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Alternate Tunings

Suppose someone wanted to tune a guitar so the practicing of the right hand techniques would sound OK without fretting with the left hand, what are the possibilities? I assume DADGAD would work, but are there others? Dropped D wouldn't work because the other strings would still have to be fretted.

I know I could tune the strings so that it plays say an E chord, or an A chord unfretted, but would that put undue strain on the neck? I assume that tuning 'down' would be better for the guitar. Any suggestions would be appreciated.


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Tune to any open chord would work though some would need to be capoed. Richie Havens strummed open tunings his whole career. He did barres with his thumb over the top. No finger picking

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