Alternate and Open Tunings

Tuning your guitar to open chords or other combinations of notes can give your instrument a whole new sound and open up exciting new possibilities. It's not hard to retune your guitar, and once you've got the knack you'll be amazed at what you can do.

These tunings are used in many styles of guitar playing, from open-chord blues and slide styles to Celtic songs and dance tunes. Give your guitar a whole new soundscape!
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Keola Beamer Teaches Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Taught By: Keola Beamer
CD plus 40-page music + tab book
Fingerstyle arrangements and techniques for gorgeous slack key songs and instrumentals.
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Celtic Instrumentals For Fingerstyle Guitar - DVD 2 Alternate Tunings
 Taught By: Al Petteway
70-minute DVD, Includes music + tab book
Learn five beautiful and evocative guitar instrumentals in the Celtic style using a variety of tunings.
Price: $29.95
Essential DADGAD for Beginners - DVD 2 Arrangements for Mountain Ballads and Blues
 Taught By: Artie Traum
60-Minute DVD plus Music and Tab Booklet

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Artie Traum helps bring your guitar to life by showing you DADGAD applications in traditional mountain ballads, fingerstyle blues and contemporary songs.
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Essential DADGAD for Beginners - DVD 3 New Ideas for Creative Playing
 Taught By: Artie Traum
60 minute DVD, includes music and tab

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Artie Traum tunes his guitar to DADGAD almost exclusively these days, and on this DVD he shows you how this tuning enhances his powerful original songs and instrumentals.
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Essential DADGAD for Beginners - DVD 1
Taught By: Artie Traum
One 55 Minute DVD, includes Music and Tab

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An easy introduction to DADGAD for those who are new to alternate tunings and want to explore its unique sounds on the guitar.
Price: $29.95
Learn To Play Bottleneck Blues Guitar - DVD 1 The Basics
 Taught By: Bob Brozman
90-minute DVD, includes tab

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Bob Brozman's remarkably detailed instruction starts with the basics, including the open tunings needed to get the true bottleneck sound. Through careful explanations, exercises and songs, this video reveals the secrets of traditional blues/slide guitar.
Price: $29.95
Learn To Play Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Three-DVD Set From the Basics to Advanced Bottleneck Technique and Repertoire
 Taught By: Bob Brozman
Three DVDs, includes tab

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Bob Brozman’s three-part course presents a complete picture of bottleneck blues guitar, from the basics of slide technique to the advanced repertoire of the masters.
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The Techniques and Arrangements of Alex de Grassi Adventures in Fingerstyle Guitar
 Taught By: Alex de Grassi
90-minute DVD, Includes music + tab book
This rare glimpse into the compositions and techniques of a contemporary guitar master includes playing counter-melodies, two-hand tapping, percussive slapping, double hammer-ons, harmonics, and much more.
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How to Become a More Creative Guitarist An Insider's Tips for Fingerstyle Players
 Taught By: Adrian Legg
70-minute DVD,Includes tab
This unusual lesson details some of the unique "tricks of the trade" that have made Adrian Legg one of the most sought-after fingerstyle guitarists on the scene today.
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Preston Reed In Concert With Special Guest Laurence Juber
 Taught By: Laurence Juber, Preston Reed
60-minute DVD
See and hear Preston Reed "live" in concert, creating the amazing sounds that have given his playing such notoriety around the world.
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