So glad that Nick Drake was included. So under appreciated and so many beautiful songs
@benbellomy92745 жыл бұрын
"What does 'Sweet Child O' Mine' sound like in the New Standard Tuning?" King Crimson. It sounds like King Crimson.
@EpicStuffMan10005 жыл бұрын
meaning this video wont exist in a couple days
@quintas665 жыл бұрын
It sounds a lot different than the King James version.
@thelastrebelshow16274 жыл бұрын
Ben Bellomy Who cares?
@lukehunnable4 жыл бұрын
Now we know how he got his sound. Crazy tuning and then just played all the cliches on it. Result = weirdland = King Crimson 😂
@averyweissman40934 жыл бұрын
@@EpicStuffMan1000 Its still here!
@joro41294 жыл бұрын
The Nick Drake tuning is the “Pink moon” tuning.
@TheBalloonHoax4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't even play any chords in that tuning...just strum the open strings all night long 🤤
@ulricvoncatalyst15075 жыл бұрын
As ever, Nick Drake wins the day. So magickal, even an open strum sounds sublime.
@kylewalker90624 жыл бұрын
Love Nick Drake’s tunings. He also played in BEBEBE tuning for “From the Morning” and “Northern Sky”
@traviscarver4708 Жыл бұрын
From the morning is such a beautiful song.
@deanarberman29856 ай бұрын
he also used that tuning for time of no reply
@MadTracker4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the inclusion of Nick Drake. A creative genius, near impossible to replicate.
@johnduval4825 жыл бұрын
Brilliant comment at the end and so very true. Put the guitar in a strange tuning and just start exploring. That’s how I started almost sixty years ago. I played for nine months in an open “A” tuning before I came across a guy who showed me what standard tuning was. I thought he was crazy. LOL
@markferguson37455 жыл бұрын
Learned in non standards, & still never use E Standard.
@yobhsiFehT5 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! lol BOTH of you! 😄
@euronam7985 жыл бұрын
I started in C# standard and B standard. Just screw around until you find something good.
@ClichéGuevara-28145 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite tunings is what Jimmy Page used on the Rain Song : DGCGCD
@stratdude835 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@ClichéGuevara-28145 жыл бұрын
@@stratdude83 ...and of course, Keef's Open G. Likewise Ronnie Wood with the Faces and Rich Robinson.,
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
@@ClichéGuevara-2814 Those are relatively common open tunings, though, along with open E and A. Open D is pretty common (first in the video), too, especially for disciples of Elmore James and the Delta Blues masters. But I think Joni Mitchell used open D in unique ways.
@ClichéGuevara-28145 жыл бұрын
@@larrygeetar9309 I completely agree. I think Joni should have multiple eponymous tunings.
@jackbenson82284 жыл бұрын
same. very much.
@guidedbyvoices232 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the nick drake, and equally thankful for the Mayfield, such a huge influence on so many great guitar players
@claudevieaul1465 Жыл бұрын
Alternative tunings are great! So inspiring 😎👍 My fretless bass is tuned in fifths (low A, E, B, F#), my acoustic has the Nick Drake tuning, and an electric uses Fripp's New Standard Tuning but I'm at a half step lower, as that is literally a lifesaver on your high string! 🤣🤣🤣 Fifths isn't too difficult to get your head around, people have used it for ages when playing drop-D for instance 😉 I was used to it already anyway, as I also play cello and Chapman Stick...
@geraldfriend256 Жыл бұрын
So is there a standard Chapman stick tuning in fifths? I always heard it was guitar standard bass standard but backwards? Educate me please
@studiodsr2 жыл бұрын
Love the tuning from The Cure’s “Open” G-Bb-F-G-Bb-Bb 👌👌👌
@zibro63795 жыл бұрын
Hey Joni, put it all behind you , Hey Joni, now I've put it all behind me too...
@sampopkin5 жыл бұрын
Nick Drake- yes! Also should check out Tallest Man on Earth
@selfishgills81935 жыл бұрын
Sam Popkin I had the same thought. Love his alternate tunings + capo on top.
@heathkish69015 жыл бұрын
Sam Popkin I couldn't agree more to both of those statements! Have you heard his cover of Bird Flew By?
