Open G Tuning for Beginners to Advanced | Acoustic Guitar Lesson

0:00 Intro
1:20 Tuning to open G
3:40 A basic blues song you can play quickly
3:50 The chords I - IV - V
4:52 How to easily play any major chord in Open G
6:00 Creating the rhythm
7:34 The importance of smooth transitions
9:50 Motherless Child - Performance/Example
10:56 Using a slide in Open G
13:05 Walking Blues by Robert Johnson - Some tips on how to play
14:10 Walking Blues - Performance
15:46 Fingerpicking in Open G
16:44 Fandango - Performance
18:30 A couple of Rolling Stones songs played in Open G
21:00 Romeo & Juliet
22:30 Closing thoughts
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[@goravens18]

What a phenomenal lesson. Detailed, comprehensive, and a pleasure to watch. Truly a gifted instructor. Thanks 🙏

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@mikefink5847]

i'm glad I stuck w/ the vid all the way through to enjoy that nice 'R&J' cover... heading out to conquer...

[@Banjo362]

After playing 5 string banjo after all these years I just use open g on guitar play what I love on banjo such as Cripple Creek, Cumberland Gap, Oh Susanna, Skip to my Lou, Ida Red and many others. I playing without picks on my fingers because it has a nice more mellow tone and sound. I l know a lot of old banjo tunes on guitar in open g. I'm just gonna stick with that. Thanks this video really helped yours truly Ed Ljungdahl.

[@richardread8281]

Been thinking of open G tuning for a while now. You've convinced me to tune in. Thanks for the lesson. Nice and clear.

[@ficheye00]

Joe, you've got me. This has really helped me get over into another space as an older guitar player. Everything you said makes sense to me. Thanks so much. Subscribed!!!

[@davidfarr87421]

Your a great teacher and I am looking forward to seeing your videos every chance I can get I am 66 years old and I have been trying to learn how to tune my guitar For my beginner guitar I've got a Epiphone I think they have a great sound but I'm still learning how to play Thanks for sharing your videos with us all

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks David, glad you are enjoying the lessons. Epiphone are great guitars. Good luck with your learning

[@vinmat3558]

More great stuff here! Thanks again!

[@darioiglesias]

Great! Thank you VERY much. I am a songwriter from Uruguay and also a guitar teacher, so This gave me a lot of ideas to work with my students.

[@Mark-dx8rr]

It's a lot of fun and a whole new learning experience using open chord tunings. If memory serves me correctly, my first song using Open G was "Little Red Rooster".

[@jimmy_image]

The audio for your vocals and guitar sounds really good. Thanks for the ideas !

[@beccaschroeder7955]

Been playing for 40 yrs and always over thought how to play in open G, you opened a new world for me. Thank you!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for posting Becca 🙏

[@Tom_Emody]

I play blues with open g. Also some gospel and rock. I just make it up. I don’t know how to describe it. I’m musically illiterate. But I do have soul.

[@rawlelowe7021]

great stuff joe i love it that helped me a lot joe thanks

[@biopollux]

Great video!! I’m from Brazil and just watched this video. English is not my language, bit i could understand you perfectly. You don't speak fast, so it helps a lot. The first time I “heard” about Open G was last year, reading the Keith Richards' biography, where he tells about it! That was amazing to learn! I have never heard about before. So i tuned my guitar and came to learn how to play some of the Rolling Stones songs. It was incredible to see how was different and easy. Now i'm here to learn more about it and learn other songs. Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👏🏻

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@careyw3161]

Thanks so much. Great lessons, very clear and understandable.What I love about the guitar is that there is always something new and different to learn, and you have reminded me to keep exploring other styles, tunings, etc. I'm inspired to add some open G tunes to my repertoire.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Carey for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@andreaseickhoff6024]

Absolutely great! More than 30 years I tried to check out the secret of Romeo and Juliet. You´re so GREAT! Thank you! so much!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Andrea for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@burt5070]

I love this lesson! Thank you so much!

[@markgreene3842]

Very good introduction lesson. I’ve never heard of you before today. I’m very impressed & I definitely have skills to pick this stuff up. I subscribed & liked. Thank you!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Mark, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@GrayT1]

Just trying this tuning out for the first time glad I found this video and your channel.

