Top 5 Rolling Stones songs in Open G - beginner to intermediate!

[@andycrowley]

Who needs string 6 anyway? 😂 Get many more open G tuning lessons & song tutorials on my website, including this Keith Richards player study, including tab & downloadable audio jam track ➡️ www.andyguitar.co.uk/lessons/lesson-3-keith-richards-player-study/

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I have a Fender Mini Jazzmaster in Open G Terz Tuning which is actually like taking your regular Guitar, tuning it to Open E, and then putting a capo on the 3rd Fret.

[@gmtb8014]

It was a fine pagan and hedonistic sacrifice to vice, fast and dirty living, and the gods of Rock and Roll, none the less.

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

That low D is fifth inversion which most all country bluesmen used in staple alternating bass line

[@praketingrichraft6181]

Try tuning 6 up to G. You have a massive sounding bottom end with a little natural chorusing. It will not hurt your neck on the typical solid body guitar, and you can always tune it to D when you're not using it.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@praketingrichraft6181 How about Open E w/ a Capo on the 3rd Fret?

[@CraigHollabaugh]

You know by playing these classic riffs will add years to your life. Just look at Keith.

[@jeremyreid9582]

👌🏼 🤣😂

[@jimkelehan1366]

😂😂😂😂👍👍

[@zyighzag4050]

On sixth day, God created Eve. She looked around and asked: “who’s that cute apple over there?” And God answered: “him? That’s Keith Richard, don’t bother, he was already there when I arrived”. Everybody knows how it ended

[@jimkelehan1366]

@@zyighzag4050 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 good reply. Thanks for sharing!

[@MattieBennett]

This may be the reason why Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.

[@reggiecraze]

78 now playing in Open G (arthritis) More please 🥳

[@andycrowley]

Plenty more open g lessons available on my website, including this Keith Richards player study, including interactive tab and jam track download www.andyguitar.co.uk/lessons/lesson-3-keith-richards-player-study/

[@tedgartner1816]

I hear you

[@robertbrown7408]

Is it in the thumbs ? Mine is but I"m damned if it's gonna stop me playing 👍ouch !!😊

[@dratonbalat3423]

Today, I have "discovered Plutonium by accident." Im gonna dedicate one of my guitars to open G tuning.

[@rangerdoc1029]

Check out open F... When the Levee Breaks

[@FriesinNF]

After 30 years of listening to Malmsteen, Satriani, Vai . . . I realize, what a riff monster Keith Richard is. And . . . . They teach us „Friendship“. And the best, they produce and stay on stage nowadays. They made the Corona No1 Hit „Ghost Town“, love it.

[@Dan-mi7hn]

@@FriesinNF listen to jimi eddy prince keith and Chuck

[@andychapman3100]

These sound so much better in Open G - thank you !

[@cliffmitchell5451]

I love Can't You Hear Me Knocking. I'm a beginner and I've been fiddling around with this, it sounds harder than it actually is and it's a blast to play

[@kemosabe4320]

Agree open E is good for slide. 3 E's.

[@5400bowen]

Yes, can’t you is the best they did after Brian Jones, the only decent song they did after that. He left it out here.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

It's my all time fave Stones' song. Rocks Off is a great one too.

[@ELROCKETEER]

OMG... if i knew this or had youtube as a teen in the 70s i would be so good now...thanks for this one...

[@jesseregenauer630]

We play Little Red Rooster in my band sometimes. I have guitar tuned to open E with a capo on the 3rd fret putting me in open G. One of the other guitarists plays his guitar in open G. We dedicate the better part of a set playing different blues rock folk mix of music in alternate tunings. Years ago as a beginner on guitar I focused mostly playing guitar in open G. It got me interested in other alternate tunings and drew me closer to standard tuning. This was a GREAT video.....

[@chriscuthbertson4577]

Wow you’ve inspired me, when I moved to America I bought about 9 guitars, most just sat there idle, but now Ime gonna use 2 of them with the top string off and play like Keith Richards, Ime excited now, cheers mate 🇬🇧🇺🇸🎸👍

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

What I do these days is I tune my Guitar to Open E and put a capo on the 3rd Fret which gives me Open G Terz Tuning. It's a bit brighter than the Keith Richards 5 String Open G Tuning in the video (same tuning as a Banjo but the 5th String is 2 Octaves Lower than it normally would be) so it does add some high end.