@yobhsiFehT5 жыл бұрын
This is possibly my favorite Reverb video ever. I honestly don’t remember how I got into alternate tunings (I think just fiddling with the tuning heads and growing up on so much blues 🤷🏼♂️), but I’ve found more and more of my very favorite musicians over the years have gone down this road. Keef, of course, Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell as you mention here, Richie Havens. No shortage of these sorts of pure explorers, and as Joe touches on, there’s something very *essential* (in every meaning of the word) to music in just stepping into the unknown and being led. Love it, love it, love it! 😄❤️
@adam8725 жыл бұрын
I love Fripp's tuning because I come to the guitar from the piano/keyboard and it makes so much sense in terms of layout. I would have had a much easier time learning guitar had I started with new standard tuning. It would have sucked for learning other people's music, but great for exploring compositional ideas of your own (Sweet Child 'O Mine sounded hilariously like something from Larks Tongue in Aspic and not GNR). I also really liked Joni Mitchell's tuning too. BTW that Taylor sounded beautiful.
@drewsleyy38365 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge fan of the tuning John Mayer uses for "In Your Atmosphere" and "Something's Missing." For those interested, it's E B E F# B E
@georgefromgreece41194 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that! God bless!
@willzay19544 жыл бұрын
Andrew Weitz I’ve broken trying to tune up to that lol
@SuperLimpio20125 жыл бұрын
Pavement, Sonic youth, led Zeppelin...
@sassulusmagnus5 жыл бұрын
+ My Bloody Valentine
@euronam7985 жыл бұрын
Sabbath
@jaschul5 жыл бұрын
Sonic Youth, sure...if you want the video to be three hours long
@arunak67834 жыл бұрын
Led Zeppelin used alternate tuning
@MozTheBoz4 жыл бұрын
Pearl Jam & Soundgarden
@lalberts5 жыл бұрын
The Fripp tuning is a “modified” cello tuning. Lots of fun.
@TM-li6jr5 жыл бұрын
great video, vestapol (D maj), cross string (D min), and the Drake tunings are in my top 5 tunings. My favorite however, is Guy Clark's tuning. Capo every string on the 2nd fret, except the low E. This allows you to play drop D structures (in E). What makes it better than drop D (besides not having to actually touch your tuning pegs), is being able to still play open G, as well as every barre chord.
@wilky11895 жыл бұрын
I have my seven string tuned to CABBAGE
@KieraQ03235 жыл бұрын
Ha! That's hilarious. How does it feel? Is it easy to navigate?
@xmillion17044 жыл бұрын
That works great for krautrock!
@nomis2044 жыл бұрын
Good for shredding?
@MUFFINHEAD19854 жыл бұрын
@@xmillion1704 hahahahahhaa
@angelcastellanosmartinez24124 жыл бұрын
Garbage?
@deeganw.89775 жыл бұрын
I use a LOT of alternate tunings (mainly open tunings). But my faves are DADF#AD (Open D), DADGAD (Dadgad), CGCGCE (Open C), DADF#BE (D6/9, I think?), EADEBE (Idk if this tuning has a name, but its a tuning I picked up from Ed Sheeran), and my all time favorite, DADEAD. Idk, I just love alt tunings.
@deeganw.89774 жыл бұрын
update: found a new fave: FACGCE
@alantracy6757 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Do you have loads of music stands ?
@noahschenck67155 жыл бұрын
If you all want some crazy tunings, check out Tim Collis from TTNG. Partial capos, switched G and B strings, you name it.
@ollietodd48455 жыл бұрын
Midwest emo / math tunings FACGCE FACGBE DAEABE DAEAF#E DADF#AD To name a few
@edclectic15 жыл бұрын
How about Tom Rush!!?
@meow77914 жыл бұрын
one i made up: DAEG#BF#
@danross1462 ай бұрын
Great job! Very enjoyable video! One word of caution to anyone new to open tunings. When re-tuning from open G back to standard, tighten the high E string VERY CAREFULLY! If you go too fast they break!
@nicksimms37715 жыл бұрын
Great choices on Joni, Nick, and Fripp! Steven stills and lee ranaldo would be super interesting for a part 2
@nicksimms37715 жыл бұрын
Also Leo Kottke
@pdp9773 жыл бұрын
Bit late to this, but thanks for this. Oddly I play in open F# a lot of the time (because I sing in F#) but had no idea that Curtis Mayfield used it. Big fan of the man.
@elr86914 жыл бұрын
Fripp's tuning makes you sound like Holdsworth without having to learn a bunch of wonky chords.