[@ChrisMcDaniel1]

Thanks! i love the sound of Open G and your lessons. Most everyone just cover how to do the tuning, but I really like how you show how to play with the tuning. thanks again

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Chris

[@joebond5012]

A great tutorial Joe, many thanks.

[@bonzo1928]

That was a great lesson Joe!

[@lounettamalakuskie6484]

gona try it , thanks

[@TheRuralGardener]

thank you so much .. I tuned to open G earlier this week and then came across your video. Totally inspired me to continue to practice my finger picking acoustic and electric for the Stones classics. Just subscribed .. really appreciate you sharing sir.

[@cbarrow4443]

Thanks so much for your great lessons. Your explanations and tips are greatly appreciated.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thank you 🙏

[@Whatsamattau2]

Thx much. Great teaching approach.

[@Kevboy888]

Nice job. Open tunings expand the vocabulary of the musician. Led Zeppelin III took me forever to learn, but it was worth the instructional value into open tunings.

[@jt66radioguy4]

Thanks for an excellent introduction lesson to Open G. I found it very interesting and helpful…. I’m definitely going to be experimenting with Open G & D now…

[@paulmaartensphotography9950]

Really helpful mate thanks!

[@tonyturner9146]

Joe... Ive been playing guitar for 40 years just to entertain myself. Im not bad but always enjoy learning new stuff. Just ran across you today and really like the way you put the hay down where the aheep can eat! Good job! I look forward to checking out more of your videos. Your style is soothing and encouraging. Exactly what i like.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

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[@grahamewebber4038]

You’re a bloody gem Joe. Thankyou.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

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[@lynnglidewell7367]

Very good. I've played guitar 60 of my 70 years and only played open tuning less then half a dozen times. Even then it was only experimental and went right back to standard tuning quickly.

[@MysteriousResearcher]

Great teacher.

[@baynesstreetblues]

Thank you Joe. There is no shortage of online guitar tutors plying their trade, but I really enjoyed your relaxed and encouraging style of instruction. Have a 🎉🎉🎉

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks David, maybe you would consider subscribing to my channel if you haven’t already?

[@baynesstreetblues]

@@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons I have Joe - thanks.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

🙏

[@jeffjohnson7381]

Love your lessons and your style of teaching…please send some more open tunings and slide blues songs this is great and exactly what I want to learn with blues playing 🎸🎶

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Jeff, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@MrAllan9]

I'm a bass player but like banging on the guitar as well, I heard about the open chords a while back but it didn't spark my interest, until now. I can't believe all the enjoyment I was loosing out on, I will get right on that, Thanks.👏

[@genuinsanity]

Well done , you are good teacher and the tunes are very kind to the beginner . Thank you for taking the time to share .

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

My pleasure!

[@DanFarrellmusic]

What an utterly brilliant video. Cheers Joe!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Dan, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@Beasley1951]

Great stuff!

[@goldenglowladore3842]

It's my 1st time watching your channel and this video. Im fairly new to guitar playing but I'm loving it and have calouses 😊😊. I'm going to love the versatility of styles (using a slide, etc) while in open G tuning. When you were barring the fret, I was a bit confused. I couldn't see if you also were playng/ holding down other string. If it was just barring; yay... super cool and easy. Thank you!!

[@denisechetty4019]

Just subscribed to your channel. Very good tutorial! 👍😃

[@beccaschroeder7955]

Great!

[@robpetoletti826]

Good lesson, thanks!

[@woodycrabtree5096]

Great video Joe got me hooked thanks,,,hope you do many more

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Very welcome Woody 👍

[@tflstr557]

good teaching. Open G tuning. I want to inderstand the chords up and down the fret board and play slide.

[@sammieb5263]

Outstanding lesson I just happened to stumble upon while bouncing around Open G tuning pages. I've been looking at some slide guitar, this snippet really caught my eye. I did register at your Patreon page. Let's go !! 🙂

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for your support Sammie, that really helps 👍

[@gerryedwards523]

Well now that is refreshing. I have been playing in open E and D but there is a subtle nuance in the open G that I really like. Thank you Sir for a new thing to try. Living in Nashville it is always good to have a different sound. Cheers. Gerry.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Gerry, I'm hoping to come to Nashville later this year

[@motorsport32cw]

Mate that was great. You have a new subscriber cant wait to learn more slide stuff

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Welcome aboard!

