thanks for adding the chords in captions!

[@RickyDunn-m6l]

I subscribed to your channel because of the song the Dad band sent you. Everything you said was spot on. Ive been playing and helped produce songs for over 40 years. Was nice to hear somebody that knows their shit. Congrats on your channel!!!!

[@brianmiller3287]

Fantastic! Alternate tunings have done more for my playing and more importantly, my songwriting, than any other single thing. You are knocking it out of the park with your content!!!

[@e.papascottcolvin7921]

Thank you Justin. I’m on the road traveling for work and your videos are very helpful. What is the process to get your awesome guitar sound on KZbin?

[@owlmeetscatofficialpage593]

Been using alternate tunings for 30 plus years, if not more. I always struggle with one guitar when playing live as I hating having to retune and I feel like I am wasting my punters time while I do it. I don't have the gift that some do that can chat while they tune. Having two guitars to take to gigs makes that easier, but also more of a hassle carrying the gear. In my studio I always have at least one acoustic and one electric tuned to open f, c#, OR D. It's so inspirational when you get stuck with song ideas in standard tuning. This is a great channel, glad I found it. Your tone is exquisite.

[@JonNewquist]

I feel your pain. I need a roadie, maybe I shoulda had some kids, they'd be in their 30s now. ;-)

[@georgepace7011]

Man, I could listen to you play all day every day. And that’s saying nothing about your teaching, which is top shelf. Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

[@LudyBronsema]

Why is it only possible to like this video once? I had so many moments in this video I wanted to give another like :) thanks Justin!

[@kjatexas3679]

Its easy to see why you're a top session player. Your playing is tasteful, pretty, and melodic.

[@FredEllsworth]

Hey buddy, thanks so much for this. Sitting here on my day off just thumbing through all of your videos. It’s like having you in my studio just showing off all your chops. Awesome! Thanks again.

[@rhymeswfamous]

Another understated video full of wisdom and honesty. Copping to your "misses" as part of getting to your "hits" is so enlightening and downright refreshing. Can't wait to play my F major song with open G chord shapes. Rock!

[@philf4086]

That's how The Beatles "Yesterday" was recorded BTW. It's a good one.

[@Fitzfish]

Some people tell me I'm a good guitar player. I'm like no.... You should see good. Just like this. So, so smooth. Love these videos!

[@HReadDavis]

Guess this was officially my intervention for overusing 10ths lol. Love this!! Was just looking for a little inspiration this week and this definitely added a new tool to the toolkit - even if it’s just bringing an extra guit tuned a half step down for some songs

[@seanemmettfullerton]

thanks Justin! ...yep, staying relaxed is HUGE! -it radically effects our timing, our groove, and overall finger technique on both hands :)

[@wooferdevlin3571]

Cool look, the amber light goes with the ES- which is a babe. I use 10-52s for D, 11-56 C, and 12-60 B, for stability. Try raising the the fifth string from A to B = open Em7 chord. Fifth fret barre is the 4th, 7th fret= fifth and so on. Raise 3rd string for maior- it's a hoot. Great playing- touch and feel. I subbed. ♫

[@vitalogy62389]

Fantastic stuff Justin! Definitely essential for anyone playing in a modern country/Americana setting. Another interesting and reasonably simple one is tuning the low E and A down to C and G respectively. That’s a John Leventhal trick to get some different ideas flowing.

[@JustinOstrander]

Man I love that one. I do all sorts of weird stuff. Open G but with a low C is another example. The ones in this video are what I thought would be the most accessible. Cheers!

[@Vern859]

@JustinOstrander Just to let you know, the scammers are attacking this post pretty heavy. You might want to check that out. Have a blessed day. 👍

[@tristanavakian]

Just love your playing. You can play anything, obviously, but you do the simplest stuff… and it sounds like epiphany.

[@JustinOstrander]

Thanks a ton!

[@Ekelemen2]

Freaking brilliant. I have not been that interested in alternate tunings or in tuning down until now. Now, I can't wait to try them out and see what comes. Really helpful advice all the way through. I know your main gig is not teaching, but you're really good at it.

[@bobloomis246]

Creative news ways to get out of the usual ruts we find ourselves in. Thanks!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Bonus effect you mentioned just quickly is vocals if you write songs you sing yourself - not sure why, but other tunings always = other vocal melodies for me. And you forgot the best benefit of all: Telling the wife you need more guitars for all those tunings! Ha ha... thanks for the vid... no response needed here.

