https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:52:13 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199758 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:20:25 +0000 thanks for the replies]]> Slide and Alternate tunings muddy https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199758 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199617 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:09:45 +0000
What I have found out, by experimentation, is that if you try adding chord fingerings to the D G and B strings, which don't change from standard tuning, you can get some nice chords - for instance, play an Am7 chord over the open G chord, you've got a Gsus4/6 - a favourite of Keith Richards, eg Street Fighting Man. (There's an open G tab for that in the ESD - Teleplayer posted part of 40 licks, it's in there somewhere....)

But it's all about messing about and finding a groove - Rocky Moumtain Way is in open E, but it's easy to play in open G as well...George Thorogood's "Get A Haircut And Get A Real Job" is in open G, and uses the Gsus4/6 chord....in fact the chords used are G and Gsus4/6. C and Csus4/6 and D and Dsus4/6.

You can also try messing around with descending bass-lines, ie

D--0--0--0--0--0
B--0--0--0--0--0
G--0--0--0--0--0
D--5--3--2--0--0
G--7--5--4--2--0
D--0--0--0--0--0

Open G's a LOT of fun - certanly my favourite open tuning.....other good songs to try are Vigilante Man (Ry Cooder) Little Red Rooster (Stones) Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood) No Expectations (Stones agai!) In My Time Of Dying (Led Zep) Morning Dew .....aw hell Muddy, just put that slide on and EXPERIMENT!!!!

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199617 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199601 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:32:58 +0000
They're a lot of fun, guess I'm just too oldfashioned and set in my ways to get the best out of them... 8)

Steinar]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Steinar Gregertsen https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-199601 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-20546 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:57:21 +0000 first just wondering what ya'll think of fingering patterns to use amidst the slide barring..
i suppose the 7th's are a good place to start. i printed out some scales in open G from chordhouse i will work with soon but wanted to know a few lil sweet spots for fills
and any suggestions for the sliding.. hold some 5ths and slide around etc...
i have noticed that the notes are a lil more spread out to find my beloved patterns so looking for tricks

also just purchsed some slides from musserrings.com
they are fit by ring sizes to your fingers and come in all lenghts from under quarter of a inch to 3 inches
they have them in steel brass and glassbrass..
anyone use them .. whatta ya think mine have not come yet so just fishing...]]> Slide and Alternate tunings muddy https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/questions-and-suggestions/#post-20546