# NON-slide guitar songs that use open tunings

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 1, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-slide-guitar-songs-that-use-open-tunings/639601 "2012-11-01T18:22:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-slide-guitar-songs-that-use-open-tunings/639601/21 "2012-11-02T21:51:26Z")

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> [@Small\_Clanger](#):
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> Nashville tuning gets used a lot, I think our man David uses it somewhere on The Wall.

Yes, David Gilmour used a Nashville tuning variant on the main riff of ‘Hey You’ and the the strumming part during the pre-chorus/ chorus of ‘Comfortably Numb’. He used a high E string (2 octaves up) in place of the low E, and the ADG strings were 1 octave up. It’s just standard EADGBE with higher pitches.

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