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Open C Tuning

open C tuning
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Slightly more obscure, open C is tuned to a C major chord, and utilizes a very low sixth string to give the guitar a big, full sound.

Tuning Tips

  • Start by tuning your sixth string down to full tones to C.
  • Then tune your fifth string down a tone to G. Check the tuning with the third (G) string.
  • Next, tune your fourth string down a tone to C. Check the tuning with the sixth (C) string.
  • Lastly, tune your second string UP a semitone to C. Check the tuning with the fourth (C) string.

Tab of Songs in This Tuning...

Friends - Track from Led Zeppelin III. Great song with several interesting parts, all in open C tuning. This tab is a little bit simplified.

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