How To Play Chords In Open G Tuning On Guitar

How To Play Chords On Guitar In Open G Tuning

by Simon Candy

 

Open G Tuning Guitar Chords ImageIn this video, I am going to show you 3 ways to play chords on your guitar in an open g tuning.

These open g tuning guitar chords sound beautiful and are easy to play, resulting in sounds that just aren’t possible to replicate in standard tuning.

You are going to love the ease at which you can play your guitar in open g tuning and the beautiful sounds that become available to you.

In this lesson you will learn:

1. Open G Bar Chords:

These chords only require one finger to play, leaving other fingers free to add extensions and embellishments adding many decorative elements to the progressions you play.

2. Open G Drone Chords:

These chords sound beautiful with the irregular droning open strings you get with an open tuning.

3. Open G Blues Shuffle:

This is incredibly easy to do in an open g tuning compared to standard tuning. It also sounds a lot better in this tuning.

Open tunings enhance and broaden your creativity, increase the scope of sound available to you on the guitar, and are much easier to create music with than you may think.

Check out the video below to learn how to play chords in a open g tuning on guitar:

 

 

Open G Tuning Guitar Chords Content

1. Open G Bar Chords

Chord Shapes:Open G Tuning Guitar Bar Chords Shapes

Chord Embellishments:

Open G Tuning Guitar Bar Chords Shape Embellishments

Open G Bar Chord Progression:

Open G Tuning Guitar Bar Chord Progression

 

2. Open G Drone Chords

Chord Shapes:

Open G Tuning Guitar Drone Chord Shapes

 

Open G Drone Chord Progression:

 

Open G Tuning Guitar Drone Chord Progression



 

 3. Open G Blues Shuffle

Chord Shapes:

Open G Tuning Guitar Chords Blues Shuffle ShapesOpen G Blues Shuffle:

 

Open G Tuning Guitar Chords Blues Shuffle Progression

 

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