Learn Open D Tuning For Guitar: Step-By-Step Videos & Tabs

A Complete Guide to Open D Tuning for Blues Guitar players of all levels!

What you'll learn

Full understanding of the Open D Tuning and how to use it, specially for Blues, Rock and Folk Music

Master any kind of chords, from the blues chords to the most sophisticated jazz altered ones

Master the Scales, the Pentatonic Boxes, the Turnarounds

Learn and develop the Slide Technique

Requirements

The Course starts from the basics, but since Open tuning is a very specific topic, a basic knowledge of guitar playing is recommended

Description

Open Tunings are fundamental part of Blues History. Specially the Roots of Blues.But meanwhile Open G is strictly connected to the sound of Mississippi (in styles like Delta Blues or Hillcountry Blues), Open D opened the door to way more different outcomes and developments, not only in Blues but also in Rock, Folk and Jazz.It rapidly become one of the most versatile and creative alternatives to standard tuning.Starting as an alternative for many guitar players to standard tuning, mainly to play slide, recently it gained major success thanks to great contemporary players, such as Ariel Posen, Joy Landreth and Derek Trucks, who took the sound of this tuning to the next level.In this course we will start from the basics, mapping the fretboard and learning new positions, then we will dive into blues topics like Turnarounds, 7th chords, and also unusual way to use this open tuning, like playing minor chords! Learning how this tuning works is also fundamental for learning the Slide technique, as your next step.I will teach you in details how to master this tuning, not only with a practical bluesy approach but also with theory and harmonic informations, coming from my background as Music Education school teacher and my bachelor degree in Jazz Guitar. We will step by step discover some of the incredible creative potential of this tuning.

Overview

Section 1: The First Steps

Lecture 1 Mapping the Fretboard

Lecture 2 The 7th Chord

Lecture 3 Chords Extensions: 9th, 11th & 13th

Section 2: Into the Blues

Lecture 4 The IV and the V chords

Lecture 5 Turnarounds!

Section 3: Outside of the Blues Box

Lecture 6 Playing Minor with a Major tuning

Lecture 7 The Diminished Chord

Section 4: Final Recap and Practice Routine

Lecture 8 Recap & Practice

Intermediate to Pro guitarists looking for a full understanding of Open D Tuning, in Blues music and in all its creative developments