Real Guitar Secrets
Some guitarists claim there’s no such thing as a “guitar secret”… Well, we beg to differ… Here’s Virtuwul using a little known “secret”… Can you figure it out? If you think you have the answer please write a comment in the blog… Feel free to take a guess!
Claude J
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:22 am
He’s using kind of open tuning. Thats the only way he could be playing an open chord considering he’s not using a capo.
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
it is impressive - is the trick just a non standard tuning?
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Open tuning.
Whoa, very “secret” indeed.
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Tune it down to “D” , I have been known to write entire songs with it tuned like that but you do have to come up with your own chords and then get them in your head enough to be smooth. “NEXT QUESTION”
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I dunno the secret but he is using very a good amount of alternate picking and moving his hand a lot when it’s not necessary. What is this song?
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
you are using open tuning
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
the guitar is tuned to a d meaning the low e is tuned down to a d…………………………………………………………………..pat
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm
He’s using open tunings
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I’m not good with guitar as you are but i think it’s some licks on C#…. i think heheheh!! Anyways , you’re good. Only one thing i can say since i’m 45 years old and loved playing the guitar since i was 15 ( just playing basic guitar) not everyone is really gifted to play as you do. But it takes a lot of practice, patience, and dedication to be a ” good guitarist “. Only gifted musicians can really be as advanced in playing like you do (or any other good musician…. ) I know, since i have a brother that plays as good as you and , damn has a good voice too!!! Take care man!!!
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
he s using alternate tuning not sure which one he’s using I don’t think its DADGAD I use that one doesn’t sound the same.
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
open notes slides and hammer-ons
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Umm, practice and excercising the nervous system?
February 24th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Hammer ons, pull offs, slides, embellishments to an overall chord.. kind of a wild guess
February 24th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Um… isn’t he using an alternate ‘open tuning’ so he can play those runs further up the neck without having to scoot back and forth trying to cover the open strings.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:19 am
He is using a non-standard tuning
February 24th, 2008 at 6:51 am
key c open e cee
February 24th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Looks like he is doing pull-offs towards the sound hole!
February 24th, 2008 at 9:08 am
he is using an open C tuning.
February 24th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I do not know what it is.
But thanks for the video.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:50 am
tune guitat to the E cord
February 24th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Well um can’t be sure but I think he’s using his index and middle finger to pluck at the strings after he’s played the note. But I do that too and I just kinda figured it out :S. Is it the secret?
February 24th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
he<s using an open tuning
February 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Is it some sort of triplets?
February 24th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I don’t really know what it is but it looks easy.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Hammer-on and Pulloffs?
February 24th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
This was achieved by the million-dollar nervous
system secrets that he he learned from one of the world’s most dangerous fighters. It is also use by dozens of Olympic Gold medalist. This technique will make an ordinary guitarist 300% faster.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:24 am
hes just using hammer ons and pull offs and slides
February 25th, 2008 at 1:49 am
To me, he is only using an alternate tuning. What else can I say?
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Scales, scales, scales….
February 25th, 2008 at 6:09 am
i think the secret is, “practice makes perfect.”
February 25th, 2008 at 6:41 am
that was kool. i have no idea what the secret is though
February 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Well, ( English isn’t my first language ) I guess he drives his “tapping/cord” hand over the strings some of the time instead of using the plick.
_______ Drives his hand up and down here ( “V” is an arrow ).
/ \ V
( )==================/´´´´´|
( )==================\,,,,,,,,,|
\________/
Well! Yeah! Hard to explain! But please try to understand xD
February 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Well, ( English isn’t my first language ) I guess he drives his “tapping/cord” hand over the strings some of the time instead of using the plick.
