Having introduced 5 chord shapes for DADGAD tuning, let's turn our attention to open D (aka D A D F# A D). As with DADGAD, drop the sixth string down a tone to D, then drop the first and second ...

Just think how different drop D feels compared to standard tuning ... but it’s a much richer-sounding Gadd11/D chord. This chord is easy and sounds great. Keeping the sixth string muted gives ...