Wild tunings, double thumbing and chicken picking. Sometimes with an 11-string. The Australian acoustic wizard's stunning ...

Open tunings are very popular with slide players as they offer the facility of playing triads with one finger (or slide), giving convenient groups of notes with which to build licks and patterns. In ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Robert Knight Archive/Redferns Open tunings are very popular with slide players as they ...

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...