[@JonNewquist]

Totally agree.

[@bruzrkgro-malog2953]

Love that point about removing tension from your body, very true. DADGAD is my favourite alternative tuning.

[@musicmann1967]

I haven't really messed with tuning except maybe droppedd D sometimes. That "other" dropped D is something I will IMMEDIATELY use. I can hear that in some of my songs for sure. (OKay, now I'm watching the rest of the video!! Haha)

[@MrHotPlate]

Your channel has become one of my absolute favorites, Justin. Keep up the great content and thanks for the effort and insight.

[@huddle01]

Hey there Justin. I am a composer with a bunch of underscore (around 300 cues) music on various tv shows. I have also been getting into more artist singer songwriter work over the last 5 or so years. I built a studio here in Arkansas a couple of years ago. My sweetspot seems to be building out a complete session to bring a writers song to life. Enough about my background. Just wanted to say ... I find your videos SUPER inspirational! While I have been tracking guitars for years you have truly made me want to take it to the next level. You are a fantastic player but more so your sensibility of knowing what the song needs or doesn't need is something I really enjoy. Playing to the song is something I have always embraced but with your help I am taking it to the next level. Thanks again and keep posting!!!

[@JustinOstrander]

Awesome!

[@peterlaws1653]

its great to hear a working pro talk about stuff, truthfully a lot of things go over my head but some things stick so thanks

[@Brooksberg]

Great lesson. Thank you Justin! Would love to see a pt. 2 on alternate tunings. Looking fwd. to your future lessons and courses.

[@slackeyeslim262]

Thank you so much! This and your Deluxe Reverb video have made my day. I feel like I've finally unlocked my amp and got a whole bunch of new ideas out of this video. Kudos, mi amigo!

[@drew699]

Great content. I love alternate tunings & nice to know what the pro’s get up to! More on alternate tunings at some point would be great.m cheers.

[@EdwardStariha-dr8jy]

Happy Friday. I stumled onto your channel yesterday . I am just hobby guitar loving guy with a lot of curiosity. Music for me is always an outlet for my fun time. You’re a cool teacher. Thanks for sharing so much experience. I’m looking forward to a couple of beers and some guitar playing. Have fun 🍻

[@portsideguitar1981]

Man, this is really inspiring. I’ve had a slide sitting around for ages and that G# tuning may just be the ticket!

[@Paul-lj3qw]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Justin. I enjoy your channel and content.👍✌️

[@BakerImageGroup]

This is great! Thank you. I always use Drop D but never knew about these others.

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

I love the open tunings, not that I'm very fluent in some of them. When you get to the next one, maybe you'll want to include (what I call) Low C tuning: C G C G C E . that's a fun one.

[@WTF-Cubing]

Hey Justin, wanted to say your vid with Brett Papa was a work of art! Been contemplating pulling a Joey Landreth and finding a tuning for slide I like and sticking with it, and I think double drop D is it (Open G has been my go to, but I think I’ll have more versatility with the drop D). I have one guitar in double drop C for that lower Landreth tone, and one in double drop D now, and trying a stereo setup between my Katana 50 MKII and my Fender Acoustic Jr. Go (full range acoustic amp for that beautiful low end). Running Ernie Ball Power Slinky’s (11-48) on the drop D guitar, and Cobalts (11-54) for the drop C. Love your channel, gonna be doing a deep dive into older videos now. Cheers!

[@scottemmonsmusic6001]

I have used a Nashville strung acoustic in dadgad tuning on records with a capo for super jangly droney parts, also the capo allows hammer on/pull offs to open strings regardless of the key. Also crazy tunings on an electric sitar speaking of drones.... Fun!

