This video explores 3 of the most commonly used types of tunings for slide guitar, to help you choose which one to use. Make sure to grab your free course “Getting Ready to Slide” – everything you need to begin your slide guitar journey at http://www.onefingerguitarist.com/courses

“Which tuning should I use” is the most common question I hear from people starting out in slide guitar.

We’ll look at standard tuning, Open G and Open D tunings (and their variations). I’ll discuss the pros and cons of each, suggest how you might choose one over another, and address the issue of whether it really matters.

And at the end I’ll share a Bonus “secret” tuning (aka the “universal” tuning) that might give you the best of all worlds 🙂

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Why does the tuning matter?
01:49 Health and safety!
02:14 The 3 tuning types
03:05 Standard tuning for slide
06:48 Open tuning pros and cons
09:34 Open G (Spanish) tuning and variants
11:28 Open D (Vestapol) tuning and variants
15:10 How do you choose?
16:20 Does tuning really matter?
18:24 Bonus “secret” tuning
20:23 Wrap up