This is a unique course— the first of its kind to teach music theory from the ground up for guitarists playing in Open D tuning.
No prior knowledge of music theory is necessary in order to progress through this course. This course includes more than 3 hours of video lessons + an 80 page PDF book with 125 diagrams. You’ll learn the major scale, triads, scale harmonization techniques, seventh chords, chord extensions, the minor pentatonic scale, arpeggios, the minor blues scale, soloing techniques, blues progressions, uses of chromaticism, guide tones, shell voicings, and more.
By the end of this course you’ll be able to improvise in this tuning, play chords and scales all over the neck, and perform in all twelve keys.
Open D tuning offers beautiful sounds that are hard to attain in standard tuning—but this tuning isn’t just for playing a few blues or folk tunes. It’s a full-fledged tuning that’s as versatile as standard tuning, and when learned well, it can easily become your primary tuning.
All tunings that use the 1-5-1-3-5-1 interval system will find this course beneficial, including Open E and Open C.
If you aspire to know your way around the fretboard like Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth, Ariel Posen, Joey Landreth, or any of the other modern day guitarists who use this tuning, this course is for you. They all know their music theory concepts intimately in this tuning—this allows them to perform at the highest level.
Below is one of the 40 video lessons included in this course, to give you an idea of the material covered. If you have further questions about the course, don’t hesitate to contact us at: opendtuningwebsite [at] gmail.com
*HIGHLIGHTED REVIEW*
“The time you have spent with the triads and inversions has essentially saved me a ton of time and really opened up my playing. Even though I’ve only been doing the course for the past two weeks my playing is definitely more musical. I’m really grateful that you put this course together, it’s something I’d been looking for for a long time. I work as a nurse and have kids, etc., so my time is limited in terms of playing guitar, this course has put everything needed in one place with a format that’s easy to understand and follow. Incredible value considering the time that you have spent developing the course. Anyway it’s much appreciated. Thanks.” – Pete (from UK)
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 42 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Mastering Open D Tuning42
- 2.1Introduction
- 2.2Lesson 1: The Tuning
- 2.3Lesson 2: The Major Scale & Its Intervals
- 2.4Lesson 3: Major Scale Horizontal Positions
- 2.5Lesson 4: Major Scale Triads
- 2.6Lesson 5: Harmonizing The Major Scale
- 2.7Lesson 6: Major Triad Inversions
- 2.8Lesson 7: Exercise With I-IV-V
- 2.9Lesson 8: Minor Triad Inversions
- 2.10Lesson 9: Diminished Triads
- 2.11Lesson 10: Harmonizing The Major Scale Triadically
- 2.12Lesson 11: Triad Exercise Changing One Note At A Time
- 2.13Lesson 12: Learning By Improvisation
- 2.14Lesson 13: Triad Voicings
- 2.15Lesson 14: Triad Exercise On 6-3-2 String Set
- 2.16Lesson 15: Triad Exercises Continued
- 2.17Lesson 16: Favored Triad Shapes
- 2.18Lesson 17: Arpeggios
- 2.19Lesson 18: Chord Extensions
- 2.20Lesson 19: Seventh Chords
- 2.21Lesson 20: Harmonizing The Major Scale With Seventh Chord
- 2.22Lesson 21: Favored Seventh Chord Shapes
- 2.23Lesson 22: Thinking Triadically When Soloing
- 2.24Lesson 23: How To Apply Triad Soloing
- 2.25Lesson 24: The Fretboard
- 2.26Lesson 25: Favored Dominant Seventh Shapes
- 2.27Lesson 26: The Role Of Dominant Chords
- 2.28Lesson 27: Digging Into Dominant Sevenths
- 2.29Lesson 28: Guide Tones
- 2.30Lesson 29: Shell Voicings
- 2.31Lesson 30: Blues Exercise With Dominant Seventh Chords
- 2.32Lesson 31: Music Theory In The Blues
- 2.33Lesson 32: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
- 2.34Lesson 33: The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Horizontally
- 2.35Lesson 34: Minor Pentatonic Positions
- 2.36Lesson 35: Personal Approach To The Pentatonic Scale
- 2.37Lesson 36: The Minor Blues Scale
- 2.38Lesson 37: Introduction To Chromaticism
- 2.39Lesson 38: Chromaticism In Use
- 2.40Lesson 39: Minor Keys
- 2.41Lesson 40: How To Play In Any Key
- 2.42Conclusion