Open C Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open-string notes uses the three notes that form the triad of a C major chord: C, the root note; G, the perfect fifth; and E the major third. When the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the strings a C major chord is sounded. This means that any major chord can be easily created using one finger, fretting all the strings at once.
There are several Open C tunings, for example
- C-G-C-G-C-E.
This open C tuning was used by William Ackerman for his "Townsend Shuffle" and by John Fahey for his tribute to Mississippi John Hurt.
The English guitar used an open C tuning that approximated a major-thirds tuning, such as
- C-E-G♯-C-E-G♯.
Famous quotes containing the word open:
“Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you—you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.”
—Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)