[@konradgundel4247]

Addenda: I was meaning 5 7 7 6 x x for the same voicing tone-wise - its much more dull. I'm thru with open G and open A cos I need to do ONE thing right and not show off multi-multi talent like the kind of Jimi Page etc. but I got to admit the ones like Keith got it nailed in terms of sound clarity

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@konradgundel4247 So why not use 7-38 gauge strings & tune to Open G Terz Tuning (GDGBDG)? which is like as if you're playing in open e w/ a capo on the 3rd fret.

[@konradgundel4247]

Now I got you ! That would brighten up things. But hey, I aint no Brian May... need some meat and never mess with anything below .012 - be it acoustic or electric. Just think of slide guitar. But your approach is just right. Greets from Berlin, Conny

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@konradgundel4247 Anything below .012 is great for higher tunings.

[@konradgundel4247]

Thats right ! And how I Love some stuff in open B... think of Happy, think of Rory Gallagher (Sinner Boy etc). In that case for sure

[@antonchigurh3226]

Love playing in Open-G. These were great 👍🏿 Cheers 🥂

[@andycrowley]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@smokeless7774]

Open G gives a super drone to anything. Try Waterloo Sunset, Go your own way, No Regrets etc etc. Some minor chords are a pain but they're on the neck somewhere!

[@Dave062YT]

I'm a complete beginner but have 3 Teles (they're very moorish and each a different pick up layout)so 1 of em is now a 5 string .Great little tutorial cheers .

[@andycrowley]

Rock on!

[@green323turbo]

The Stones made such Joyous music. I always found them such a feel good band. Love the video

[@andybuchan9362]

Superb stuff. Learnt Honky tonk women and Jumping Jack Flash from your standard tuning videos. I shall give these a go.

[@donharper7972]

Hi Andy, that was a Great lesson I just tuned my second guitar to open G tuning today and since I was High School when I first heard The Rolling Stones, and Beatles I've love the music for years, Thank you very much,

[@cavecookie1]

I'm a Bluegrass banjo picker. I like the open G on guitar; so much easier for me to get the chords right, when they're like my 5 string!

[@chuckyjoe7526]

Fantastic, mate! I love hearing the Stones from players who know how to play the Stones!!!

[@jocelinoribeiroweizenmann874]

cant be more rock n roll than eliminate what you dont actually need and keep rocking one of the most cool riffs ever

[@davecooper5951]

Just getting into 'Open G' on my Takamine with slide. I'll now start to bring in the outside slide fingers and see what happens. In the band, we're only using this for "Rooster" at the moment, but, I can see other possibilities...... Thanks for the demo's !

[@Bettys_Eldest]

Have been playing Brown Sugar for a few years now, about time I tried the rest.

[@andycrowley]

Absolutely. If you can play that, you can play all of these!

[@stuartknowles8206]

Great video. My favourite riff in G from Keith is Tumblin’ Dice. I played in Stones bands for years and always loved playing that one.

[@GaryBook]

Sadly, a low E string was killed in the making of this video. 😢 You could have just tuned the poor fello to D. On Moonlight Mile, Mick tuned down to G. Basically a banjo tuning.

[@johnfox7913]

I saw an interview with Richards and he emphasised that the reason not to have the bottom string active was to make sure the root note of the chord is G. I have a Tele set up like him with 5 strings and I use my usual 10-46 set but move them up a notch so that the top string is 13 and the bottom 5th string is the 46. (a spare 10 is always useful for other guitars) There doesn't seem to be a lot of bending involved with Open G Stones songs so heavier strings work for me.

[@miloslavbritovic1012]

This is a great lesson for a beginner guitar player. In 15 minutes they could playing songs and building confidence. 🎉👍

[@kemosabe4320]

yes it did. 😁

[@bonannop]

There are a couple open G Classics on the new Hackney Diamonds record. Be great to see you demonstrate those.

[@chrissourp6807]

I heard that a lot of slide players tune to open G. I need to get out my guitar and play around with this now ... THANKS !!!!

[@therealfronzilla]

Just tune the top string from D to G. The first two strings are in G. It gives it an almost symphonic sound

[@artemikRus]

My favourite one is “Happy”, especially the live version from Atlantic City

[@glennsmith8390]

Wow-Little red Rooster I hadn't heard that in awhile. I'll be back in a few minutes-I have to go listen to that and I'll be back-what a monster blues number that is-great words and laid-back blues-wow-Thanks for the reminder.