@PebloNemo5 жыл бұрын
New Standard Tuning is awesome! I used it for a year and expanded my sound a lot. Then I switched a "mirror" tuning (CGDADG) and that symmetry is quite interesting too.
@mr7clay5 жыл бұрын
I love these minor deviations from standard: "Am9" EACGBE and "6/9" EADF#BE
@andrewpappas93115 жыл бұрын
The weirdest tuning I’ve ever heard was from the Potent Pairings - Sonic Youth video, I still have no idea how they get those tunings but they sound awesome
@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeo5 жыл бұрын
I do different tunings allllll the time but I never touch Sonic Youth ones. Guaranteed string breaks o.o
@eddievhfan19845 жыл бұрын
@@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeo You pretty much have to use custom string sets for those tunings.
@ph4765 жыл бұрын
@@eddievhfan1984 they set their guitars up specifically for those tunings
@eddievhfan19845 жыл бұрын
@@ph476 True, that's also important. But when you're using tuning with all 6 strings set to the same note and octave, for example, it's one helluva risk trying to tune thick strings up to that without breaking.
@Bairdogg5 жыл бұрын
Kyle Tekaucic why would you even use bigger strings if they’re all gonna be tuned to the same not. Just get 6 high E or maybe use an E B G G G and tune them all to the same note so they feel a little thicker.
@SewSawThief5 жыл бұрын
Daniel Rossen is amazing in using alternate tunings. Especially uncommon.
@TLMuse5 жыл бұрын
I've been using alternate tunings for about 30 years (on acoustic), but I still picked up some helpful insights here. Very well done. Joe, consider linking up with TrueFire or a similar company to do a more extended course on this topic (yes, I'll look on the Reverb blog for more). BTW, top-quality A/V work on the part of the Reverb media team. -Tom
@Yyz19715 жыл бұрын
I also like Alex Lifeson's tuning for the song Hope. He uses DADAAD. Very haunting and melodic. Love it.
@lichtfilme5 жыл бұрын
Yes Joe! Always the best topics!
@sandyamaulana23175 жыл бұрын
I was actually expecting that "Sweet Child o' Mine" would magically turn into "Discipline" in the New Standard Tuning. :)
@lahattec5 жыл бұрын
You mentioned about the need to have the guitar setup for a tuning. It would have been nice to have gotten a hint of what that might entail. Thanks! Nice stuff.
@Reverb5 жыл бұрын
Every guitar is a little different, so you'd want to take it to a luthier and ask them about adjusting neck tension and intonation for the string gauge and tuning. Thanks for watching!
@philipbard23335 жыл бұрын
Loved Joe's initial reaction to the Nick Drake tuning. I do the same thing.
@jeffreyparker43535 жыл бұрын
love the riff in open Dm on "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" you played there momentarily... awesome song
@sdbguitars5 жыл бұрын
I like a variation on the open D of Joni Mitchell/Skip James: open D2 - DADEAD
@jorgegvb5 жыл бұрын
I keep a butterscotch Tele in open G in honor of Keith Richards.
@leftienigeblank43205 жыл бұрын
I hope you don't forget to throw away the 6th string ( like Keith ) too, haha .
@mechajaraxxus35104 жыл бұрын
butterscotch ok?
@Cheeseboiga4 жыл бұрын
you got a flipped neck humbucker on the neck?
@bonk2II2 жыл бұрын
Every time I think of open tunings I mainly think of Delta Blues guitarists like Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, and Ry Cooder, and Elmore James and Johnny Winter. But when it comes to other alternative tunings, the first person I think about that I believe could have been included is Johnny Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls. Although most wouldn’t consider him a guitarist more than he is a singer-songwriter, I’ve read that a lot of his material had been recorded using many various and unorthodox guitar tunings, even their most famous song “Iris”. Another guitarist I believe should have been included is Jimmy Page. Songs like “The Rain Song”, “Kashmir”, “Traveling Riverside Blues”, “In My Time of Dying”, “Bron Yr Stomp” had utilized different and unorthodox open tunings
@JammyGit5 жыл бұрын
I think that open minor tuning is an excellent idea and I don't know why it isn't more common, because until today I had never given it any thought, and the more I think of it the better the idea sounds. To be able to swap between major and minor chords, and even sus chords with 1 finger and 1 or 2 frets is much easier than attempting to finger a minor chord in open major chord, because to be perfectly honest I don't know how to play a minor chord in open tuning. I know that open minor tuning probably makes slide guitar that bit more difficult but we can't have everything can we? Besides, it's still easier than playing slide in regular tuning. What a revelation open minor tuning is !! 😎👍
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
Albert Collins played exclusively in E minor tuning, from what I understand. He also capo'd up and down so he could use that tuning in every key.