[@boldwinbeanbaker3033]

5:27 complete with the windmill arm... sounds damn nice to me (my generation). Cool and inspiring video btw as always

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

I’ve tuned down a full step for several years now and it’s awesome. Playing along with folks in standard is fun cause they look at me funny, lol then the question comes, how are you doing that? I just laugh, but some guys it really messes with em. Still fun though… 🎸🤓🌎☮️👍

[@ElektroHaus]

Hi Justin, 1st time watching your channel and I immediately hit the Subscribe and like after a few minutes in, great (and calm) delivery of the material and it showed me a few new tricks and reinforced some things as well. For me, DADGAD and double drop D are my favorite alternate tunings, and as you pointed out, once you are in double drop D, it’s an easy thing to go into open G by tuning the A string down to G. Also the chord shapes are very similar for DADGAD, Double Drop D and open G, so you can get familiar with all 3 of those tunings and have fun exploring and coming up with ideas that I would never have in standard E tuning. Thanks for the well thought out dive on this, I look forward to seeing more of your videos… 🤘🏼

[@edsterling5258]

Also: G up whole tone to A; B up half step to C. Try all of the above on acoustic. New songs will flow forth.

[@ministryinsong]

Awesome man and love the stories in between, def do the other alt tuning video. Thanks!

[@jeffsims3790]

Thank you Justin. This was very helpful, and I will enjoy trying these for something new!

[@Thomas-pq4ys]

Great stuff. Tremolo adds so much...Thanks for this.

[@ericmutschler3412]

Awesome! You definitely made me want to try alternate tunings again. Greetings from France.

[@benriddelluk]

Never thought about only changing one strings tuning besides the low E. Going to have a play around with this

[@schoech99F]

Thank you very much for the lesson.

[@danielguitarist7]

Man really great video Justin! So useful! I would love to see a whole video dedicated to talking about baritone guitar and iconic songs/parts that use a baritone.

[@michaeloneill8476]

I'll watch the vid later. My favs are standard tuning, open G or capo-ed A, Open D capo-ed E, Drop D, and C6, from lap still you almost can't mess up or find something you find tasty. DGCGCD is a tuning largely popularized by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, and it has an unconventional open-string sound. The most famous use of this tuning is “The Rain Song” by Led Zeppelin.

[@bleesal]

Thanks Justin, great teaching style.

[@BobcatOneManBand]

You were almost playing blackbird on your drop D tuning!

[@ronfrey5327]

Great Hey thank you for sharing those really cool ideas and SOUNDS.. You can almost hear the right female singers belting lyrics over some of those tunings the next greatest hit is right there we just need the next Linda Rondstat to step up and sing it. Learn alot from this channel thanks for the peek at how its done.

[@mikeg3660]

Super cool… so many new things to try. Thanks!

[@scottpickett9779]

Justin Perfect timing. I sat in with a buddy the other day and he plays in standard B. That got me curious about alternate tunings. Thanks for the lesson.

[@angelvox1603]

Thanks Justin. Another masterclass in guitar coolness.🎸

[@erikberg8352]

This was so helpful and inspirational, many thanks!

[@howardcoleman4748]

Makes full sound those tuning great for filling out the mix like gimmy page

[@wesking1]

Man, this stuff is so useful Justin! thank you. I have unpacked tunings 1 and 2 so far and I am already writing a new song with it. These types of videos are helpful to me if you are inspired to do more. -Wes King

[@dozerblade]

Love your video's, great information.

[@evo9860]

Well I’m gonna be occupied for the next 10yrs 😂. Really enjoy your channel Justin. I’ve been on the writing side of Nashville but never been around this side or at least from a studio musician point of view. Tons of valuable information and things I’ve never thought of. It’s nice having someone so open as yourself wanting to help others in such a competitive line of work. Really enjoyable experience every time I click one of your videos. Thanks brother looking forward to your next upload 💯✌🏼

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Another great lesson!!! Thank you Sir!!!!

[@ericgiova1663]

I learned a lot today, thanks...

[@loveguitars]

Hey Justin, Love your LESSONS!!👍👍👍👍

[@JustinOstrander]

Finally, right?! I know you’ve been asking for a long time!

[@loveguitars]

@@JustinOstrander Hey Justin, I love learning from you. Thank you! 👍🙏

[@Damdochax]

Great little tutorial really appreciate it thank you!

[@thomascurran9807]

Another Great video / demonstration! As usual, you keep opening 'new doors' for me and my guitar playing. Thanks Justin!

[@gute1970]

Awesome! And a bit of an eye-opener for me as I haven´t really practised any other alternate tunings besides drop d, for more rock/metal oriented stuff. What really caught my attention was the high drop d! Great voicings and I had to pause the video to try it myself. Thanks for all the quality content Justin! The content you provide is simply fantastic!

[@splashfizz]

Another great video! I play my resonator in open G, but that's as far as I've gotten. I'm definitely trying the double drop D. Thanks!

