What is the best tuning for slide guitar?

[@Tone.Corner]

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[@keithlutman5611]

Excellent, thank you.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thanks for checking it out, glad it was helpful!

[@paulphillips7581]

Great video. Lots of valuable information. I’ve been playing for many years however was really never interested in slide until recently. I started learning Lap Steel in C6 and have switched that guitar over to open D and now I’ve switched one of my Fenders to open G. Making steady progress and really enjoying the different textures. Makes me a more versatile guitar player. Cheers!

[@onefingerguitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the support!

[@krasimirparvanov8139]

I saw the guitar and immediately thought that you are probably a fan of Tronzo! This is perhaps the easiest and quickest explanation of tunings👍! I (when I was young) was listening to cassettes, trying to catch the open strings at the beginning of songs at concerts😅. This is how I discovered G, D, DADGAD.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thank you :-) And working things out by ear like that is the best way, I think. I learnt so much from studying with Tronzo - a true giant of slide guitar and music in general!

[@beaubrummelmotorizedbicycles]

Thank you for this very informative video on tunings, For those just starting out this info is invaluable. When I discovered open tunings my slide playing took off. In my early years I just could not get a standard tuned guitar to emulate my slide heroes, Duane Allman, and all the blues greats I loved.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thanks for checking out the video, and the support! I hope this will be helpful to others too - agree that it's something I wish I'd known about when I started out too...

[@DeGroove]

Lately I like double drop D. Treating the four upper strings as open G and the lower three strings as open D. Great channel you got here! Take care.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Sounds fun - I might have to try that one 🙂

[@beaubrummelmotorizedbicycles]

I sure wish I knew that secret tuning back in the day, it makes perfect sense to me now.

[@onefingerguitarist]

It's very cool - I believe Tronzo learnt about it from a Lowell George interview in Guitar Player magazine years ago, where he called it the "universal tuning". I've never been able to find the interview, but I'll keep looking!

[@Jrzsf47]

your over explanation and 'Perception", of all our thoughts and challenges? is just F'n me up. Give up the Loot

[@kragemafia2633]

almost fell asleep during the video,shame as i see hes doing us a favour but daaaamn

[@GTyoutube]

Great video - thanks

[@onefingerguitarist]

Glad you found it helpful, thanks for checking out the channel!

[@BottleneckMoses]

Fantastic video - thank you 😊

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thank you for checking it out - glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@docsspot1953]

It can certainly drive a guitar player nuts trying to find certain tunings. I’ve decided to learn theory

[@waygone6657]

Cool 🙂 I bought another guitar just to play around with tuning and slide.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Great stuff - watch out, it's a slippery slope! Shout if you have questions 🙂

[@onefingerguitarist]

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[@davidbyers7246]

For slide, I find open G to be by far the best, I sometimes use open D but not very often. In fact it puzzles me why open D is so popular, as open G seems far more natural to me.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thanks David - they do sound quite different... I'm a huge Ry Cooder fan, so I decided to learn both 🙂 Happy sliding!

[@johnroberts1141]

Open D or E gives 3 root strings. That is a big benefit.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Agreed!@@johnroberts1141

[@normandtherien9434]

thks for your video awesome..if im in G tuning that means i can only play on a G jam track??

[@onefingerguitarist]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the lesson :-) Great question - the simple answer is, you can play in any key (in the same way you can play in any key in standard tuning). That said, a couple of common approaches are - (1) capo at fret 2 and play in key of A (2) play in the key of D (that way G is the IV chord - and the open strings work great). It takes some work, but my approach has always been that I don't want to feel restricted by the tuning, so I work on being able to play in any key - takes some time, but worth it 🙂

[@docsspot1953]

Is That a silver tone? Havnt seen one of those in …..

[@onefingerguitarist]

Yep - it's my 1964 Silvertone 1457 - love this thing - cheap and cheerful but sounds and plays great!

[@rhllnm]

A great slide player - Chris Rea, for those who've never heard of him.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Absolutely!

[@kasperdenouden7650]

Are you trying to send people to the road to hell? You must be evil.

[@mikemoodie]

Was Chris mostly Open E?​@onefingerguitarist

[@dancochrane5577]

Is he going to show HOW to changed the strings? It doesn’t look like it.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Hi Dan - happy to answer any questions, if you have any. Cheers Dylan

[@robertspore3248]

Does the action or intonation have to change

[@onefingerguitarist]

Depends on the tuning, but I tend to keep the action as low as I can get away with - generally a medium action, with a little relief in the neck. It's a good idea to get the intonation set in that tuning - yes 🙂

[@JOEMINK10]

DADDAD. Try it you’ll like it.

[@onefingerguitarist]

Sounds interesting!

[@jeff0566jsm]

Talking too much! Get to tuning please

[@marshwitch9610]

Moar tunings!... just buy moar guitars. U know u want to

[@chainlink4241]

I did, wife is not happy...