Open G

PearlJamaholic
PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
edited February 2009 in Musicians and Gearheads
anybody know where i can find like a scales chart or some chord forms for open G? i got a guitar a few months ago and its now my 'open g' guitar but i really dont know what im playing most of the time, i just mess around with what sounds good. i could figure out major and minor chords and all that but im lazy.

i know about the one figure barr.....just saying so some wise guy doesnt post that :D
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Go find some Black Crowes tabs. Almost all of their songs are in Open G.

    The chord forms they use are basically just what you described: the index finger bar with your middle the B string one fret up and your ring finger on the D string two frets up. That's about all I do with it anyway. That gets you through tons of open G songs from the Crowes, Stones, etc.

    Faithful is open G isn't it? At least Mike's guitar.
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  • hitman
    hitman Posts: 469
    i know for a fact that daughter is open G... i read an interview with stone where he said he ripped it off from them.... listen ot the beginnings of both and you can totally hear it.. i believe bllod is in the same tuning... not sure about faithful....
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Daughter and Blood are the same tuning, but they are not open G. Daughter and Blood are GGDGBD. I don't know what you call that. Its like open G but the low E string is tuned to G.

    Faithful is DGDGBD - that is open G.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
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    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
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  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    Flagg wrote:
    Daughter and Blood are the same tuning, but they are not open G. Daughter and Blood are GGDGBD. I don't know what you call that. Its like open G but the low E string is tuned to G.

    Faithful is DGDGBD - that is open G.

    How are they any different? They're using the same notes. G, D, B.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Drew263 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Daughter and Blood are the same tuning, but they are not open G. Daughter and Blood are GGDGBD. I don't know what you call that. Its like open G but the low E string is tuned to G.

    Faithful is DGDGBD - that is open G.

    How are they any different? They're using the same notes. G, D, B.

    Because in Daughter and Blood, the low E string is tuned to G and in Faithfull it is tuned to D. That's the only difference. They may may be in the same key or whatever, but the guitars are tuned differently.
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    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
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    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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    TUL-10/8/14
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    Flagg wrote:
    Drew263 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Daughter and Blood are the same tuning, but they are not open G. Daughter and Blood are GGDGBD. I don't know what you call that. Its like open G but the low E string is tuned to G.

    Faithful is DGDGBD - that is open G.

    How are they any different? They're using the same notes. G, D, B.

    Because in Daughter and Blood, the low E string is tuned to G and in Faithfull it is tuned to D. That's the only difference. They may may be in the same key or whatever, but the guitars are tuned differently.

    No, I understand that the songs are using different tunings but how are each not considered open G when both played open are a G chord?
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Drew263 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Drew263 wrote:
    How are they any different? They're using the same notes. G, D, B.

    Because in Daughter and Blood, the low E string is tuned to G and in Faithfull it is tuned to D. That's the only difference. They may may be in the same key or whatever, but the guitars are tuned differently.

    No, I understand that the songs are using different tunings but how are each not considered open G when both played open are a G chord?

    OK, I looked it up. That wacky tuning for Daughter and Blood and it is technically called "Open G Alernate". So there you're right. Its just an alternate version.

    When you strum the GGDGBD version it sounds higher or something.

    Anyway, I keep one of mine in the regular open G all the time. Its fun to play around with and it seems easier to make up tunes.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
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  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    Cool, thanks. I love open tunings. I like using an open string as kind of a pedal point and then moving through the harmonized scale. You can create all kinds of interesting sounds and tensions.

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