Acoustic Tapping Tunings

So standard tuning is great and all, but it doesn't get the job done when you are tapping. You are going to be using a lot of hand work and won't have the ability to plant enough fingers at a time to keep the song or exercise in key. An open tuning works for this exact reason, you can now concentrate on simpler fingerings and all your open strings will be in key.

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Open D

The most common tuning is open D, it sounds great for major and minor songs. The tuning is D A D F# A D. Your 6th string will be tuned down a whole step (two frets), 5th and 4th string will not be changed, the 3 string will be tuned down one half step (one fret), and the 1st and 2nd strings will be tuned down one whole step. We might touch upon this tuning in other tutorials. Here are a couple of chords.
G major and A major
   
B minor and F# minor
   

Alternate Open D

Another popular open tuning that acoustic tappers use is the alternate Open D tuning: D A D G A D or sometimes known as "Dadgad". This is similar to the open D tuning the only difference is the G, instead of tuning your 3rd string down a half step you keep it tuned at G. We use both the Open-D tunings as the main basis for all the tapping tutorials, although some tutorials are relevant regardless of tuning. I suggest getting use to tuning that 3rd string up and down one half step. Here are a couple more chords.


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