I am not really that familiar with the guitar.?!
Question:
I am not really that familiar with the guitar.?
I've been listening to some Elmore James. I know he plays slide guitar. Is the slide guitar used with a standard tuning on his songs? Ithink the slide is usually used in open tunings, but then again, I really don't know.
Answers:
That's some great music.
His typical tuning was either open E or open D. With open E the tuning of the strings is as follows (starting with the first bass string):
E, B, E, G#, B, E.
Open D tuning is one step down from open E tuning (again starting with the first bass string):
D, A, D, F#, A, D.
He had a really powerful emotion generated with both guitar and voice.
Keep dusting that broom!