@GildedEntries5 жыл бұрын
I think I fell in love with the last guitar Joe used.
@xvirgomoonx5 жыл бұрын
What is the make of that? I too am smitten!
@GildedEntries5 жыл бұрын
I think it’s a Framus Idolmaker.
@xvirgomoonx5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's the 5R and I'd have to eat mac and cheese for two years if I wanted one.
@GildedEntries5 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty much where I’m at too...
@pdg8875 жыл бұрын
Nice! Do John Fahey and Robbie Basho next.
@ew72305 жыл бұрын
Definitely seconded.
@TM-li6jr5 жыл бұрын
Fahey mostly played in Skip's D minor tuning
@cletusbeauregard19725 жыл бұрын
dude, do a deep dive into all the alt tunings on Soundgarden's Superunknown. That should make for an hour-long video.
@V4D25 жыл бұрын
true story! Such an amazing album.. ;)
@nee_nee_5 жыл бұрын
I would have mentioned Kevin Shields.
@phillyblunt1385 жыл бұрын
4:05 Hard Time Killing Floor Blues :)
@mattg91695 жыл бұрын
Joe. Always bringing the knowledge.
@mattg91695 жыл бұрын
I just posted my version of "My Secret Place" by Joni - Dflat open tuning
@jonmaclennan5 жыл бұрын
Great sound! That Taylor and mic sound incredible!
@Hungry_Hunter3 жыл бұрын
So good to see a decent exploration of alternate tuning . There is so much more to music than standard tuning and the same old junk played over and over, Nice work.
@DjNikGnashers11 ай бұрын
Nick Drake was the obvious choice here, amazing artist. Joni Mitchell used lots of open tunings to make her chord changes a lot easier, quite clever, and saved a lot of stretching. Surprised no mention of the OG Davey Graham and his DADGAD, stolen by Page. Or john Martyn, who had some unique tunings.
@gregoryheidt18514 жыл бұрын
It's always interesting to hear people's take on new tunings at different skill levels. Nice Reverend.
@SuperElmoDelmo3 жыл бұрын
Listening to Bob Dylan's "Blood on the tracks" and Joni's Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" got me into open tunings. I agree with what the guy says at the end. Forget about the theory and just explore the tuning by the sounds. If it caresses your ears, then it's good.
@brandongore7114 жыл бұрын
That guitar you're playing during the Curtis Mayfield part is really nice! I love the pickguard shape
@guyguyguyjean5 жыл бұрын
Joe you are great ,your demos are super interesting,the feeling that comes through is very positive and instructive!!Keep it up!!
@joegeorge10025 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Thanks for watching, more on the way!
@kenhymes49004 жыл бұрын
Good video, but missed opportunity. If you're gonna talk about Joni Mitchell, I have trouble understanding associating her with a very generic, widely used open D tuning, rather than her most distinctive and most interestingly useful tuning, in Coyote for example: C G D F C E. It's amazing and rich and forces a person to think and hear differently.
@markferguson37455 жыл бұрын
Fripp's NST uniquely makes everything SOUND orchestral,- very "pretty". Surprised it hasn't been more widely embraced by the ambient crowd, though as demonstrated, you do have to reconfigure the nut, truss rod, etc,- and use non standard string gauges.You can achieve similar effects with pedals, but it does help you to see and write in a different way.Also as indicated, not easy to adapt to standard "rock",; just seems adverse to the necessary rough edges.One of the best examples of this done successfully is , no doubt, Fripp's work on Bowie's Heroes & Scary Monsters LP's.Eye opening, unique in structure and tone( courtesy , supposedly of the rare Buzzaround Fuzz- very distinctive & nasty).Still ahead of it's time today.