[@freddielee8500]

First time viewer from America. You have a great teaching skill. Easy to understand and I’m gonna try some of these ideas.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Fred 👍

[@RonHicks]

Thanks Joe, I really needed a break from what I've been doing on the guitar with standard tuning!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Welcome Ron thanks for posting

[@chanbayless9213]

12:20 Great lesson, Joe. Thank you. 12:45

[@liambradderz6501]

Excellent lesson joe keep it going

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Liam 🙏

[@massimilianomaldini2238]

Fantastic lesson thank you

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@kevinbridger2989]

Absolutely brilliant lesson 👏

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Kevin, glad you enjoyed the lesson

[@jas2819]

Good stuff. 👏👏👏👍

[@dennisk5082]

Great stuff Joe. Keep up the great work!!

[@JLH1956]

I did enjoy that.

[@lylecarlsonsurfboard]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@MrJasdog107]

Great lesson shows how to get that real blues feel .

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Hey thanks James 🙏

[@mikebeaumont7558]

You’re killing me

[@felixflatterer6646]

wow joe this is a cool video you are a cool guy and your teaching style is also cool. thanks a lot

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Felix for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@unclesalty7778]

The Keith Richards tuning!

[@TeddScheckler]

Who?

[@PD-jj4fo]

I believe it was Gram Parsons who showed Keef

[@patrickoneal3498]

Keith said it was one of the Everly brothers.

[@seanogrady1762]

Blues guys in the 20s and 30s, who Keith loved, played in open g a lot

[@jonbigg7385]

The Myles Kennedy tuning

[@downtownbluescoffeeliveshows]

Good show man.

[@Megzamani]

Thank you very much. I just got a new guitar today. Finally found a chambered godin .

[@droidman80]

Great Video

[@paulbanner9612]

Great lessons Joe ...👍👍👌

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Paul

[@kenschachsieck1357]

Hey Joe, great job on this video! I'm sure you could spend hours going through and teaching all the songs you know in open g tuning..keep up the great work, it's appreciated!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Hey thanks Ken

[@isaachunt7107]

"Hey Joe" lol... nice!

[@robertalan2427]

Well done nice touch

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Robert

[@ambroseharper8316]

Excellent video 👏

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment Ambrose

[@Tom_Emody]

I like you Joe. I am Tom. May all of your lifetimes be filled with music and playing of music.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

I like you 👍

[@bobkavanagh9885]

Thanks Joe, I've learned so much from your videos, you're a natural teacher. Will be practising on the open G tunings. If I'm playing with others can they stay in normal G C etc?

[@tercharles2985]

A Great Music Teacher/Person!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Ter for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@Tom_Emody]

Your singing is really nice.

[@matthewcritchley1214]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Matthew, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@matthewcritchley1214]

I will definitely check it out, thanks again.

[@johnsugden1073]

Enjoyed this…I have a short index, severely bent middle finger due to arthritis and so I play in Open G. I find this tuning great and manage to play in care centres 60s/70s stuff and sing…i think you can adapt most things to this tuning. Ely chord website is a great chord finder tool I use. Loved your video

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for posting John 🙏

[@Beasley1951]

Thanks!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thank you so much

[@ronchapman6294]

The strumming at 8 min, is the beginning of Squeeze Box by the Who..... I had no idea it could be played in Open G. Thanks

[@drespo-oe9hr]

Thank you, that lesson was so good! I just ordered a 12 string and am anxious to attempt G tuning with it... I'm guessing it should sound pretty nice!

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Once you get that guitar in your hand track down the “Armadillo” album by the great Leo Kottke. There are a number of things in his catalogue that are performed on 12- string in open G that are actually very easy but wonderful fun to play. “Watermelon,” “Machine Gun,” “Up Tempo,” “Easter in the Sargasso Sea,” etc.

[@drespo-oe9hr]

@@danielschaeffer1294 Thank you Daniel. Yes, I had the wonderful opportunity to hear Leo in person when he performed at the State Theater in Easton, PA. He was truly amazing! Thanks for the tips on his Open G tunes I will certainly give them a look.

