To retune into open G from standard tuning, drop the sixth, fifth and first strings down a tone. The open strings form a G chord, but, where open D tuning has its root note in the bass ...

Though the name sounds complex, it’s really just a Bm with a ringing open third string. This gives us the #5 (G). Here’s a ...

Popularised by Davey Graham, John Renbourn, Jimmy Page, Pierre Bensusan and, in more recent years, Newton Faulkner and Ed Sheeran, DADGAD is a great tuning ... G, A and D. Though fully fretted chords ...

Mr Page aside, open G has been used by many legendary players, including Robert Johnson and Son House [pictured]. The beauty of an open tuning like this is that it allows whole chords to be fretted ...

For this open tuning lesson ... 3rd to make a major chord in this minor tuning. The G chord is the fifth chord of G major and ...