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Guitar players! Open D5 tuning.

Posted on 12/26/14 at 5:41 pm
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/26/14 at 5:41 pm
I tuned my spare guitar to D5 tuning this morning to simply try it. It sounded heavenly! I did a google search to see what I could learn. I quickly learned "My Sacrifice" by Creed (It is a cool sound...don't hate!) and "Black Balloon" by the Goo Goo Dolls. I saw a list of songs by Alterbridge, but I don't know their stuff.

Any others?
Posted by smuphy72
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Posted on 12/26/14 at 6:08 pm to
Tremonti likes it a lot, I'm pretty sure there are more creed songs in that tuning, but can't remember which ones.
Posted by metallica81788
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Posted on 12/26/14 at 11:19 pm to
Lots of Goo Goo Dolls, Creed and Alter Bridge.

GGD also do open G or E as well. They seem to hate standard tuning.
Posted by harmonics
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 1:04 am to
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Tremonti likes it a lot


Yep. Tremonti Open D5 songs:

Creed
Are You Ready
Faceless Man
My Sacrifice
Weathered
Rain

Alter Bridge
Open Your Eyes
Ghost of Days Gone By
Life Must Go On
Fortress

Tremonti (Solo)
Brains
New Way Out
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 6:53 am to
Thanks, but I only know one song from that entire list ("My Sacrifice"). I guess I can listen to the others to see if anything piques my interest.
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 6:57 am
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 7:07 am to
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Goo Goo Dolls


quote:

seem to hate standard tuning.



Concur
Posted by ItNeverRains
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 1:15 pm to
Kevin Cadogan used a lot on that first third eye blind album
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 2:49 pm to
Semi-charmed life (or whatever it was called) is the only song I know by them.
Posted by harmonics
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 2:56 pm to
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GGD also do open G or E as well. They seem to hate standard tuning.


Yeah, he uses a weird arse tuning for "Name". Open tunings are fun though because you can be more creative and use different chord voicings that you can't use in standard.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 4:29 pm to
...and you can simply strum away while hitting a different bass note from time to time...great on a lazy day like today...trust me!
Posted by harmonics
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 5:09 pm to
Black Crows "she talks to angels" uses open E. Another good one.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 7:06 pm to
I know that one. I don't tune to open E, though. I tune to open D and use a capo to make it E. I have popped a few strings using open E. It frightens me, now...
Posted by MrCoolBeans
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:59 pm to
Blood on the tracks
Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 12/28/14 at 12:22 am to
I tune down a full step on all strings for some songs and it is a meaty, full sound that makes simple chords sound like 3 guitars playing in tandem.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
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Posted on 12/28/14 at 7:55 am to
My main acoustic stays at a half step down. I use the capo to tune up if I want to get back to standard...or higher.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:35 pm to
most of the songs based on the "bo diddley beat" (3-2 clave) play well in open D on acoustic

not fade away
its all over now
iko-iko
the other one
mystic eyes
willie and the hand jive

plus tons of others
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:38 am to
quote:

Open tunings are fun though because you can be more creative and use different chord voicings that you can't use in standard.


At first, it allows you to be more creative, but the more you play in it, the more restrictive it seems.

I keep my acoustic in Open G most of the time.
This post was edited on 12/30/14 at 10:39 am
Posted by kingbob
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:44 am to
Alter Bridge is awesome. Give them a try. Their latest album Fortress is worth a listen to are their first two albums (especially Blackbird)
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:47 am to
Devin Townsend makes masterful use of Open C.
Posted by Remote Controlled
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Posted on 12/30/14 at 10:42 pm to
Is this just Dropped D tuning?

Or DADGAD?

Too lazy too google.

I know Tremonti and most 90's types dig that drop D shite.

DADGAD yields some cool shite as well. I personally like Open G or Open D with a Capo as mentioned earlier.

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