Open G Tuning (Songs Guitar Lesson RO-020) How to play

[megjanawaymusicc]

he's so cute! awwwwwwwww

[London2272]

Those were great tips, thank you for sharing. I've just started playing in open G and had a lot of fun learning these riffs.

[wayneward1972]

Nicely :)

[kunstmaler63]

Tasmanian



[MrPhileas69]

Thank you Justin for this cool video.

[rinoman19]

here cuz jack white

[BOTiTTE]

@rinoman19 great now long how to build a complete sentence..

[ledorat1]

bril magic, get a tele, ditch the top E, tune to G, plug into a fender mustang 3( 100 watt) go to route 66 in south of france and blast the paint off the walls

[LHracing34]

It's a "Cracking"...hehe

[easre4dfr4es3wa2q1r4]

Start me up is wrong, but nonetheless great videos

[sambora0410]

Hi Justin Great videos you have tought me alot. I have taken off 2 strings and tuned my guitar to open G. Check out my LInk and see my version of Honky tonk woman

Let me know what you think. Thanks

[2010koisa]

good video bro, thanks

[alphasxsignal]

Like to see more Rolling Stone licks and other tuning songs.

Many poeple forget about all the other tunings that are being used in songs.

They can make it easier to play the song and it sounds better.

[raybede]

Thank you, You've just opened a complete new world to me !!!

[rivgmiera]

Thorough lesson. I use a lighter gauge sixth string tuned to G. My open G tuning is GGDGBD. I agree that the sixth string should be a root note.

[DarkBrute]

@rivgmiera same here. To have the D on the top string is just a bother, because you either mute it all the time or have to do weird fingering to get the root note out of it. And i find that to tune the E string to a G rather than a D, it ballences the tension, so the guitar stays in tune better. I might just take the thick string off, eventually, because its pretty much useless.

[MultiCreek]

what year is your strat?

[mp2611]

or you can tune the low e to a g as also so you can use that as the root note

[lumberjak91]

thanks for all! A good cool lesson :-))

[Hoopermazing]

This sounds a lot like "Brown Sugar!"

Somebody's got some 'splaining to do.

[deloreanfan81]

i c why so many hard core guitarists have so many guitars..so they dont have to keep retuning them lol...awesome job man

[r9ale]

At this stage of my playing, your quick lessons are just what the doctor ordered. Many thanks. Going to your website now to check out lessons.

[karenofbethany]

What a great lesson. I think I'm in love (old enough to be your mum!) I'll pass this along to my son, since I am officially a geezer rocker.

xo

Karen

[louisorleans]

Just tuning the A string to G is also a good one, check out 'So it Goes' by The Verve, the guitar on that track is sublime. Or Nick Drake, A down to G and Bottom E up to G to give you a double G note on the bottom 2 strings 'Black Eyed Dog' for example, you can work out tour own chord shapes quite easily to good effect.

[DailyBrusher]

tanks, v helpful!

[dflec]

Justin Sandercoe is cool. Thank you for your videos

[korkydacat]

With respect to all the others guitarists, this has to be the best Open G lesson on You Tube...........If not, then definitely the most fun!

Cheers Justin..............Peace

[fillmer]

Thumbs up! :-D

[victorvarvatos]

great work!

[mariolsan]

grazie justin!!! the best!

[Surfister]

ace

[Modellbahner12]

Thank you very much!

What amp settings do you use ?

Greetings from Germany

[Breaudy]

i have a Rolling Stones tune , #005 , its totally instramental , cand you figure out the song title ? thanks for your vids, all interesting and your accent aint canadian eh, lol

[strat3251]

just thought i would drop in and say thanks for this stuff justin...Mark.

[frwyguy]

Awesome lesson! Bring us more!!!

[notregme]

I love open G ,lots of fun

[DonPatricio68]

Nice work here Justin. Never experimented before in open G but tonight your lesson cemented my appreciation for it. The delta blues masters who played in "Spanish" tuning obviously heavily influenced The Stones but I also appreciate the Dandy Warhols tune. I'd always thought that it was a UK band when hearing the radio play of that tune in the States. I got a bit of an education on DW as well tonight. Cheers for that as well.

[NayrNitsuj]

You are fucking amazing...I haven't bothered playing songs that are in Open G Tuning because it was always explained to me but idiots apparently. Now I'm an expert on the subject since this morning thanks to you...I honestly love you now.

[MinivanMegafun100]

Start Me Up is a step lower than the video. Main riff is 5th fret and down to 3rd.

[jeffhardyj]

lol my dad have the same guitar

[GYBEHO]

Thanks for the input. Great help. Happy Australia day.

