[frankyz84]

I am looking for easy tunes for the beginner in Open D tuning. I have plenty of Open G But none in Open D. So a few suggestions would be really helpful. Cheers

[dadfad]

Rick, I know lots of tunes in open-D, but most of them aren't that simple. I don't know if you're looking for beginner barre-chord type tunes for your students or what. Off hand, the Stones' tune "Prodigal Son" (adapted from Rev. Robert Wilkins' tune "Poor Boy Long Way From Home") isn't that difficult (although it is a fingerstyle). I can't remember whether they did it in D or E, but of course it's still the same tuning one step higher.

Of course it's also a good tuning to get into playing slide, like Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" or Mississippi Fred McDowell's (also Bonnie Raitt) "Write Me a Few of Them Lines," etc.


(My favorite open-D "virtuoso" tune is probably Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues.")

[frankyz84]

Rick, I know lots of tunes in open-D, but most of them aren't that simple. I don't know if you're looking for beginner barre-chord type tunes for your students or what. Off hand, the Stones' tune "Prodigal Son" (adapted from Rev. Robert Wilkins' tune "Poor Boy Long Way From Home") isn't that difficult (although it is a fingerstyle). I can't remember whether they did it in D or E, but of course it's still the same tuning one step higher.

Of course it's also a good tuning to get into playing slide, like Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" or Mississippi Fred McDowell's (also Bonnie Raitt) "Write Me a Few of Them Lines," etc.


(My favorite open-D "virtuoso" tune is probably Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues.")

Cheers John, I will check out some of those tunes, I already know Dust My Broom - Elmore James, and She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes, which are both fairly easy tunes to play in open D. am looking for some more around that sort of standard, not just for my students, but also so that i can increase my knowledge on open tune playing, both with slide and picking.

[dadfad]

I have a tab I did for someone a few years back on this site for a version of "Prodigal Son." Not exactly like the Stones' but more of a "hybrid" from several versions of the tune I know (as well as a bit of my own thrown in). But it does give a lot of the basic figures, etc. I think I posted it in the Acoustic Forum. (I'll try to find it....)

Here it is, Rick.

[frankyz84]

Thanks John. I will be checking all those songs you tabbed on that thread.