@danopticon5 жыл бұрын
Just a reminder that Robert Fripp, although he tours and writes and is by all reports an active and vibrant fellow, is getting up there in years, so … if you really want to say “Thank you, Robert Fripp!” … then DO IT!!! Pick up a pen and paper and write to him care of DGM Ltd. in the UK, I’ll bet he’d love a fan letter! ❤️🎸👨🏼🎤❤️
@georgefromgreece41194 жыл бұрын
DADGAd /Dsus4/ Celtic tuning should be mentioned as is crucial to many traditional instrument tunings around the globe, Irish (Celtic in general), Greek (or Balkan in general), Turkish, Arabic, Middle Eastern, Oriental & Eastern European traditional & folk music in all ways as well as modern up to day country & folk music, African, Afro beat etc. Being an alternate tuning player for years it's the only one I find myself still using. It is extremely balanced and derives from God Apollo's tuning of Lyre, EABE, DGAD. etc. What I consider most about alternate tunings is being able to cover as many musical genres as possible. I 've ended to-> Standard & Variations (etc single or double dropped D), DADGAD, DADFAD, CGCGCE. Out of open Major tunings the most common is Open G aka Spanish DGDGBD besides blues/ folk/ country/ rnr even used in traditional instruments such the spanish and the melodic 7-string Russian guitar, then DADF#AD (plus the aforementioned CGCGCE, great for covering Videogame and movie themes at times in the key of C). Some specialties are EAEABE (Celtic tone up), EADEBE, DADAAD (great for droning & soloing, sliding etc), EADGCF (All-4ths), DADGCF (All-4ths variant), CGCGCD. I have only taken under consideration alternate tunings that apply well to normal gauge strings without the risk of string snapping or pushing the neck too hard. I hope this is of some help and doesn't disencourage anybody from trying any alternate tuning out! P.S. I forgot to mention a couple of legendary DADGAD players- Rory Gallagher & Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page & Rory Gallagher. Not to mention the countless Irish or American Folk Folks, as well as the Balkans ones! There are also all those great modern or older Dark Blues & Country fellows playing the atmospheric Skip James Tuning. Cheers!
@lucacoccioli92445 жыл бұрын
one alternate tuning that I like is EAEGBE, just taking the D string and tuning it up a whole step. it's not a tuning that anybody that I know plays, I just think it's a sweet one, makes sus2/add9 voicings very accessible while still making more regular voicings a breeze :+) also minor 2nds and lydian chords like C lydian (regular Cmaj shape)
@laurencevanhelsuwe30525 жыл бұрын
Quick question: after how many years of guitar education would you expect a student to find this useful? After just 1.5 years music school, this sounds way above my head.
@joegeorge10025 жыл бұрын
I would say that it differs from student to student. But part of the point of this lesson, is that even if the language of it is above your head, it may still be worth exploring simply for the different sounds and colors you can achieve. I encourage you to keep working on whatever you are currently working on with your instrument, and at some point, take a chance on an open tuning :)
@vincentsabatino44805 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing ! I believe you could play songs in any tuning ! Your guitar whichever you choose is like an extension of yourself as it is a veritable part of your musical life and it is obvious you have explored many uncharted journeys musically with guitar in hand through many alternate tunings ! You are an inspiration to all guitarists at any level , I can't wait to try them out ! Thanks again for waking up the guitarist that has fallen asleep in my body !
@saxmidiman3 ай бұрын
It's nice to have something like the Roland vg-99 or later units. You can just set up different tunings on a modeled guitar patch. No guitar setup gymnastics to go through. I hear Joni used one of these so she didn't have to change guitars for every song!!! Also, I understand the modeled guitar sounds leave something to be desired, but you can just use this for experimentation till you find the tunings YOU can utilize and have another guitar setup for that.😁😎
@Terribleguitarist894 жыл бұрын
CGCGCD is one of my favorites to mess around with. Then again I'm a sucker for the add9/sus2 tonality.
@georgefromgreece41194 жыл бұрын
Yes it's actually a great one!
@alexandrerodriguez99795 жыл бұрын
DADFAE - Opeth in Ghost in Perdition My fav
@MrJOHNMICHAELVEGA10 ай бұрын
You didn’t explain Nick Drake’s tuning CGCFCE the C’s are not the same and what diameter strings are you using ! This is very important ! I have been using alternative tunings for over 50 years . Thank you 🙏❤️🎶
@thelivingroombusker20135 жыл бұрын
Great video I tend to use full step down standard D tuning, and DADGAD a lot, always nice to see alternatives and hear what they sound like
@ElliotGKnapp5 жыл бұрын
The Livingroom Busker Roy Harper and Davy Graham are all over that one...can’t go wrong there!!
