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11-19-2017, 09:24 AM
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Songs in Open D
I have been having a lot of fun lately learning to play finger style in Open D with songs such as John Henry, Vestapol and Amazing Grace. Can anyone suggest other (easier) songs that they like to play in Open D?
Thanks. 
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11-19-2017, 09:45 AM
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Here's a nice easy one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-p214l5QLI And another slightly less easy one (capo 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiP0ZdalwU8 A couple of easy enough Joni Mitchell tunes (both capo 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNF32bKed0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn6a0AFfnM The whole of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks album was played in open D, so plenty of choice there. My favourite: http://dylanchords.info/16_bott/buckets_of_rain.htm
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11-19-2017, 10:30 AM
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Jackson Browne likes it a lot. Try later versions of I'm Alive and Call It A Loan for example.
It's obscure but Ralph McTell's Genesis 1:20 is a beautiful song in open D Cat Stevens used it for Rubylove and used Open E for If I Laugh (open E is the same tuning as open D, a tone higher so anything in open E can be played in open D, assuming they use the most conventional open tunings). To list a couple more: Donovan - Colours Joni - Conversation Joni - Big Yellow Taxi (iirc) And don't forget you can get DADGAD tunes just by tuning the 3rd string up a semitone.
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11-19-2017, 10:41 AM
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If you're into strumming, pretty much every song Barry Gibb wrote with the Bee Gees was in open D tuning. He learned the tuning from a neighbor in Australia, who was a military vet and was stationed in Hawaii, so the story goes.
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11-19-2017, 12:42 PM
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"Crossing Crystal Lake" by Howard Emerson is one of my favorites in Open D.
Here is Howard playing it live: There's just something about the feel of that tune that draws me in. Very comforting to play. 
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11-20-2017, 07:10 AM
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Nearly forgot one of my favourites:
Supposedly (incredibly enough) it really was Robin Williamson's first composition, and it was a favourite of Bob Dylan's too.
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