Hello! This is an instructional video on how to tune your guitar to open D tuning. In this video, I also explain Drop D tuning along with an easy way to get your guitar in Open E tuning using a capo once you have your guitar tuned to Open D. Learning how to tune your guitar to Open D is very simple and playing in Open D is a lot of fun. I originally learned how to tune my guitar to Open D when I realized there are a lot of great Bob Dylan songs that are played in Open D and I wanted to learn how to play them. This is my first ever instructional video and I THINK it turned out ok. However, after watching this video, if you still have questions regarding tuning your guitar to Open D, dont hesitate to comment or send me an e-mail and I will do my best to answer your question(s). Finally, a plug for my Dylan covers: If you want to see my play a song in Open D with a capo on the 2nd fret, see my cover of Buckets of Rain. If you want to see me play a song in Open E tuning, please see my cover of "Simple Twist of Fate". I hope you enjoyed this video and thank you for watching! 🙂

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10 thoughts on “How To Tune Your Guitar to Open D”

  1. Pfunky2007
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    you bet! 🙂 glad it helped. i’ve had a lot of fun playing in open D and im happy im able to share open D tuning with others. thanks for bringing paolo nutini’s tricks of the trade to my attention. i never heard of him until i got your comment and just looked him up on YouTube. found an upload of him playing this song live. LOVE it!!! wouldn’t mind trying to cover that myself sometime. keep me posted on your cover of that one! thx for watching!

  2. ozmaorigrl
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    wow, being a hobby guitar player since I was 12, I never found out how to tune to open D, now I want to play Paolo Nutini’s Tricks of the trade…cheers for that lesson dude… 🙂

  3. Pfunky2007
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    Awesome! That’s great to hear! 🙂 Glad I was able to help; thanks for watching! :)

  4. UcanThnkItuCanDoit
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    Ive never tried to tune to open d. I do not have a tuner.

    However, with the help of this video, i was able to tune my guitar to open d perfectly.

    thanks

  5. Pfunky2007
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    You’re very welcome; thanks for watching! 🙂

  7. Pfunky2007
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    Thanks; and you bet! When I first started tuning my guitar to open D I went through a few strings too, particularly the high E. 🙂 After a while, after getting more used to tuning my guitar to Open D and also once I started tuning the strings slower than I was at first, the strings stopped breaking on me. Of course, there is always a chance they can break any time you are tightening and loosening the strings nonethless. Good luck and have fun! 🙂

  8. TheLyingMustache
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    It’s okay. And thanks, it does help. I thought it just had to be in harmony. I actually broke a string trying to tune it properly! Thanks though! Great video! 🙂

  9. Pfunky2007
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    Hello! Sorry for the long delay on getting back to you! Yes, the strings will "sound exactly the same" because in Open D, 6 strings are all tuned to one of 3 notes, D, A, or F# (just tuned to different octaves). For example, the 6th, the 4th, and the 1st strings are all tuned to the same note, "D"; the 5th string and the 2nd string are both "A’s". The only string not tuned to the notes A or D is the 3rd string which is tuned to F#. I hope that helps! Thx for watching! 🙂

  10. TheLyingMustache
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    Are the strings supposed to sound exactly the same? :S

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