While we’re in open position, this is what happens when we use a Cmaj7 shape. The 9th (D) is provided by the open first string. Play a regular C chord and you’ll get Cadd9. Example 3. F6 ...

Once you've whetted your appetite for open tuning experimentation, your acoustic guitar having long forgotten the vanilla pleasures of EADGBE, maybe it's time to try open Aadd9 (EAC#EBE).

Where a traditional capo clamps down on top of the fretboard, the Freestyle – like the CapoSonic before it – clamps to the sides, and gives each string an individual 'hammer,' with the option ...