[@motsnrub]

amazing stuff. just subscribed. love these kinds of lessons.

[@RB-bp5ud]

Appreciate info, Justin. Love your videos. You’re awesome.

[@justfontaineband]

Loving your videos, Justin. Very cool and inspirational, thank you for taking the time

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Helluva guy sharing his knowledge and expertise. 👍👏95% keep a tight lid on it.

[@druwk]

Great post! The “other drop D” tuning, I like to call Top D tuning. I’ve been dropping my guitar to C# Standard…a la Tim Pierce at Song Bird museum, playing the Flying V. Like the sound, and the feel. I was playing heavy strings and it literally has made them “light”. I like the sound of the Drop “C” tuning in D Standard.

[@willjacobs4101]

Another awesome video. The Drop D stuff at the beginning is absolutely beautiful. Time to go practice more!

[@williamburns7580]

Another fine lesson...My fav alt tuning is Jimmy Page "Rain Song" open C tuning? CGDGCD

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

Great tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@Stratguy10NZ]

Fantastic lesson Justin - thank you VERY much

[@electronavalanche]

Excellent! Thank you Justin! I really enjoy your videos, this one especially!

[@jameshocking1188]

Awesome show . Im always exploring alternate tunings and you gave me more to jam on for those hot summer nights on the porch. Oh and i know about the tongue thing to 😂 Great channel keep up the good work!

[@ivankachkovski]

This is amazing, thanks very much Sir!

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

That was great! Jack has a video at Songbird where he tunes the Flying V down to C# standard. Such a wicked slinky growl he got out of that... and got me to keep one guitar like that in my studio.

[@Fattmerry2787]

Thanks Justin! This was great!

[@avalanche9026]

Lots of respect for you. Super player. Nashville guys dangerous on any instrument Haaa

[@bobrg1459]

Thanks for a great lesson!

[@gradyshawver7643]

Nice stuff, Justin. Thanks!

[@Tremolo100]

Justin, towards the end, "It's cool right?!" yes! This was a cool video - Justin - the channel really seems to be getting dialed in - nice job.I like the addition of the graphics reinforcing the tuning, chords, comments etc. --- super helpful! I learned quite a bit here - (the reason we come back!) - and really have not done much with double drop D or full step dropping - this was very insightful. Keep the lessons coming. I still wish I could get your tone!!! When you say the 10ths are being overdone - meaning a lot of songs have used the sound in your sessions? Would love to see a video where you are commenting on the current "Nashville sound" with an honest assessment.

[@highstreetjackmusic]

I think you've got me. I might actually try these.

[@michaelruegger4932]

Best video i ve seen about this topic

[@fredrikvrang532]

1st time finding this channel and I'm super impressed! Very inspiring stuff. And - obviously - a very talented guitarist with great feel. 🙂

[@scoffmantx]

this is such an inspiring lesson!

[@alafenetre81]

Thank you! A slide lesson would also be great :-)

[@EuropaMan]

Hi Justin, I just stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago and I am extremely impressed with your talent and down to earth approach. Excellent topics from guitar techniques, equipment and even health tips. I really enjoy your playing style and endless tips on recording and the methods you use. Love this video on tunings and can't wait to give some of these a go to add some different textures to my own songs. I would love to see you do a video on slide guitar. You have mentioned you use 10's and I'd love to learn more on your approach to playing slide with light gauge strings. Keep up the great work on your channel, I truly appreciate your time and talent.

[@kmacmckee2931]

Great stuff sir. Thank you.

[@philf4086]

Really helpful video Justin! I laughed at your tuning story. One way around that might be to put a clip-on tuner on your alternate tuned guitars. At least that way there is a visual. It works in my basement. I really like your double drop D. You've explained before about the possibilities with slide, really cool and eye opening. #4 caught me a bit off guard. I have played with the G tuned down by 1/2 step, but not the other way (without being in open E). One of my favorite alternates is open G (D G D G B D), the Keith Richards made famous tuning. I've got a Baja Tele that plays super in that tuning.

[@jodycopeland1]

Thanks this lesson was awesome

[@west4coast77]

Hey thanks Justin! Some great tuning ideas.... and never tried the double drop D before. These alternate tunings provide some inspiration for songwriting ideas. Appreciate it!

[@ryanmaroney4793]

Thanks Justin.