_______ Drives his hand up and down here ( “V” is an arrow ).
/ \ V
( )==================/´´´´´|
( )==================\,,,,,,,,,| <—– Guitar
\________/
Well! Yeah! Hard to explain! But please try to understand xD
February 25th, 2008 at 11:56 am
No clue.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
That’s a tuff one ,but it sound like Led Zepplin.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
he is flicking the strongs with his fingers like country picking
February 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
he is flicking the strings with his fingers like country picking
February 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I thought for a moment there, that I was about to listen to a Hawaiian Slack-key piece. `cause I play Hawaiian Style Slack-key, and at first I thought that I was about to hear some progressive type of slack-key. Barry Flanagan, of the group Hapa, is, in my own opinion, of course, just a few of Hawaii’s well-known progressive slack-key guitarist. His music can be purchased online: www.mele.com.
As for the piece, it sound’s like an alternate tuning type of intro, sound’s cool.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
he’s playing in an open tuning
February 25th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Tuned differently?
February 25th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
its the tuning
February 26th, 2008 at 5:09 am
drop d tuning
February 26th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Using lots of slides.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
can u mail me the this tab?
March 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Alternate tunings?
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
he’s tuned in “D”
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 pm
i notice that he leaves his pinky under the fretboard until the end and also at the beginning he says something like “oh on beds you can see it” or “Owen bets you can see it.” also that he is mainly playing on the 5th and 4th fret.and also when he did the slides at the end it sounded like something I’ve never heard before.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Alternate tunung - Tuned to a chord.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:35 am
HELLOOOOOO
Can you write out The Hoosiers goodbye mr a for me
Me and my class are doing a song for our teacher mr bray i have changed the words to fit know all i need is the music
From Georgie
March 6th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
i noticed after some of the chords he did a pull-off and took his hand away from the neck, and other times he did not.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
The real gutar secret is probably just alternate tunin.With use of open notes, and rhythmic repetition(LESS IS MORE, sort of idea)!
March 7th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
dropped D- TUNING?
March 8th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Sounds like your tuned to open D
March 8th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Using pulloffs, slides, and probably alternent tunning, I didn’t take time to check the tunning part to be sure.
March 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Its a alternate tuning of some sort
March 9th, 2008 at 12:01 am
dadgad and a series of hammer-ons and pull-offs and
March 12th, 2008 at 5:05 am
He’s “hammering on” and “pulling off”
March 13th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Sounds like he has it tuned to an open chord.
March 17th, 2008 at 2:11 am
open tuning thats all OH I can say open tuning
March 17th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Is it the hammer/pulloff combo. That’s what I’m hearing. Thanks for the e-mail.
March 19th, 2008 at 5:28 am
It’s just open D tuning. With accents on G. Using various notes to make it interesting.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
it seems to me the secrete is in the way he uses is finger on a pull off. Ithink Isaw him push uponwhat could be described as a pull off rather than the normal down movement for a pull off. that’s my guess
March 19th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Theres no secret here. its simply tuned to an open chord
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
open tunings are a good thing.
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 am
The guitar is tuned on C Mayor when strings are open (free) played.
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Sounds like an open tuning to me.
March 26th, 2008 at 10:56 am
WIll i be able to watch the comments this way :O?
March 26th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Sounds egyptian nice pedal tones pretty easy stuff sounds like the doors from apocalypse now this is the end.Amazing what you can do with one or two fingers.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
ist good to practice
March 27th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
This sounds like an open G tuning or a drop D tuning. It is an alternate tuning that’s for sure, right?
March 27th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
looks to me like your hammering then pullin off to get that after effect it looks like it takes some skill
March 29th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
This guitarist is using an open tuning for this exercise.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:25 am
is it sliding and strumming in one fluid motion with the left hand?
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Black Crowes
April 7th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Open tuning is my guess
April 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
the answer to your question is that he is useing an alternate tuning.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
He is using chimes.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
This is nothing more than employing a couple simple pull-offs on a guitar turned to an open tuning.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I think i don’t have the right answer but I will say what I think about it: Its a personal gift to create ones’ own technique which the others don’t have. Do you agree?
Go on create more!
April 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am
hmm is he using open tuning maybe (E)maj?
April 12th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Seasy he’s tuned to G or D or it might be E
I find it easier to play standard Spanish tuning!
R U Bovverd?