[@grahamlloyd]

Thanks Joe, been playing now for 60 years, still learning new tricks, your videos are great.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Graham for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@LichtenfelsAndre]

Klasse, herzlichen Dank für deinen schönen Content. Beste Grüße aus Deutschland 👋

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Andre,for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@markgriffis8304]

Hey Joe, another Great video, especially for the Open G tuning. I’m looking forward to learning the song you pointed out however, I couldn’t find Romeo and Juliet. Thank you sir, Mark

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Romeo & Juliet - Guitar lesson - Joe Murphy kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaq6YoZje8ukgc0

[@markgriffis8304]

@@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons Awesome Joe!!! Thank You.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Just in case your interested Mark I have a Patreon page with a ton of exclusive: www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@cartermac64]

Impressive!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Carter for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@maxstrebel1801]

Danke!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Max, for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@carlmalmberg]

Thanks! 🙏😅 Was almost at the point of trading away my soul at the crossroads...

[@penjala-man705]

Super

[@chriszinho3401]

Nice lesson, very nice voice, too

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Chris 🙏

[@shawneaton4431]

6 months ago this was a foreign language to me. Things are making sense to me on guitar now. Some people don't learn the fretboard before they learn to play. I recommend drawing a fretboard on a good sized piece of paper that you can see while your practicing. you'll find every note on the board pretty quickly. use a power chord shape on say like all of the E notes up and down the neck. not all of them will sound good together mix it up and try rephrasing. once you can move around the E's, try the D'S. As you advance more, change to more of a bar chord shape, try different root notes(chords}. go from major to minor by lifting your 2 finger on and off the g string (3rd string in standard E tuning). Learn chord shapes also you can move them all around the fretboard. they sound awesome too! Good luck !😀

[@tefenstrat]

I have to admit for me being an advanced player, I almost turned this off...no offence meant, but then you did walking Blues your video made it all worth it !! Plus you did a great job singing it....Thanks Joe !

[@stevemurrayphotos]

Great video, thanks Joe !

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks, Steve

[@brandonbeach2141]

Your voice is very soothing. You would do good for voice-over work too.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thank you

[@larryrwright]

Another Stones one - Wild Horses. Cheers

[@steenstry]

Great video! I like your style. I'll be back!

[@StevieScotty19]

I learned open G tuning through being a big black crowes fan,Even open E tuning which they use,

[@john-brady]

Totally excellent - very informative and educational, thanks - good job !

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. just in case you are interested i have a patreon page where i have lots of exclusive content. here is link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons

[@lilmike2710]

Check this out. . 😊 I've been playing guitar 35 years. Mind you I started playing WAY before KZbin existed. And I've only known about "open G" since I stumbled on a "how to play like Keith Richards" video a couple months ago. It blew me away and I've been kicking myself for not having already known about this.. anyway, I've been tooling around with this wonderful tuning and was at home noodling around on my SG and decided to grab my strat that I had tuned to open G and started playing... And my wife actually walked in the room because she thought I had someone else in there playing guitar. 😲 She said she'd never heard me playing anything like that and thought it was someone else playing a guitar. 🤣 😏 And I've just realized how old I've gotten.😕

[@Newfoundmike]

Open g sounds great because of how the chords are stacked.I take off top string off

[@marcelovelasquez3953]

What a great lesson!!!

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks Marcelo I appreciate your feedback

[@marcelovelasquez3953]

@@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons I am a faithful follower of yours from Bolivia. Thanks to you I learned many techniques, and I improved a lot in my way of playing the guitar.

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Thanks for following, I'm glad the lessons have helped you. Did you know I have a Patreon page where I have many exclusive lessons ? Here is a link www.patreon.com/joesguitarlessons it would be great to have you join us

[@rossi6113]

Nice one Joe thank you. (a hint of Scouse there perhaps?)👍

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

You got it Rossi, glad you enjoyed this one.

[@rossi6113]

@@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons Same here mate. Cheers Joe.

[@fredve3984]

Great lesson Joe! Thank-you. Anyone know what kind of guitar he's playing?

[@JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Hey Fred it's a 00028EC by Martin

[@josephdelagarza835]

Romeo and Juliet is great

[@leogibson3450]

Great lesson as part of the full series on Patreon.