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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on October 31, 2013 at 7:10am

GDG is the bottom end of open tuning used mostly by blues and rock players and I the easier of the two to play and learn.

GBD is the bottom end of trad dobro tuning as used mostly by bluegrass and (to a lesser degree) hawaiian players, and is a little more work, but more flexible in terms of what it can do.

theyre both great, but id recommend starting with GDG.

have fun

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on October 31, 2013 at 2:14pm

Ditto to Jeff's comment...remember to string up GDg tuning with the 543 strings (ADG) and simply tune down the A to a G.

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on November 1, 2013 at 12:44am

or tune the D and G up one full step to E and A so you have an open A tuning

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Permalink Reply by Brendan deVallance on November 1, 2013 at 2:43am

Go Dog Go, that's how I roll.

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on November 1, 2013 at 3:45am

I started out getting used to the basic chords....There's more ...when I find the chord shape chart I'll post it for you.

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Permalink Reply by TODD MOWER on November 1, 2013 at 7:33am

Thanks all of you for the info..

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