[@garajplaz3513]

Thanks for this. I’m the bassist who sometimes has to play gtr and at the moment I have one tuned in open g. I know alll of these in standard E, but they definitely sound better in open G. Thank you for the tips.

[@lancevogel5153]

Finally run into an English-speaking person who pronounces "capo" properly. What a relief. Thank you. Excellent lesson too. Though I have done a bit of open E tuning, I've never tinkered with open G. More, please.

[@jmjrademakers]

I'm 66 years old now and proud I found out this tuning in 1972 as a 15 years old boy. 😊

[@scottmorrow9794]

Youre a geezer

[@mmonkssilva]

Keith Richards learnt this tuning with the brazilian violeiros, in Brazil. It is called "Rio Abaixo" or "Down the River".

[@andyinoregon]

I was age 14 when I first fell in love with the sound of slide guitar, courtesy of Brian Jones' playing on "Little Red Rooster." It was the first traditional blues song ever to top the singles chart in the U.K. I brought my vinyl copy of "The Rolling Stones, Now!" to school in the spring of 1965. When my 8th grade classmates heard Brian's slide guitar, they told me my record must be warped.

[@eddieburnett4062]

Great stuff Andy open G class

[@pauliedibbs9028]

Alas, the tuning that makes anyone into a rock star!

[@markallen381]

Brown Sugar, makes me feel so good!

[@hughanglin]

I love playing open G on my baritone ukulele as well. Thanks for a great lesson.

[@okum22]

Thank you mate,open g is amazing to play

[@bluearmy4228]

That was great! Always wanted to play Stones riffs! Cheers!🍻

[@edclearwater9891]

Great instruction, fun to watch and listen to. Thank You Andy

[@ArmandoMPR]

All those classic rockers from the Stones really capture a zest for life

[@illletmyselfout.8516]

Can't you hear me knocking is one I love

[@perkins1439]

Using some of the cords of start me up you can also play thunder island

[@jk-76]

My favorite Rolling Stones intro is "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". Same tuning.

[@WarrenAndrews-w5x]

Awesome brother from Warren Valuable lesson. 😎

[@jameslanclos568]

I love that guitar design and that bridge humbucker. Vola Vasti !!!

[@cychessboard5072]

Open G - What a great happy feel good sound

[@TravisBrady-wn8fr]

Your an excellent teacher thank you

[@a.c.4732]

Wowza Thank you matey - this was an absolute pot of gold !

[@mielazul3600]

Seen like a million Keith Richards tutorials informing viewers that he removes the sixth string. This is the only one I've seen where the teacher takes a pliers and snips it off. Hilarious. Anyway, really nice lesson. I use open G for blues and country rock, but you can also get some dreamier sounds. Hope you don't mind me mentioning Rosetta West - Deeper Than Magic (labyrinth version) as an example.

[@matiasdelcastillo7860]

for me tumbling dice needs to be in the list, is such a infravalorated riff

[@grahamboddy3353]

Thankyou Andy. You are a very dedicated tutor.

[@588bliss]

Brown sugar. Tattoo you came out when i was in high school. It was the sexiest album of the year by far

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

To anyone interested, Little Red Rooster can be played the same way in standard tuning, just don't play the A string.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

@@Heldotb I like it, it makes me sound like I know what I'm doing! It's a great riff for jamming and messing around with the G minor pentatonic scale, so a lot of times I just pull it out without actually playing that song in particular.

[@nickaxe771]

I am so jealous of people with your sort of tallet....amazing.....must be amazing to make those sounds.

[@anthonyjude8642]

Simple and awesome tunes. Thanks ☺️

[@EpiLover]

Great lesson Andy. Hands down Keef fave - Tumbling Dice. No question.

[@costa1434]

No doubt, Brown Sugar is the best imho. Well done mate. Greetings from [e-mail] and a big CIAO !

[@Ian_KH]

Thank you. I have a tele that sits in its case feeling unloved so I might have to get it out, trim the 6th string and give open G a go.

[@willieboy8798]

good demonstration

[@robertcooney1938]

Play the licks Keith plays on Honky Tonk Women. Oh, brilliant, you are doing the licks! 😊😊

[@matthewpocock4824]

Thanks for sharing this. I play these songs in standard E tuning, but there's some differences that just aren't right.

[@michaelmiddleton9726]

Just watched KEEF do this(again) on late night last week. This video is so good.

[@princepietrom]

Always Happy to be a Subcriber!!!

[@rickmelville2800]

You make learning open G guitar easy by letting us see your fingering and tones .

