# Need Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals in Open C **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694 "2011-10-05T16:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/21 "2011-10-06T23:03:45Z")
Oh, and a 6 is for a major triad – a 13 needs a _minor_ seven. That is all. Just the usual terminology I’m familar with. I’d never add a Maj7 to a 6 chord (even though it’s implied) – look at the original sheet of “Cherokee” or something – all x6 chords iirc. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/22 "2011-10-06T23:06:48Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > 11 is a bit different, because you always see a Cm11 or such Right - in practice you won’t see 11 used much on major or dominant chords because of the clash between the 3rd and the 4th/11th…take the major third out and you’re left with a sus4 type chord. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/23 "2011-10-06T23:16:32Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > Right - in practice you won’t see 11 used much on major or dominant chords because of the clash between the 3rd and the 4th/11th…take the major third out and you’re left with a sus4 type chord. So long as you don’t call the 11 an “avoid note,” I’m 100% on board. Actually, it’s nice to hear somebody agree with me for once, especially when I can’t muscle them into agreeing with me “or else!” I kid! I’m kidding! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/24 "2011-10-07T00:15:45Z")
You guys are freaking me out 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/25 "2011-10-07T04:25:34Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > You guys are freaking me out 😉 Hey, man, you started by freakin’ _my_ shit out! I was just following up on what you said! And ETA I wasn’t kidding about keyboardists muscling in – we’re the one’s who got to carry all the heavy shit, and (9/10) the PA too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/26 "2011-10-07T04:32:56Z")
This time I’m in the wrong about the open - C tuning, but next time it’ll be a bass player (as a Hammond-player, I think of them as tambourine-players, but whatevs). That’s why I like this forum – lots of different kinds of instrumentalists and lots of better musicians than I’ll ever be weighing in. Not you, though _WordMan_ – I got my eye open for you! Why not do a PDX doper hang – I can’t bring my shit in a backpack, but I can hang just having fun? ---
**Author:** ![hazynlazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hazynlazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazynlazy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/27 "2011-10-07T04:39:17Z")
Wikipedia link: > **[Open C tuning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_C_tuning)** > > Open C tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open-string notes form a C major chord, which is the triad (C,E,G) having the root note C, the major third (C,E), and the perfect fifth (C,G). When the guitar is strummed without fretting any strings, a C-major chord is sounded. By barring all of the strings for one fret (from one to eleven), one finger suffices to fret the other eleven major-chords. > There are several open C tunings. > The English guitar uses a repetitive open-C tuning > which is app... ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/28 "2011-10-07T10:59:50Z")
> [@Lunar\_Saltlick](#): > > Well, I can’t link to the tab online, but John Fahey had a number of tunes in Open C. You’ll have to find a copy of his book, _Best of John Fahey 1959 - 1977_, and then find a copy of the album that goes with it. The book has note-for-note tab of all tunes on the album. You maybe don’t need the album – some people have recorded his tunes and put them on Youtube. > > Just a note: Fahey recorded a very wide range of stuff, and was a major league contrarian, doing everything he could to piss people off. You might do a search on him and turn up all sorts of stuff that you don’t like. Persevere a little. If you like picking tunes, he’s got some really nifty traditional ones in dropped D and open C. He’s got one tune – I don’t remember the name – that’s a C unison or “drone” tune. He’s got about four or five of the strings tuned to a C. Great tune. Just roars at a few points. [Sunflower River Blues?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhAngnstXM&feature=related) I highly recommend the book too if you can find it. You might be able to figure out Sunflower River Blues just by watching the video. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/29 "2011-10-07T11:18:20Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Hey, man, you started by freakin’ _my_ shit out! I was just following up on what you said! And ETA I wasn’t kidding about keyboardists muscling in – we’re the one’s who got to carry all the heavy shit, and (9/10) the PA too. 😉 Yep; it just plays to the old-but-often-true bromide about keyboardists being better grounded in theory vs. Guitarists esp self-taught ones like me. Folks like Le Ministre, zombywoof and CookingWithGas know their theory stuff here… ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/30 "2011-10-07T11:20:21Z")
Also, [Texas Lemon Flavor](http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Lemon-Flavor/dp/B000S4JDPQ) (might be worth your 99 cents 😃 ) I know there’s a tab in a Stefan Grossman book, I just don’t know which one (and my fingerpicking books are two hours away). ---
**Author:** ![rgg3107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rgg3107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rgg3107)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/31 "2012-03-06T01:44:31Z")
im a little late but Jeff Williams known as capo420420 on youtube plays mainly in open C great guitarist ---
**Author:** ![Chimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Chimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimi)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694/32 "2012-03-06T02:11:57Z")
Oh, I thought the thread title was **_Naked_ Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals in Open C**. I see now that I was mistaken. Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-acoustic-guitar-instrumentals-in-open-c/598694.md?page=1)