Standard and Open A and G Tuning Lesson 1

 

     Standard tuning, is the tuning that has been used predominantly in the 20th century on guitar and is what most people first learn on.

Here it is:   

                 

 

Now let's look at an A chord in the first position to understand the relationship between standard and open tunings:

Here is the chord and the notes:

                

                 

 

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Lesson 3