[billy16]

i know i've been asking a lot of questions lately, but believe me its helping.

now i have my guitar tuned to open G major. i really like it and i have some chords to work with, but there are just a few things i want to know.

first of all, i fell upon this, but couldn't find the chord name. i've had no theory, so i can't figure it out. from high to low it goes 030400 and it sounds really nice so if someone could help me with that i'd appreciate it. and this one...high to low it goes 33333x. ok, one more, it goes high to low 022000

another thing is could someone help me with some chords. i searched the internet for hours for chords for this tuning, and these i can't find. so if someone can help me here, again i'd really appreciate it.

i'd like to know how to do Csus4, Am, Esus2, G#sus, and Emsus.

and what are some songs that are in this tuning? i just want to get practice. so far i've liked this tuning. feels like i can broaden my playing a little now.

to everyone who's helped me so far, thank you a lot. and to everyone who helps me here, i really do appreciate it.

This post has been edited by billy16: 06 January 2005 - 09:20 PM

[andtrz]

Hey,

The chords you want are:
(usually they're written low to high, as if you're holding the guitar neck up and down and looking at the strings, that's what i've done here)

004030 - Dadd4
x33333 - Bb (open G has all the strings tuned to the notes in a G chord, so you can barre at any fret and it will give you the major chord, with the root note on the fifth string)
000220 - Aadd4/G

and the others you're looking for (low to high again):
Chords in open tuning can often be difficult, so I'll give you a couple in the ways that seem the easiest to me.
Csus4 - x55565 or xxx565
Am - x22212 or x22552
Esus2 - xx2404 or 244402
G#sus4 - x11321 or 668696
and I'm not sure, but I don't think Emsus exists.

Hope this helped.

[BaasLian]

Hello again

I posted a link to a site in one of your earlier threads (looknohands.com)

If you click on the 'Advanced' section, you can basically select your custom tuning & it will throw out the chords relative to that tuning...

You don't need to look for hours - It's right there


EDIT: Damn smileys!

This post has been edited by BaasLian: 07 January 2005 - 04:10 AM

[imadique]

got nothing to add about chords, but you asked for songs in open G so check out Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye. I thought I heard a lot of rolling stones tunes are in G (and Keith has no low E string) but I'm not sure, maybe someone else can confirm/correct that.

[dadfad]

Here is a basic and simple thing to know when working with open-G. The I-IV-V chord substitutions commonly used (besides the simple open, barred fifth and barred seventh frets are: Open, 002010 and 000210, which are actually G (of course); C add9; and D7sus4 (with the sixth-string played if it sounds good in what you are doing). Those shapes on the 2 and 4 or the 2 and 3 strings (while leaving the other strings open) can be moved around for a lot of nice things. Also any fret barred with those shapes then made above the barre will give you the IV and V subs of those chords as well of course. In that IV-sub adding the Bb note on the 5 or 3 (032010 or 002310) will give you a seventh (although the chord is actually then called as a ninth).

This same thing can be moved over < one string (for example 020100) and used in playing in open-D DADF#AD.

(And Imadique is right. Richards often removes the six string. Some old blues-guys would instead tune it UP to a G giving GGDGBD for a double-G drone, called Sawtooth-G tuning.)

[billy16]

and I'm not sure, but I don't think Emsus exists.

Hope this helped.

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yeah, i didn't think Emsus existed, but someone at school told me it did. i didn't want to say because i don't know too much, but it didn't seem right. and yeah, it helped a lot thanks.

Hello again

I posted a link to a site in one of your earlier threads (looknohands.com)

If you click on the 'Advanced' section, you can basically select your custom tuning & it will throw out the chords relative to that tuning...

You don't need to look for hours - It's right there 


EDIT: Damn smileys!

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now that i figured out how to read it and decipher all the different things on there, i can use it. before i couldn't figure out how to use it. thats why i didn't use it earlier.

and thanks dadfad. in some impossible way to explain, this all does make sense.

[theprik]

Here is a basic and simple thing to know when working with open-G. The I-IV-V chord substitutions commonly used (besides the simple open, barred fifth and barred seventh frets are: Open, 002010 and 000210, which are actually G (of course); C add9; and D7sus4 (with the sixth-string played if it sounds good in what you are doing). Those shapes on the 2 and 4 or the 2 and 3 strings (while leaving the other strings open) can be moved around for a lot of nice things. Also any fret barred with those shapes then made above the barre will give you the IV and V subs of those chords as well of course. In that IV-sub adding the Bb note on the 5 or 3 (032010 or 002310) will give you a seventh (although the chord is actually then called as a ninth).

This same thing can be moved over < one string  (for example 020100) and used in playing in open-D DADF#AD.

(And Imadique is right. Richards often removes the six string. Some old blues-guys would instead tune it UP to a G giving GGDGBD for a double-G drone, called Sawtooth-G tuning.)

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you know too freakin much

[dadfad]

Here is a basic and simple thing to know when working with open-G. The I-IV-V chord substitutions commonly used (besides the simple open, barred fifth and barred seventh frets are: Open, 002010 and 000210, which are actually G (of course); C add9; and D7sus4 (with the sixth-string played if it sounds good in what you are doing). Those shapes on the 2 and 4 or the 2 and 3 strings (while leaving the other strings open) can be moved around for a lot of nice things. Also any fret barred with those shapes then made above the barre will give you the IV and V subs of those chords as well of course. In that IV-sub adding the Bb note on the 5 or 3 (032010 or 002310) will give you a seventh (although the chord is actually then called as a ninth).

This same thing can be moved over < one string  (for example 020100) and used in playing in open-D DADF#AD.

(And Imadique is right. Richards often removes the six string. Some old blues-guys would instead tune it UP to a G giving GGDGBD for a double-G drone, called Sawtooth-G tuning.)

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you know too freakin much

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Yet still, nowhere near enough. Just one of the (few) benefits of having fumbled around and done things wrong the first time for almost forty years!

[billy16]

so far, things are coming along well with this. i've already found a chord progression that sounds really good. and all i have to do to take it to a G 6th tuning is take the high D string and tune it back to E. i've been playing around with that one too.

i get what you said dadfad, about the chords. i wrote it down so i can use it for later.