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Permalink Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on April 15, 2016 at 4:21am

Well I never knew that! So I can just use the GDg scales I've got but transpose them starting on the right fret. Interesting and massively helpful! Now all I need is a chord sheet for the EBE tuning haha.

Thanks times a trillion, Wayfinder. I really appreciate that.

Permalink Reply by Michael Recchione on April 15, 2016 at 7:52am

Aren't there more than one "open E" tunings? I can think of two that I use a lot: E-b-e, and E-g#-b. The first would be "root-fifth-octave" tuning, and the second would be "major triad" tuning. You could also use "minor triad" tuning, or E-g-b.

The good news is that, as Wayfinder said, you should be able to find a lot of material on scale patterns in all the open-G tuning variations. Just copy the patterns.

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on April 15, 2016 at 8:23am

Wayfinder calls it.   One of the nice things about open tunings is that they often -not always play the same.   IVI tunings: GDG, AEA, CGC, EBE - all have the same string relationships and play the same.

Permalink Reply by Blind Lemon Cello on April 15, 2016 at 8:25am

I have just discovered how much I like open "A" EAE on 3 string & EAEAC#E on six.

Check out wiki link & note of open E for slide & the reference to open G.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guitar_tunings

Permalink Reply by Michael Recchione on April 15, 2016 at 1:43pm

I wind up using the major triad tuning a lot. It's like the top three strings of open G tuning on a six string, which is probably my favorite tuning for slide.

Permalink Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on April 15, 2016 at 12:47pm

All sorted with the scales. I should have mentioned I meant EBE, sorry for the confusion. I've copied the pattern of a GDg chart so all is fine it would seem. I hope! Haha

If anyone has links to chord charts for EBE I'd be massively appreciative.

Thanks all for the help too. You're all superstars.

Permalink Reply by Rick McKeon on April 26, 2016 at 7:37pm

I have posted a bunch of free lessons in Open E (EBE) here: https://rickmckeon.com/cbglessons.html that you might like.

Rick

Permalink Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on April 28, 2016 at 12:36pm

Apologies for not replying sooner Rick. Thanks a billion for the link. Great information, really helpful and a wonderful teaching manner you have too. Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by Rick McKeon on April 28, 2016 at 1:04pm

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it! Rick

Permalink Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on April 28, 2016 at 3:37pm

Definitely enjoying it but also finding it really useful. I sometimes (often) struggle with doing one thing and then losing that one thing when I start thinking about the next part. Your methodology in teaching the steady bass line is challenging but because I can instantly see the benefit I've got the determination to keep trying. Hugely helpful. I'll try and get a donation in the tip jar come payday too BTW. More than worth it and thanks again.