Open Tunings for Beginners

Arranged for
Fingerstyle Guitar
by Fred Sokolow Open Tunings for Beginners
product description

Open tunings are as old as the guitar itself, and they've been used to play blues, folk, country, rock, and old-timer music by musicians such as Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Maybelle Carter, Bo Diddley, Blind Willie McTell, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Page, Son House to name a few!

In this DVD lesson Fred Sokolow shows you how open tunings make it easier to play guitar. You'll learn songs from various music genres in open D, open G, and DADGAD tuning. In addition to learning songs, you will get some tips on improvising and playing chords in G and D tuning. It's a great way to expand your range on the guitar and get a whole different sound.

Plus included are audio tracks featuring recordings from the 1920s to 1940s of some of these tunes to get a bigger picture of how these songs can be played and sung.

A detailed TAB/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

 songs covered
  • Buckets of Rain
  • Statesboro Blues
  • Mean Old World
  • Little Sadie
  • K.C. Jones
  • Stackerlee
  • The Way I Am
  • I Didn't See It Coming
 about the instructor Fred Sokolow is a versatile "musician's musician". He has founded his jazz, bluegrass, and rock bands as well as touring with Bobbie Gentry, The Limeliters Jim Stafford, and Tom Paxton. He has written over 90 instructional books covering all aspects of guitar playing.
  • Instrument: Guitar
  • Genre: Various
  • Media: DVD
  • Running Time: ~92min.
  • Code: GW414
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