@GaryBook4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson, of course Open G by Keith Richards and Jimmy Page does so much! Stephen Stills has a couple of interesting tunings and Dylan on Blonde on Blonde did Drop C, low E string tuned to C.
@TheTurkey795 жыл бұрын
DADGAD is pretty cool, tuned my acoustics to that lately :)
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
+Thee Turkey DADGAD begets the "Nick Drake" tuning. Same intervals but all strings down one full step - CGCFGC, as opposed to DADGAD. DADGAD is relatively common (and fun), while Nick's tuning is uncommon. Pierre Ben Susann, the great French acoustic artist, plays only in DADGAD. There are others, also. Page used it frequently and to great effect.
@johnnyhurst31084 жыл бұрын
@@larrygeetar9309 DADGAD is close to Nick Drake tuning, though the B and high e strings are tuned to C and E respectively, which gives a more harmonically complex chord, rather than DADGAD which is basically tonics, 5ths and 4th stacked on top of each other giving, admittedly similar intervals to NDT, though slightly more obvious direction than NDT, as well as more places to go, hence its greater use in a wide variety of music. Interesting idea that DADGAD begets NDT. I can certainely see why it would, though I think this might just be coincidence as Nick Drake's various tunings can be more clearly understood as attempts to voice chords in the same (quite clustered) ways his mother, Molly Drake, played on piano.
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
Joe, congrats on a really well addressed video. Very good, thank you. The Fripp tuning takes the prize for originality, and the Nick Drake tuning sounds so different from it's kissing cousin, DADGAD. Drake's tuning is DADGAD, but all strings down a full step from that. One way to describe those tunings is a sus4. DADGAD is a Dsus4 open chord, and the Drake is Csus4. Try this one - EADGBD. It's called Fake G or Reverse Drop D, also the Memphis Minnie Tuning. It gives you the top four strings of open G while allowing you to play regular chords, power chords and blues shuffles. If you like to drop in and out of slide using open G, this is a real good one. I stumbled on it years ago and thought I "invented" it. Wrong! I saw Erin Harpe (Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers) use it and she gave me the history. Very useful.
@wassimsehibi87244 жыл бұрын
6:30 me:it is not, it is not My brain: NEVER MEANT
@itchyvinyl5 жыл бұрын
Great vid!! 3 of my very fave artists...Joni, Curtis, Fripp.
@denisr77105 жыл бұрын
If anyone’s just exploring alt tunings, here’s some easy tunings that add nice flavour to the chords ( and can save you effort on barre chords): EADGBD, EADGAD, EADGCE
@stickyfin5338 Жыл бұрын
i’ve been tuning my guitar to CGDGCD it’s one of my favorites
@daleshewchuk3523 Жыл бұрын
You are a brave man on that guitar and your skill and understanding afford you that bravery. I'ma listen to you mo'.
@xenod10665 жыл бұрын
Absolutely do more of this please. 😊
@mutronium3 жыл бұрын
analysis of Sonic Youth turnings would be cool... they were the kings of open turnings !
@JeremyBeut5 жыл бұрын
Joe is such an incredible player, wow.
@joermnyc4 жыл бұрын
Joni's open D kept giving me vibes of "light and day " by the polyphonic spree.
@-k-b-3 жыл бұрын
Tuned to NST and damn I love it! Especially a half step down so it's B sounds awesome
@teilhardomega97315 жыл бұрын
There needs to be one of these videos for Rich Robinson. Dude is an open tuned mastermind.
@cpguitars13 жыл бұрын
Thanks.....great job as I am just trying to expand my understanding. Love the Fripp tuning.
@Appalachian_trail_mix4 жыл бұрын
Open E and open A minor are my favorite open tunings.
@TheDankNught2 жыл бұрын
I keep a Richie Havens and a Nick Drake tuned guitar on the ready ;)
@Benitohatausprobiert5 жыл бұрын
Joe your lessons are really great! Thank you
@joegeorge10025 жыл бұрын
You got it! Thanks for watching
@PieAreSquared5 жыл бұрын
This is a tuning I stumbled upon a couple of months ago and have really enjoyed using every once in a while A#F#C#FA#C (my band plays in drop A, so this is pretty easy to get to from there)
@startervisions5 жыл бұрын
MY BLOODY VALENTINE tunings!!!!