[@ThuderDuck]

Thanks for that insightful comment Captain obvious.

[@bargeyl]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@mickeymisa9350]

Fantastic. now I can play like Keith. ( in my dreams)

[@rainerpatalong8403]

Thank you for your good expaination

[@andycrowley]

You are welcome! What other RS songs would you like to see me cover? Let me know!

[@roypaat3896]

Thank you Andy for your lesson.

[@bryonmartin9221]

Fantastic! Just came across you and love what you're doing!

[@garajplaz3513]

Rick Beato has a cool video about this topic. Supposedly gimme shelter is also in open g. One day I’ll try it, but back to bass and vocals.

[@jeffriccio4658]

Love your stuff. I am a little surprised you didn't include the greatest guitar riff of all time, 'Can't you hear me Knocking'.

[@456012]

Is that in open G?

[@jeffriccio4658]

@@456012 that's how I was taught

[@Totem360]

Open G is the way to go, so easy to get the rhythm chops going. I agree, this is my fave Stones lick, sightly above Brown Sugar.

[@jimbrown3511]

Good teaching skills my friend.

[@andycrowley]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@andycrowley]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@BruceElliott]

Can't You Hear Me Knocking?! That's possibly the most challenging one, but it's worth it.

[@gerardgarbutt607]

How about a lesson on Hillside blues? A fantastic stones gem that is still pretty obscure. It's on KZbin. Apparently, it was cut a couple of weeks after Mick Taylor joined the band.

[@johnfox7913]

If you don't want to take the bottom string off, just try loosening it and let it flap, then tune the others as described in the video. It's not perfect but for those who can't justify taking a dedicated Open G guitar just for one song it would do the job.

[@skye7690]

I was just thinking tuning 5/6 to G but not sure that would work.

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

Thats what I do too. I only have one guitar so I don't have another for designated open G.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

The fact you can play sway in open G too so if you're playing along to the sticky fingers album you go to brown sugar and then you just go right into Sway And if you want to play happy you also play that an open G but you put a capo on fret 4

[@19del69]

Well Done

[@jmason61]

Be-ute-if-all.... it's like magic when early players learn alt tunings it's soo much easier

[@tmeyer2022]

Brown Sugar is my favorite.

[@johnkerr3547]

Thanks!

[@andycrowley]

Many thanks John! 🙏

[@m.c.740]

First, purchase or borrow a guitar. Second, practice practice practice. I started on my aunts old Martin acoustic @ the age of 9. 3rd buy new equipment! 4th practice again! 5th play it over and over again, until you get it right. 6th, you'll never be another Keith or Eddie etc. 7th, Keep Rockin'❤

[@Mr.Altavoz]

Have to agree... brown sugar is number 1... Alone the text is 😮

[@erickochheim1551]

Cool video ..good to know that tuning .thanks 😊

[@stefanopozzidj]

Great Lesson.

[@helenswinton]

Brown Sugar. Fab!

[@mikelarkin5674]

This is great!! Thank you!

[@baronvonwinkle1470]

Thanks Andy, great lesson!

[@sjin8896]

Very insightful, thank you Andy.

[@DansAm76]

Well done. Can't wait to try it out!

[@andycrowley]

Have fun!

[@stevebrown5253]

Nice Vola! I have one of those in “natural”

[@alanalmo5834]

Unless you are going to keep your guitar in open G mode, I suggest you keep the sixth string and keep it mute. The truss rod balances the string tension and by taking the thickest string out you will have an imbalance and the truss rod will move towards negative relief and buzz.

[@andycrowley]

This is good advice. I just cut it for fun really

[@MalcolmDoyle-e6x]

Wild Horses is another great Open G Stone's song.

[@schissgring]

You also can tune the E to a G so you have double G... that sounds better than tune it to a real open G tuning

[@aljustal6554]

If you're ready for a more complex open G tuning song to learn from a different British classic rock band, look up Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days".

[@deadlift65]

Good lesson and beautiful guitar (Vola Vasti).

[@Billsingsong]

I like you showing the card charts diagrams I wish others would do the same. Can you do some Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees his most popular open D tuning songs and again showing the chord chart diagrams

[@pieternanne4804]

Bedankt

[@andycrowley]

Thank you, very much appreciated! 🙏

[@5400bowen]

Tuning up to a note sets you up to have it slip out of tune at the nut or the bridge. Always go a little high and come down. Especially if you bend a lot.