April 14th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
You’re using hammer-ons and pull-offs.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
It would be my Educational Guess from what I’ve learned about the Guitar that Claude J is using Hammer Ons, Pull Offs, and Slides!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:53 am
well, for starters, he seems to be using a lot of pull-offs in the begining. after that, he’s basically “riding” one particular string down the fretboard and then finishing it with off with some open chords. am i right? what do i win? lol, just kidding.
April 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I DONT KNOW ABOUT ANY SECRETS,ARE YA’LL TALKING ABOUT HIS FRET PLAYING HANDS MIDDLE DIGITS PULL-OFF TO AN OPEN NOTE?OR HIS PLAYING AN OPEN LOW E BEFORE NOTE SLIDING?OTHER THAN THAT ITS JUST TECHNIQUE,NO SECRETS.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
fast fingers! =D
April 18th, 2008 at 6:18 am
An alternate tuning.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Hey Claude this is veronica… sorry i don’t reply that much…i don’t have internet at home i’m at school right now…
You have som Very Mad Skills!!! and thanks for choosing me as your newwest awesomme(est) guitar student… 
April 19th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Open tuning and pull offs?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:01 am
He’s using an alternate tuning.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
thumb plucking
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
actually lots of hammer ons you are using too.
Philo
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
My guess is open tuning but I’m a hack. I’m surprised no one else is here commenting…
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
the tuning! i think he tuned the bottom 2 strings the same to give it that 12 string guitar sound just a little bit…
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
sounds like open g tuning to me.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Sounds like he has tuned his open strings to c and g to imply an open C tuning without using E, by leaving out the third he has created a situation where he can create tension and resolution in a very simple way.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I think this is an open tuning like open G? am I close?
April 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Alternate tuning
April 28th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
It looks like he brings his fingers pretty far off theneck, wich might have something to do with it. I’m not sure, I might be wrong. Just a guess.
April 29th, 2008 at 7:17 am
What is the secret?
May 1st, 2008 at 10:05 am
Alternate tuning?
May 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
Sounds like a tunning to me, maybe DADGAD?
May 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
A secret?,,,hmm…let me think…is he using his Fingers?
May 1st, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Reminds me of what I was told years ago while first trying to learn some bluegrass tunes and flatpickin, and that is to use an open string when ever possible, when ever the opportunity is there.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
I’d say it’s open tuning - a guess is it’s Em.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
He is tuned to G I believe. If thats it , I havent tuned my guitar like that for a long time. Im feeling inspired. Thanks ! JSH
May 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
secret……. the right note for anything is allways a fret away from the wrong one . if you have goog ears you can hear the note as you attack it and make the change if needed….truly playing by feel
May 5th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
open tuning with some left hand plucking
May 6th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Tuned to D? Playing in 1/2 steps at Ab-G#?
May 9th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Training?
May 9th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Alternate tuning
May 9th, 2008 at 8:30 am
open D tuning
May 10th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
… simply use lots of open strings?
or stay like mid to low ish, never go too high, cos it thins and tins the sounds instead of giving a fuller and thicker sound?
…or a mixture?
…or something too technical for my simple guitarists mind?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
don’t know what it is called but he is using his fingering hand to pick some of the chords.
May 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Sounds like its open tuned to a minor 7th-y type thing.
Its nice!
May 13th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
looks like he’s using different positions of the “c” scale played further up the neck
May 14th, 2008 at 11:23 am
it seem harder than it looks!
May 15th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Looks like keeping loose,, he seems to slide off the strings up sown the neck to keep his hands relaxed, ,, right?
May 16th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Is that an ” A ” tuning ?
May 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I think you have changed the tuning on the guitar so when u strum open it is a chord, allowing you to easily make variations without complicated fingering.
May 18th, 2008 at 6:38 am
is it that hes using open strings and keeping it simple?
May 19th, 2008 at 5:20 am
I think the only secret to playing the guitar is just the feeling and how your feeling when you play, for instance some guitarists could play a guitar that cost a tenner and make it sound beautiful but as a 13 year old kid and not fully experienced i wouldnt know but during my 9 yera sof playing i have seen crappy guitars that have been made to sound absolutly amazing!
Isaac
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May 19th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
ALTERNATE TUNING?
