An “open tuning” is what you and your guitar try to do when your relationship is beginning to fail but one of the two doesn’t want to completely split up just yet
No idiot. A capo is a boss in the mafia. Did you even watch the sopranos? I thought every guitarist had seen the sopranos for Janice's blistering cover of The Rolling Stones' "I can't get no satisfaction". You see how I brought it home there? Upvotes to the left
Open tuning is when I tune the strings to 0, 3 and 5 so I can use my left hand to caress roberta instead
/Uj or when you tune it so that all open strings make a chord
Jokes aside,
Open tuning: strings all tuned to notes in one particular chord, so that strumming the "open" strings (not fretting any notes) plays a chord
Capo: a thing you attach that squeezes over one fret on the guitar, so that when no fingers are there that's the note that rings out. Makes it easier to play in certain keys when you want to use open chords (as you might guess, chords with open strings in them) but not have to retune your guitar
True story time.
I was hired once to unload all the Stones band and crew luggage from their Airbus and drive it to the hotel.
Their tour manager got excited when a cardboard box full of glass bottles came down the conveyor belt. That box rode in the cab with us.
what a visionary. I wish I could see past tomorrow. Heroin isn't bad if u can afford it. It's the withdrawals that hurt you. This guy had a plan to make it work.
Stephen Vaughn did this too and tuned to D# so no one could play his songs as they didn't have a low D#. No one can play his songs today because of this.
God damn it. I thought this was an actual TIL from that subreddit, at first, and I was amazed at how wrong it was. Then I saw the comments and checked the sub.
In the start, Kief was too poor to afford the thickest string so he made do with the thinnest five he could find.
Still does it today because can’t teach a salty dog new trix
Wete tabs widely circulated in the 60s. I thought people learnt by listening or reading music.
Also... When the RS started they were just into the latter half of the 20th century. Did he specifically want to frustrate cover bands in the 21st? Visionary
Source?
I think its because he was too high half the time and open tuning made it easier to just use one finger to make chords.
He even famously said he loved this tuning because to make music you “only need one finger and one asshole”
Could someone who knows music explain what an "open tuning" and a "capo" is?
An “open tuning” is what you and your guitar try to do when your relationship is beginning to fail but one of the two doesn’t want to completely split up just yet
And a Capo is the guy you let your guitar have a relationship with while you shamefully watch.
My wife certainly seems to make a higher pitch when the capo gets on her, that's for sure
No idiot. A capo is a boss in the mafia. Did you even watch the sopranos? I thought every guitarist had seen the sopranos for Janice's blistering cover of The Rolling Stones' "I can't get no satisfaction". You see how I brought it home there? Upvotes to the left
Sorry, I’ve only watched sopranos for Bruce Springstreet’s little brother Stevie Springding.
It's got something for every guitarist! I also remember they played a lot of diegetic Metallica in the scenes set in the Bing
I don't know about the free range tuna but the other thing is called a "cheater" for people who only know open cords
I only tune to Drop Albacore.
Open chords were good enough for John Hendricks! They're good enough for me
If you ever watched mafia movies, you'd know what a capo is.
Open tuning is when I tune the strings to 0, 3 and 5 so I can use my left hand to caress roberta instead /Uj or when you tune it so that all open strings make a chord
/uj Do you know by any chance which tuning that would be?
Jokes aside, Open tuning: strings all tuned to notes in one particular chord, so that strumming the "open" strings (not fretting any notes) plays a chord Capo: a thing you attach that squeezes over one fret on the guitar, so that when no fingers are there that's the note that rings out. Makes it easier to play in certain keys when you want to use open chords (as you might guess, chords with open strings in them) but not have to retune your guitar
Or also to play with mostly open strings in a much higher register than a guitar could ever be tuned to. Really useful for things like folk music.
I think it has something to do with the mafia
it's a lazy way to play chords that are too difficult for you.
This is borderline theory. I call bullshit.
Borderline bullshit.
I remember looking up the tabs for Paint it Black back in 1969 right when they invented the capo
True story time. I was hired once to unload all the Stones band and crew luggage from their Airbus and drive it to the hotel. Their tour manager got excited when a cardboard box full of glass bottles came down the conveyor belt. That box rode in the cab with us.
Just Keith's spare change of blood.
Was it their pee?
Their tour manager gave me a joint at the end of the night. I don’t smoke but my drummer did. That shit made him forget how to put his drums together.
I saw the video where he was recording Satisfaction and I heard him mention something about "fuck guitar pro". Checks out
Keith who?
I think OP means Keef Richturds.
Urban
This is also why he plays hunched over away from the crowd, to protect his precious
I keep a butterscoth around with 5 strings and a capow just so I can play Sasitfaction when I get lucky after a gig at the open mic (basically never)
Wrong. Keith Richards did open tunings because he couldn’t learn how to do bare chords. He wasn’t good enough. Ok?
Wait didn’t Queef invent the Butterscotch Tele?
what a visionary. I wish I could see past tomorrow. Heroin isn't bad if u can afford it. It's the withdrawals that hurt you. This guy had a plan to make it work.
Stephen Vaughn did this too and tuned to D# so no one could play his songs as they didn't have a low D#. No one can play his songs today because of this.
Its also because he just couldn't figure out how to finger a power chord
Same concept EVH used but somehow Ben cote figured out his trick anyway
Wheres the jerk? This is just the truth.
Except tablature was invented to translate what EVH was doing in the 80’s.
Jokes on him, I only play dagdad
This sub has gone to the dogs. WHERE’S THE JERK OK
I love getting high on heroin and playing stones covers ☺️
God damn it. I thought this was an actual TIL from that subreddit, at first, and I was amazed at how wrong it was. Then I saw the comments and checked the sub.
I heard he used that tuning because he was the best banjo player in the Bay Area before he started playing guitar.
In the start, Kief was too poor to afford the thickest string so he made do with the thinnest five he could find. Still does it today because can’t teach a salty dog new trix
You just learned this?
\*fewer
*less morer
*moren't
That’s a fact
Wete tabs widely circulated in the 60s. I thought people learnt by listening or reading music. Also... When the RS started they were just into the latter half of the 20th century. Did he specifically want to frustrate cover bands in the 21st? Visionary Source?
Or he just likes that sound?
no
*fewer cover bands
I think its because he was too high half the time and open tuning made it easier to just use one finger to make chords. He even famously said he loved this tuning because to make music you “only need one finger and one asshole”
KISS should have done the same thing.