The Complete Book Of Alternate Tunings - 127 Pages

It's really amazing how many popular and well-known guitar songs have been recorded,

not in standard tuning, but in one of many popular alternate tunings of the guitar. An alternate tuning allows the guitar to have a different sound that sets it apart from the sounds in other songs. This is the type of sound that catches and grabs the attention of an audience, and makes them like the song and want to hear more. Knowing how to play the guitar using alternate tunings has advantages for guitar players of all skill levels. Alternate tunings allow you to make sounds on your guitar that are completely new and different. They also allow you to play popular and famous songs just as they were recorded. What types of bands use alternate tunings? The list is long and represents a wide variety of musical genres. The Beatles, Eric Clapton, John Denver, Doobie Brothers, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Frampton, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Led Zeppelin, Pat Metheny, and the Rolling Stones, to name a few.

Using and learning from this book will make you more comfortable with alternate tunings. It will make you a better and more versatile guitar player. This book is loaded with a lot of information. The author suggests that this book is best used a reference to alternate tunings, rather than something to be read from cover to cover. The suggestion is that when you want to know more about a specific alternate tuning on the guitar, you'll have a resource to turn to.

Here's a list of some of the types of content and standout features that you'll find in this book:

With each alternate tuning presented in the book, the author lists popular songs and artists who have recorded using this tuning, what they recorded, and what album you can find the tune on if you want to hear it.
When the alternate tuning is explained, you are instructed on how to change your guitar from standard tuning to the new alternate tuning.
When there are related tunings, they are explained and discussed.
The chords used with each alternate tuning are provided, including chord diagrams.
The scales associated with the particular alternate tuning are provided in standard notation and guitar tablature. There is also discussion and teaching related to the scale of the tuning.
Towards the back of the book, there is a section called Artists' Tunes and Tunings. Here you'll find the works of over 180 popular guitar recording artists that were recorded in alternate tunings. The information is arranged in alphabetical order by artist, and for each entry you see the title, tuning, and album.
There is a chord supplement chart that shows dozens of common and uncommon chords that are all grouped by the type of alternate tuning they correspond with.
There is even a section in the book that teaches you how to design your own alternate tuning.