Steve Mitchell gets regular requests for instruction for songs that are recorded in tunings other than standard. For this column, Steve put together a group of common alternate tunings which are found in many popular recordings. It's fun not only to play many songs as they were originally recorded, but also to play old standards using alternate tunings to give them new and interesting voicings. Alternate tunings are also fundamental to traditional slide guitar playing, which Steve also teaches.
Example 2 is another hybrid pattern to use out of the open position.
The E tuning is probably the most common open tuning used today. Derek Trucks uses this tuning for everything. Duane Allman used this tuning for all his slide playing. The famous Statesboro Blues is played out of the key of D. All Duane Allman did is move Example 1 down to the 8th and 10th frets for his slow parts.
Example 5 is a open position hybrid scale pattern
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