Having introduced 5 chord shapes for DADGAD tuning, let's turn our attention to open D (aka D A D F# A D). As with DADGAD, drop the sixth string down a tone to D, then drop the first and second ...

To try this tuning, simply drop both high and low E strings by ... giving us this hybrid of D and E chords that constitutes E11. Here’s a lovely demonstration that you can sometimes play ...