When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Graham Wiltshire/Redferns/Getty Images Open G tuning is an alternate tuning favored by ...

Of all the alternative tunings in use today, open G must be a contender for ‘most popular’. But before we continue, please allow me to be pedantic for a moment and point out that ‘altered’ and ‘open’ ...

My eyes tell me that Keith is not playing a traditional chord shape in this photo, just barring the neck in typical G-tuning fashion. Check out Chuck Yarborough's interview with Keith's bandmate, a ...