May 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
He is plucking the strings with the slide down when he comes off the fret board,,,slide tapping or whatever you would call it !!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
the guitar is tuned in a chord - like for instance an open G
May 29th, 2008 at 11:30 am
no clue u tell me
May 29th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Alternative tuning!? That’s my guess.
May 31st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
It looks as if he is covering multiple strings and rolling over them.
June 1st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
You push on the strings instead of pluck all of them
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
the open string playing?
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Tuned to open E
June 4th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I have no idea what i’m supposed to be looking for. I can see about 4 things that could be the answer,
1. Using open strings as an advantage.
2. Being able to pull off well.
3. When you hit a note you have your fingers close to fret, not in the middle.
4. Moving your fingers as little as possible when moving from fret to fret.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
My comment of “guitar secret” as I have seen and heard you playing is that:
that is a personal creativity which the others don’t have. That is a God-given talent which differs from others. Congratulations. Go on.
June 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
well hes using an open tuning. so is that what the “secret” is?
June 7th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Lo,
Hmmm, Im not really sure what youre asking me to guess…?
Is it some kind of open tuning?
June 9th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Well it is obviously the extra strumming done from the left hand on the frets! Sounds very nice.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am
He is playing in an open tuning
June 12th, 2008 at 8:10 am
my guess: he is using same finger position pattern ,with a slight twist of wrist and then moves same Pattern on frtbord finish with single finger moving up on low notes.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
The secret is alternate tunings like dropped D or double. G etc..
June 13th, 2008 at 8:47 am
It seems to me as if he is tuned to an alternate C maj by raising his B string to C, dropping his D string to C, and lowering his A string to G. I don’t hear him using the low E string which is probably still E like the high string because E is the 3rd of C maj. Alternate tunings can help make certain phrase much easier to play then in standard and also open up some melodic phrases that you normally wouldnt find in a standard tuning, exspecially when playing in the key of an open tuning or one of my favorites, in the key of the relative 5th to the alternate/open tuning. It also makes for a greater use of open strings simply because they already spell out the chord or a chord in the key you are playing.
Well this is my guess or opinion.
June 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Drop the A string to G and use open G tuning
June 14th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Virtuwul is using an open tuning.
June 14th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
No secret :P! The guy has a good rythm and acoustic talent
June 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Yea, he’s doing pull-offs. Easy.
June 15th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Is he using slide, hammer-on and hammer-off techniques?
It sure sounds like it.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:26 am
He is using his fretting hand in a sweeping motion to pick open strings .
June 15th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
he tuned his guitar to a chord.. i would say an e
June 15th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Sounds like open C tuning on E/B/G/D. I use dropped D & open G tuning depending on sound i want.
June 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
open tuning
June 16th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
he’s using an open tuning?
is that right?
craig sexton
June 17th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
WELL FIRST OFF, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE IN FACT “GUITAR SECRETS” I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ALOT MORE THAN JUST 1 SECRET, FOR MYSELF I BELIVE THERE ARE SECRETS FOR EVERY TECHNIQUE, THE WAY YOU PICK THE STRINGS {SEQUENCES}
,THE WAY YOUR FINGERS MOVE WITH EACHOTHER{TIMING}. BUT THE BIGGEST GUITAR SECRET LIES WITHIN EVERYBODY, CAN YOU GUESS……………………………………………………………………………………..
SIMPLY EMOTION, PLAY WITH EMOTION AND GUITAR BECOMES AN EXTREMLY FUN PASSION NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL OF GUITAR YOU PLAY AT..
June 17th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
looks like some open chords or diff tunings. I have no volume right now.
June 17th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Looks like open chords or open tuning or some small chords using open strings. I have no volume right now
June 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
its like an echo effect?
June 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
if its in the beginning of the song i bet its the part where he slides his fingers off the neck
if its anywhere after then i really dont know ^_^;;
June 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
he’s using his left hand to strum instead of just using the pick ;p
June 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
u see that one is yet to be figured out…
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
open tuning
June 25th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Is it DADGAD tuning?