Cheers

[lilskates3]

lol nice shirt... i mean really???

[Ayato3]

Hey great lesson, over all which open tuning offers the most musical possibilities? open D or open G? i know standard tuning but i'dd liek to learn e second one, which one should i choose?

[gordykw]

Great lesson, Thank you

[opoknock]

that's a nice thing to say to someone who has said nothing to offend you , "you are mental."

[opoknock]

he's not Australian. He's from the south of England..probably London.

[nicholson272]

he's from tazmania, which is off austrailia. if you think thats a london accent you are mental

[ConveyTheKing]

"Open G chuning!"

[PilotDoofy]

Ya, I love this dude's accent. It's better than most Aussie accents I hear.

[moaningatmidnight]

you europeans sure love the dandy warhols

[llkdll]

he's australian

[3M00RI]

@llkdll he's IRISH!!

[tzcxgfyt]

@llkdll no... he's not. he's english

[DrPepper2kx]

@llkdll he's australian but he lives in england

[davec3487]

When fretting the 7th fret, isn't that a D, not a C?

[cagethug]

thats why hes playing the 5th fret, to get a C

[camper88]

Except Start Me Up is in C (should be on 5th fret, not 7th)

[fenderhippy710]

stop the war!

[DuskY1991]

Awesome video, I'm gonna tune my guitar to an open G now, definitely. =)

[PageandPlant4Life]

It would be really cool if you taught ''can't be satisfied'' by muddy waters.

[hometownvideos]

Great Lesson! Can you show how to play "Sleep" by the D. Warhols? thanks

[whec65]

As usual, great instructional work!

[arraialblues]

excelent and simple. thank you very much, continue with this fun-job. teo

[JLJameson]

Dear Justin,

Thank you so much. I've been waiting for open G for many, many years but didn't realize it. This has re-inspired me and I can already hear the difference in my playing. Please, please, please make a part II and part III of the Stones and open G, at least. I'm going to your site right now to make a donation!!

Bob

[skidown]

Cheers! Fantastic. How about "Fool for your stockings" by ZZ Top?

[H269H]

Thanks man, great lessons and nice t-shirt

[marcelodomar]

thank you!

[vjtovarm]

Thank's man, for all yours instructional videos! Greattings from Venezuela

[hugh78735]

Mate you are awesome! NZ says thanks. Some of it anyway, the other guys are at the pub.

[rugshort]

3 minutes in and you've tuned the guitar!

[eduardjesuscc]

Great job!

[jonnybargh1]

hey justin you might want to actually read this comment.

In the video description it needs to be start me up and brown sugar

nice lesson

[camstorm]

excellent, got to try that on my stuff

[Liserhoops]

Thanks. I have just tuned the guitar to this tuning today thinking about how to play the Joni Mitchell song that I have known for years using standard tuning. I wish I had a bit more theory to figure out minor chords in this tuning.

[evilmacaroni]

Hey, tnx 4 the bohemian like you lesson, I found it hard 2 play the tabs I found.

[puttemann]

I have to be a retard or something because I tried this for 5 minutes ago and both my e strings broke

[asachiara]

you need to tune down not up to higher octave note so the tunned Ds are lower then E in standard tuning

[seakohl]

a b c d E  tune down not up duhhh

[haklav]

Thnx for this excellent teaching. It's my first experience with Open G tuning, although I play the guitar already for so many years.

One small improvement to the tab of Brown Sugar, specifically the chord with barre at the 8th fret, the middle finger on the 2nd string at the 9th fret and the ring finger on the 4th string at the 10th fret. I think the pinky should be put on the 3rd string at the 10th fret, to let this chord sound exactly like the original.

[loutopdrummer]

JUSTIN YOU ARE THE MAN!

[maltcrispy]

you can also play Romeo & Juliet with a capo on the 5th!

[dan1lo1986]

you rule man! love your lessons!

[H2J41]

open g is a great another pretty one is dadadd from low to high. that is mark tremonti's tuning. you should try it

[MamoDad]

Thanks Justin. Love your explanation of things.

Keep up the good work!

[GitaarKiejs]

Justin mate, YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!

thanks for all the video's

[caffeinejo]

Good on ya' mate. Great lesson. Both the tuning bit, as well as the actual songs. Thanks heaps!!

Best ...

Joe

[mikoparsonius]

woooo! - you've just transformed my playing of Honky Tonk and Brown Sugar. I've been using standard tuning, I had no idea. Did Keith really take off his 6th string rather than learning to damp it? What a bozo. Thanks a million (isn't YouTube great - take a peek at some of my Tommy Emmanuel covers)

[G4DGE]

You're the best teacher on the net! well done Justin, keep it up!!

