Members Bitt81 Posted March 11, 2004 Members Share Posted March 11, 2004 I have one of my acoustics tuned to open D to play Little Martha by the Allman Bros. The problem is that it's the only song I can play on that guitar. Please share some other good open D tuning songs. I kind of a hack intermediate player but don't mind a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TexTosh Posted March 11, 2004 Members Share Posted March 11, 2004 "Meet me in the morning" (Bob Dylan - Blood on the tracks)Almost all the songs from Blood on the tracks are in Open D. "It hurts me too" (Elmore James)Almost all Elmore James songs are in Open D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted March 11, 2004 Members Share Posted March 11, 2004 Jimmy Page has a TON of DADGAD songs: "Kashmir""Black Mountain Side" Chris Cornell also had a pretty good solo acoustic song in open D on the "Singles" soundtrack called "Seasons". Also, there's "The End" by the Doors. I could play that one for hours and hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members valleyguy Posted March 12, 2004 Members Share Posted March 12, 2004 Here's Neil Young songs in alternate tunings: Neil young Actually many songs played in D can be altered to be played in this tuning, makes for great experimentation. Here's another alternate tuning site (for this one you may need to go to tab robot to get actual lyrics and chords): alternate tuning songs Tab Robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 54merk Posted March 12, 2004 Members Share Posted March 12, 2004 Probably half of Joni Mitchell's songs are in open D. Big Yellow Taxi comes to mind. Simple traditional things like "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" are very easy to play in this tuning. You can also play around with playing the melody on the two highest strings. A nice effect with all those droning strings, and very effective on a 12 string. http://www.alanhorvath.com/Dchart.php The above link can get you started with some open chords. If you have a spare guitar why not leave it in open D so you can play around with it. Mark Hanson has written some good open tuning books. I use a small one with chord diagrams for the most common open tunings. If you stick with it you will discover a whole new dimension to your playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted March 12, 2004 Members Share Posted March 12, 2004 I believe the Black Crowes song She Talks To Angels is in open D - with a capo at 2nd fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bopcat Posted March 12, 2004 Members Share Posted March 12, 2004 Fred McDowell's "You've Got To Move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tc2k Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Is there anywhere i can find a list of songs in open D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 A lot of country blues instruction books have lots of songs in open D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Leo Kottke - Watermellon, Echoing GuilowitzJohn Fahey - Poor BoyKelly Joe Phelps - almost all his slide work, but much is capoedBlind Boy Fuller - Police Dog Bluestraditional - Steel Guitar Ragtraditional - Vestapole (a nickname for the tuning)Blind Blake (?) - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Groundmany many country and Delta blues songs, slide and otherwise One other cool little trick is to take an open G song and move it up (away from the floor) and play it in open D (you can figure out what to do with the first string). Some songs work better than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Almost all the songs from Blood on the tracks are in Open D. The original recordings (Sept 1974) for BOTT were all in open D but Dylan re-recorded several of them in standard tuning later that year for the official BOTT album. The other songs remaining in open tuning are: Simple Twist Of Fate, Shelter From The Storm, Buckets Of Rain, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go. A few songs from Freewheeling were also in open D: Corrina, Down The Highway, Oxford Town, I Shall Be Free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members djuna Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 I think "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" was Blind Willie Johnson--regardless, that's a gorgeous piece.And dumb question--is open D the same as dropped D? I've been wanting to try it out sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 And dumb question--is open D the same as dropped D? I've been wanting to try it out sometime. No, dropped D is just standard tuning with the low E string tuned down two semitones to D (makes songs in the key of D sound better since you have the D in the bass). For open D the strings are tuned DADF#AD (the three notes that make up the chord of D) so when you strum all the strings open you get a D chord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave W. Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Fred Sokolow has a open tunings beginner dvd lesson available from Stefan Grossman's Guitrar workshop. A couple of previews are on YouTube: I have it and it is not bad for entry level opening tuning. Some nice easy to mid level stuff that will get you up and playing pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nwtsnma Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 DADGAD is the same as open G except for the one string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadAxe Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Is there anywhere i can find a list of songs in open D? There sure is. Look above and below your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pschaafs Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Valleyguy, your Neil Young link goes somewhere else.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Also, in the Links section of the Annex there are some links to open tuning and slide articles. I'll add one comment about Little Martha - years ago when I was trying to learn it I was trying to do the part at the 5th fret by holding the barre and hammering on the same chord forms that you do at the first fret, only now using middle, index and pinkie. The pinkie stretch was really hard for me, then I saw Leo Kottke do it in a concert (I was in about the 2nd row) and I realized that he dropped the barre. Bingo! I saw Leo again last spring and he did LM again - as much as I like Alman's version I prefer Leo's with all the harmonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 BTW. For anyone interested in exploring what open and altrenate tunings have to offer - and they can be loads of fun - there is some good info and lots of chord diagrams here: http://eceserv0.ece.wisc.edu/~sethares/alternatetunings/opentunings.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave W. Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 garthman, Thanks for posting that, a nice piece of reference and in pdf format easy to save. Many accomplished guitarists consider open tunings a dead end creatively. While that may be true, I really love the way the notes ring because of all the open strings. Thanks Freeman, I have struggled with LM for the same reason, will have to try LKs fingering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy thompson Posted February 6, 2009 Members Share Posted February 6, 2009 Jimmy Page has a TON of DADGAD songs: "Kashmir" "Black Mountain Side" Think he had a large influence from Bert Jansch listen to Black Waterside see what you think. Nick Drake and Davey Graham might be worth a peek, what about Keith Richards:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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