When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Graham Wiltshire/Redferns/Getty Images Open G tuning is an alternate tuning favored by ...

Of all the alternative tunings in use today, open G must be a contender for ‘most popular’. But before we continue, please allow me to be pedantic for a moment and point out that ‘altered’ and ‘open’ ...

In fact, we’ve borrowed the general feel of Zep’s bluegrass-hued track Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp for this month’s transcription. Mr Page aside, open G has been used by many legendary players, including Robert ...

There's huge inspiration in your choice of acoustic and electric guitar, effects pedals and guitar amps. Even the guitar pick you choose plays a part, but before all that there's the huge world of ...

My eyes tell me that Keith is not playing a traditional chord shape in this photo, just barring the neck in typical G-tuning fashion. Check out Chuck Yarborough's interview with Keith's bandmate, a ...

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...