@doitnowvideosyeah58414 жыл бұрын
I once brought five guitsrs on tour but I had seven tunings! At least I had them in tuning 'families', similar tunings that only require changing one string.
@bluesvertigo39615 жыл бұрын
As a rule, I stick to standard tuning because it’s less confusing and requires no guitar readjustment. However as I have been building a collection lately, I am likely to keep at least one axe in an alternative tuning. Unless I hear a more tempting one, the Robert Fripp tuning is definitely up there at #1.
@xxoxia2 жыл бұрын
The tuning I use is B, Gb, Db, Gb, Ab, Db. You should check it out.
@Violetcas975 жыл бұрын
Nick Drake’s tuning is sincerely musical magic. Nothing sounds quite like it and nothing ever will
John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Leo Kottke, these are the people you should be talking about in a video like this. As far as I can tell john fahey invented open C tuning and was the first to record a song in this tuning. The Skip James was a good addition though, open minor tunings are some of the best, especially on twelve stings.
@leftienigeblank43205 жыл бұрын
How long ago was"Questions" by The Bloody Moos , sorry , the Moody Blues ? Justin Haywood played it on a huge 12-string tuned to open C . Probably mid-to-late '60s
@GiuseppeDongo5 жыл бұрын
Leftienige Blank I don’t know about that, but John was recording songs with open C tuning as early as 1958, I still have yet to find an earlier example of its use. At this point I’m convinced John either conceived of it alone or found out about it while searching for old records and musicians in the American south. Definitely a great tuning for 12 string though, I keep mine in it most of the time. Thanks for your input!
@dlpasco4 жыл бұрын
so much great stuff to unpack in this. thank you. this is awesome.
@michaelkay6115 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a wonderful video - you highlighted different artists than a lot of open tuning demos I've come across and gave some nice sound examples. Could you guys consider bringing in an expert on the incredible world of Hawaiian slack key tunings? Unless Joe or Andy is already an expert... it wouldn't entirely surprise me. Also, I have to give props here to Richie Havens, who only ever used open D tuning and made an entire beautiful career out of it.
@davegooner25 жыл бұрын
No John Fahey? Open D, Open D minor, Open G Minor, Open C were just some of the tunings he used
@edwardburner27215 жыл бұрын
include Leo Kottke and Adrian Legg and Chet Atkins
@MrCElk5 жыл бұрын
I'd say you picked the best people to illustrate open turnings, Joni and Nic in particular. I use open C and open D on and off to get out of a playing rut. The other tuning that's good to try is open E, same intervals as D but somehow sounds and feels very different. Finally I have just set up a guitar with a Nashville string set which is the high six strings of a 12 string set, again this sounds very melodic. Great video and lovely playing.
@alantracy6757 Жыл бұрын
Amazes me joni and nick never met shed have shagged him no doubt prob cheered him up as well
@smashallpots14285 жыл бұрын
seasons by chris cornell is in FFCCCF
@stevekiley61214 жыл бұрын
Nice video. For acoustic, I think Alex De Grassi is the king of alternative tunings.
@godsmackhudejo2 жыл бұрын
Totally different world of music, but when you started to play around with the Fripp tuning (around 10:45-ish), I immediately started to hear Sampha's 'Plastic 100 c', he even had a similar tone set on his keyboard in a couple of his live performances... Love the Nick Drake inclusion, couple of really interesting ones there (also has a couple of BEBEBE-s - what!?:D), many times he uses tunings so he can create some amazing clusters (very under-utilized thing imo). However I found the Fripp one the most beautiful tuning. Loved the math-y sounding thing at 11 mins with those amazing sounding chord!
@ikesola5 жыл бұрын
nice video! kinda hurt that you didn't mention Derek Trucks, Duane Allman, Elmore etc when you mention slide playing in Open D, but I get it, it's a rabbit hole of names that you'll have omitted haha Thanks Joe!
@larrygeetar93095 жыл бұрын
Derek and Duane both played in open E. You may or may not realize it, but Derek plays in open E ALL THE TIME! Even when he's not playing slide. It's how he learned. Of course, Elmore James was the king of open D. And Duane played standard tuning when not playing slide, even sometimes when he did but not often. Warren Haynes is total master of standard tuned slide and you'd think it was open E, A, or G. He's awesome at it.