Saturday, April 18, 2009
Richie Havens and Open-D Tuning
Not that I had any idea when I developed Guitar-eze, but open-D tuning has been utilized to tremendous effect by Richie Havens.
His site reveals all his playing secrets, all in open-D tuning.
I had heard of Richie before Guitar-eze, even had the Woodstock album, and had seen him in the movie. I never made the connection, though, that he was playing in an alternate tuning - probably because of the mesmerizing performance itself. But Richie on his site demonstrates how easy guitar can be to learn in open-D, and he, like me, developed his own unique approach.
I could never play like Richie Havens. But Guitar-eze is another approach to the same tuning, just about as intuitive, but slightly more rooted in traditional guitar technique (although I am no technician as a player either!).
Richie Havens - one more reason why open-D tuning rocks.
His site reveals all his playing secrets, all in open-D tuning.
I had heard of Richie before Guitar-eze, even had the Woodstock album, and had seen him in the movie. I never made the connection, though, that he was playing in an alternate tuning - probably because of the mesmerizing performance itself. But Richie on his site demonstrates how easy guitar can be to learn in open-D, and he, like me, developed his own unique approach.
I could never play like Richie Havens. But Guitar-eze is another approach to the same tuning, just about as intuitive, but slightly more rooted in traditional guitar technique (although I am no technician as a player either!).
Richie Havens - one more reason why open-D tuning rocks.
