DGDGBD
Open G tuner
Strum the open strings and you should hear G major. From standard, the low E goes down to D2 (73.42 Hz), the A down to G2 (98.00 Hz), and the high E down to D4 (293.66 Hz). D, G and B do not move. A one-finger barre is a major chord. The root of that barre sits on the fifth string — the sixth is the fifth of the chord, a D under a G.
Slide and rhythm, not drop D
Slide players like the stacked thirds and fourths on the higher strings. Rhythm players often mute the low D or use it as a drone. If you only drop the low E and then play open-G shapes, the A string will sour every chord. This tuner locks all six targets so you can hear which string is still sitting at A.
Coming back
Three strings have to climb again to reach standard, and the high E is a whole step up from D — you are tightening it. Do that pass on the main tuner, not by memory of how the pegs felt.
Questions
- What is the open-chord root?
- G. The lowest note is D, the fifth. Saying “it is a D chord because the lowest string is D” misreads the voicing.
- Does the page teach Keith Richards licks?
- No. It gets the six open strings to DGDGBD. The vocabulary is yours.