[differentone7]

good lessons! thanks heaps.

[Oxenpar]

"Start Me and Brown up", sorry mate, but this was a typo that was to fun to leave. :D

[flatericster]

hey! it's really great what you're doing bro..

EVERYONE CHECK THE WEBSITE AND PLS DONATE IF YOU CAN!!!!!

[dpapaioannow]

hey thanks man i dont any theory...so now i get it....LOL

[7upIsLove]

so many people who, like me, have no guitar mentor and have spent years figuring things out on their own, are now playing guitar so much better because of these lessons. your videos are truly a blessing justin, thanks man.

[Beakasaurus]

I second that!  Thanks a ton!

[samwilliams999]

Third :D

[4closuRe]

Thanks so much friend. No one has ever made alternate tuning so quick and easy. Appreciate your good nature and effort

[dontWTFme]

Is that a Fender Blues Junior amp in the background? Great video btw!

[Piratetude]

Dude, you rock and so does your tee shirt. Don't change cause someone out there is judgmental. I listed you as a favorite and will watch this vid over and over...and I'll check out your web site. Very cool, man.

[bimini9]

Very cool lesson. Skip the cheasy t shirt and relax on trying to save the world.

[jase2201]

Hey Jus, wicked tutorials, any chance u could do "Happy" cos there isnt any decent tutorials on here, have learnt loads from u many thanx

[kikevideo]

The original song "start me up" start in 5 fret not at 7 fret

[tomlad750]

Justin you are a legend on you tube, love your website too, thanks soooo much

[kingkonguf]

it's bad to tune down because the note (as you play) will continue to detune itself, and if you tune down, then up, it locks the string in place. It also just feels better to do. It feels like it wouldn't detune as easily, and it doesn't.

[PhishtankPhobia]

why is bad to tune down to notes?

[gavinconlon]

Ariexmae-you are an ignorant donkey

And -perhaps a bit jealous as well i would say

Hope youre not married to any poor unfortunate

Imagine having to live with someone like you

YUKK!!

[ModGyo]

"Start Me and Brown up by the Rolling Stones." Ha ha

[fly5mike]

Please do Honky Tonk Woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rhysy14]

justin your a ledgend m8 your videos have helped me out so much even more than guitar tutors would cheers m8 :)

[KeithRogersGuitar]

No real offense to you or anything, but I don't really think that if you can't realize before watching the entire video that it isn't for your skill level, you shouldn't be bitching about how it isn't for "pros" or not. Either way, what Justin does is aiding people learn an instrument for free, and I don't think that it fully respects him or what he's doing by you complaining.

[KeithRogersGuitar]

I'd also like to add that the complete description of the video is to the right, and taking 30 seconds to read it help. Sorry for spamming the video Justin, and thanks for everything you do : )

[ariexmae]

look, my comments are as valid as any of these "oh my god thank you so much" comments. just cause i have criticism to offer about something more controversial than petty compliments, doesnt mean im spamming or being ignorant. comments are for your comments, not just for lame compliments. if all you want is little kids telling you how great you are .. maybe you should get a job teaching runts how to tie their shoes. my problem still remains with problematic mislabeling. cant dig it ? too bad.

[KeithRogersGuitar]

Well, the problem isn't the fact that you're trying to help Justin out by telling him what to do better, it's the fact that you're saying it like a dick.

[ariexmae]

well i am dick. being polite isnt a policy of mine.

[colgilbert]

ariexmae

mate you are a loser,get a life.

[ariexmae]

haha .. ouch. well wheres you life ? .. you are after all .. reading month old comments half way down a page and getting into other peoples discussions. get a life ? .. haha.

[raithrover1976]

Yeh, and you lost another 10 minutes being a prick. Fuck off and leave us "toddlers" to enjoy Justins videos.

[quantiko]

i believe you were fucking a stray dog up against the dumpster behind your house not his mother.

[ariexmae]

a stray dog ? .. oh so it was your mother then.  my mistake.

[ariexmae]

haha, well, even if justin is a pro .. which i doubt he is .. this lesson is hardly pro level. in fact, i would teach this to anyone learning open tunings on the FIRST DAY. this video consists of like .. 1 movable chord and 2 or 3 songs that everyone on the planet knows how to play ? .. and the dandy warhols fuckin blow. i cant believe anyone teaching guitar would even make reference to them. pro lesson my ass.

[tommot67]

Thanks, been playing for 2 years and thats the first time I've tried alternate tunings, sounds good and so easy to do. Will you be doing any more or can you recomend somewhere where I can find songs just in alternate tunings. I know there are loads posted on the net but cannot see anywhere where they are listed specificaly (spelling!)