June 26th, 2008 at 1:32 am
I think that he’s only using two fingers and keeps on strumming the open strings with only using his two fingers to change the sound. (dunno if that makes sense but i’m sure you will let me know ).
June 26th, 2008 at 11:27 am
from what i c, does his hammer-ons on other strings, doesn’t strum them.
that’s my guess
June 28th, 2008 at 6:57 am
open strings
June 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
you are using –HAMMER-ONS and PULL-OFFS.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:52 am
open tuning
June 29th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Open tuning???
June 30th, 2008 at 6:48 am
He’s using an open tuning
June 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Only that he is in an open tuning, nothing secretive there
I am guessing that he is not an acoustic purist, thats my guess
July 1st, 2008 at 5:36 am
The guitar is not in standard tuning. Could it be tuned up to E?
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
the only thing i can notice is that the guitar is tuned to a chord but thats not really a secret??
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
-hammers-ons and pull-offs
-series of open notes e.g. at around 00:04 or 00:05 seconds into the video
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
He is strumming with his playing fingers
July 4th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
If a person plays a banjo you would be using a “Hammer on and a Pull off with a slide”.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Virtuwul is strumming with his left hand at times. My teacher taught me that several months ago.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Sounds like open tuning of some sort maybe E.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Is it an open tuned guitar
July 7th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Is it played in a drop down d tuning?
July 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Open tuning
July 8th, 2008 at 10:15 am
He’s using open tuning.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:35 am
There’s a lot of stuff going on there. He’s using some hammer-ons and pull-offs, but he’s also using some slides. The guitar is also probably tuned to open, too.
July 20th, 2008 at 5:17 am
Hey, I was searching for country guitar tab and I happened upon this site. Good work, I’m looking forward to more.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
the secret is ITS A SECRET LOL the only way you can find out for sure what the secret is is to ask him cause tere are lots of guitar secrets thats why even the best guitar players still take lessons thats because no one in the world could ever know everything about the guitar theres allways something that you can learn i dont care if you live to be 500 you will still never learn all tere is to be learned on a guitar and more and more tricks and secrets keep coming out to FRANKIE
July 25th, 2008 at 5:38 am
the general census of agreement seems to be of a drop down D open tuning,as they say in soccer the goal posts have been moved again…
July 27th, 2008 at 7:14 am
I don’t know but it really sounds awsome.
I would like to ask to have this tab e-mailed but do you do that?
With this type of tab which guitar teaching package is the one to purchase? or should all of them be purchased at once?
Paul Hickey
Hamilton, Ontario
July 27th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Further to my comment about this tab and which teaching package to purchase I do see the package availiable on the same page, but my qustion still remains the same should we purchase packages at a time or all the packages at once and does this package come in the larger kit that you offer for sale?
Paul Hickey
Hamilton, Ontario
July 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
O.K.doki I think the guitar is tuned for open strings and he worked is note by progressing in wichever chord he wants to bring to your ears by respecting the progression of the chord system.
July 28th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Nothing mysterious here, just an open tuning. Very standard.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:19 am
He`s using an open C chord tuning … come on … not soo impressive … there are a lot of things you can do with open chords … ECEGCE
July 28th, 2008 at 6:59 am
He’s using open tuning with hammer on’s
July 30th, 2008 at 2:11 am
I know the “secret”
hes really a left hand player but he just set His webcam to mirror mode Tottally duuuuude !!
July 31st, 2008 at 1:49 am
hey i like it those can teach just this tune i am dying to learn this
July 31st, 2008 at 10:22 am
DADF#AD IS THE TUNING AND HE’S JUST PLAYING AROUND WITH IT, SO TRY IT WHILE YOU GOT YOUR GUITAR TUNED THERE TRY PLAYING SHE TALKS TO ANGELS BY BLACK CROWS PRETTY EASY TO FIGURE OUT I THINK … I DON’T REALLY KNOW THE SECRET BUT TRY THIS TUNING AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT CYA TIMMY
August 1st, 2008 at 8:28 am
i think aliens are involved here….
