Open G tuning is an alternate tuning favored by Keith Richards and requires the guitar to be tuned to D-G-D-G-B-D. To retune into open G from standard tuning, drop the sixth, fifth and first ...

The open strings form a G chord, but, where open D tuning has its root note in the bass, here in open G, the low string is a D. It’s still a note in the G chord (G-B-D), but it means you’ll ...