Many thanks

Tommo

[elininer]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am new to the guitar and you had me playing some cool songs in a matter of minutes!

You are my new hero!

[ariexmae]

cmon now .. this says .. "pro lesson" .. this is beginner shit.

[blkactor87]

Excellent

[sk8er4life123698]

dude teach us you cant always get what you want

[gabelogan2008]

ur no wheree near as gud as takingthepith

he's amazing!!!!

[petertorro]

good lesson What notes you play on the last song

is on the e string or b string

[waallpaper]

You are the best guitar teacher ever !!!!!!!!!

[853955]

how long would one have to play guitar before being able to do this???

[cobracarg]

not that long i guess...its a simple thing to do...

[853955]

weeks? months? or years ? ; )thanks for replying

[nickf5]

weeks. If you just want to learn one (relativly easy) song all you need is practice. You won't learn many skills but you'd be able to play it.

[myfavoritevideoclip]

about 15 minutes.

[GoodGawd]

You can play this without G tuning right. Why tuning it to G? It makes it easier?

[cobracarg]

yes...the reason is so you can play barre chords with one finger and do little hammer ons and pull offs with the rest of your fingers....like drop d tuning and power chords.

[moonwalkerAl]

many thanks reaklly helpful

[ElectricSparkGuitar]

You helped me out soo much man!!! I really owe you one... Tell you what, I'll even subscribe to you!!!

[ginosaurusrex]

Spot on old chap

[Doodabango]

Awesome!!! Justin you are a great teacher!! Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming!!!!

[SkyArt2020]

Excellent lesson! Good karma. Thank you.

[rwpresley]

Very exciting, Justin. I'm inspired. This might change my life!

Thanks

[Scribbler68]

Really interesting, and very clearly explained. Well done Justin! (Oh, hold on, I'm being told I'm nearly out of time for this message....) Keep up the good work!

[TheKingDies]

Ahaha, been trying to get this from a dvd from Total Guitar mag for nearly 45 mins, couldn't understand it, one look at yours, bam. (For start me up)

[mallamoozoo]

yeah - he's got a knack for quickly explaining what others take ages to say and making it clearer anyway - probably the best teacher on the internet ever - he should be famous.

[monkey5000]

thanks man, really helped me out, nice and slow, explaining all the way. great teacher!!! keep em coming!!!

[scrumpymanjack]

Down a semi-tone or down a whole tone? Small point but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks for the lesson.

[luigi2112]

whole tone

[luigi2112]

sorry not sure, i know the 'A' string (5th) is tuned down a whole tone

[TijucaWeirdo]

Justin, Great lesson. Very helpful. Keep em coming.

[nalita69]

ahhhh He's called Jed that's why you call him Jedi... Clever!

[Stratocaster1971]

Cool!! I enjoy Open G as much as you do, plz check out my videos, lots of Open G Stones riffs lessons. Merry Xmas from Spain. Nice job!

[soscabopolonio]

nice video ,but start me up is in C not in D

[point5MT]

pay attention

[fenderguy9]

you've got a great warm tone, what kind of amplifier are you using? Sounds like a fender blues?

[stuco]

Great lessons, Is that "brown up" or "brown sugar"?

[GuitaristInProgress]

Another great lesson. I was thinking about putting together an Open G tutorial also, but now I think I might not need to...

[fufuburn]

Thanks for all great lessons Justin!

I dont understand this one though; Am I the only one who thinks open G tuning sounds completely wrong no matter who uses it?

[thatjoneslad]

Considering how many records the Stones have sold, not forgetting all the blues tunes that use it, I'd say you're in a minority with that particular opinion!

Personally I think it sounds better than standard in some situations. For example you can play Brown Sugar in standard but it just sounds 'wrong'.

[GuitaristInProgress]

Please check out my channel, all my videos are in open g, tell me if nothing there sounds right to you. Just curious to see what you'll think.

[rs1806]

hey Justin.. I just tried to play in open G. Could you explain how to play this standard rock n'roll riff used in "Start me up" an "Brown sugar"...

Thanks a lot..

Robert

[Qbaca]

I know you're reading this right now. I can feel it in the bottom right side of the back of my neck.

[celebritybusted]

thank... justin

[luissespinosa]

great explanation of open G ........ Kudos to you man!!!

[nativingui]

grosssso!!!! rock and roll!!!

[russ980]

Thank you Justin. I really enjoy you lessons. Your very kind for doing this.

[mariule2]

Great, great lesson! Keep it up, Justin!