Description
This comprehensive book is the industry standard for guitar alternate tunings. Grammy-Award winning guitarist/author Mark Hanson’s book features chapters on 17 of the most popular tunings, plus substantial information on over 30 others. Included are historical info, explanations, tuning charts, chord grids, scales, cascading scales and how to create your own tuning, plus 40 pages of listings of artists, their tunes/tunings and capo positions. Highly recommended!
This digital download is available through an external site, Platform Purple. For more information on our digital downloads, see About Digital Downloads.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Tunings
Standard
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Chord Fingerings
D-Family Tunings
Drop-D
D A d g b d ‘
Dsus4 – – “D A D G A D”
Open D
Open D Minor
D A d e a d ‘
G-Family Tunings
Open G
G s u s 4
Open G Minor
D G d g a d’
G6
C-Family Tunings
C G d g b e ‘
C G d g b d ‘
Open C
Open C Minor
Other Tunings
Close-to-Standard Tunings
Other Open Chord Tunings
Slide Guitar Tunings
Hawaiian “Slack Key” Tunings
How to Design Your Own Tunings
Artists’ Tunes and Tunings
Chord Supplement
Tablature Guide
Rick Pitchuck –
I have had this book in soft cover for nearly 30 years, it is still very relevant to this day !
If you need inspiration to pick up your dusty neglected guitar, grab a set of new strings and this book, you will have all of the chord fingerings you need for any of the alternate tunings to get your creative juices flowing again !