alternative guitar Tunings

Guitar tone is varied, not only on guitar chord, guitar tune like a standard EADGBE, also be changed for certain types of music, here is the alternative guitar Tunings
  • EADGBE : Standard guitar tuning
  • DADGAD : Traditionally used to create a Celtic or ethnic sound, this tuning has been used by many guitarists including Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. Checkout guitarist Pierre Bensusan who has spent years perfecting DADGAD tuning for solo acoustic guitar
  • CGCGCE : Open C tuning - with the 6th string dropped down to C this gives a big dynamic range to your guitar sound
  • DADGBE : Drop D tuning - dropping the 6th string down to D is a easy way of giving adding an extra dimension to the bass strings where you can easily make octaves
  • DGDGBD : Open G tuning is a great tuning for blues guitar work. By barring the top five strings you create a major chord
  • DADFAD : D minor tuning is a rich minor tuning
  • DADF#AD : Open D tuning is a great tuning for blues or slide work
  • DGDDAE : This is a variation of a tuning used by guitarist and songwriter John Martyn (he actually uses CFCCGD). Try knocking up the 6th string to E for another variation of this modal tuning
source : chordbook.com