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 am
You’ld think hes tuned it to drop d, but think hes just playin the a and d strings (which makesit sound like the drop d d 5th), but different cos theres no first, justthe 5th and root note, if u know wat i mean.
lemme try nd tab it 4 u
/……………………………………………………………………………………………../……………………………………………………………………………………………./…………………………………………………………………………………………….0……………………………………………………………………………………………0……………………………………………………………………………………………./……………………………………………………………………………………………
August 6th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Definitely an open tuned guitar DADGAD? or similar. There’s also a good hammer on/off technique goung on there!
August 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am
open tuning
August 7th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
It sounds like the fast, gypsy-like break in ‘Chemical World’, by Van der Graaf Generator, from “The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome” (1978)
I don’t think it’s a different tuning, just using the open strings as a drone, and playing lots of unison notes, with good hammering-on and -off.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:26 am
The secret i think is learning the song slowly. learning where to put your fingers and once you got that you can play to the song.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I think that I am a Intermediate guitar player and I love Jazz and texas swing music, I also play some slow jazz with some progressive chords but the thing what really puzzles me is not knowing how to put it all togather. I guess this is the same story you here all the time, the “GUITAR SECRET” maybe comes from the soul, because you can be very technical with lots of speed but fail to make that note sound very special and from the heart.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
hes using a tuning that i dont know the name of but its
D E D G B D . . .. . I forget what its called but its used in a lot of grunge sounding riffs
August 12th, 2008 at 5:56 am
open tuning?
August 12th, 2008 at 6:23 am
well not sure about any of what your all talking about, but hope to learn soon, there is a lot to this, pray that i will learn it and do well, i realy love the guitar,and always have wanted to play, thanks for showing all these neat things that will help me some time.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Well, everyone says open tuning, but I think its the way he uses his fingers. He barely ever uses his pinky finger, and usually through the chords, he doesnt move his fingers, he just moves it down the fret board a little (unless it was a long note)
August 14th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
honestly i dont know im not very good when it comes to guitars but i guess it must have something to do with the tuning
August 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
pull offs and slides
August 18th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
i believe its like harmonics similar to a twelve string but doing it on a six string.
August 18th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
major Pull off with slide ,looks and sounds cool.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:20 am
He is using open tuning but by understanding the fretboard as well as he does, he is able to follow the scale and play in the key that sounds good and knows what open strings are in the scale. The big secret is being able to understand the fretboard.
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Looks like you are strumming and picking and flicking strings with your frett hand. Some sliding also. I only started to learn chords last week,,lol ??????
August 24th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
open tuning
August 24th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
hey sounds pretty good, its open tuning in a you could change a few strings and leave 1 and 2 in e or just reg. open tuning of e a c# a c# e or e a c# e a c# theres alot of different ways to change it around c# a e a c# e each giving different openness and diff.finger positions.Might not be the best on your instrument though especially if you use mediums.Id say he uses light
August 25th, 2008 at 11:41 am
changed my mind, hes playing in c tuning 2 string to c and 1 could also be in c or e or tune just to open c.He sounds like hes dropping the a to g giving it kinda ascending scale like sound when he strums
August 26th, 2008 at 8:30 am
thats really nice hey. i like that. i think the trick is what your doing with your strumming hand, ie. flicking the fingers over the strings to get that brrring happening. i havnt seen that before
August 26th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Did you tune your guitar to the E chord when playing all strings open? I guess this is called open tuning.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
hammer and open tuning
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
I got it! It’s “Terrett syndrom” his hand can’t stay on the neck everytime he picks a tune making mysterous sounds! Naw, just kidding……….sounds like a simple open tuning in whatever, and you can go all day with open tuning.Fun stuff,I’ve written all kinds of easy tunes with open tuning. The Randster
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:34 am
Clearly an open tuning of some kind. I like the hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides - giving the piece a sense of narrative and development.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 am
open tuning
Sounds a bit like Rich Robinson’s song “answers ” from his album “Paper.”
September 5th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Ok im not as good as he is , But I learned by my self so whats an
‘open tuning’ Do you Tune your Guit with whatever every body says your using ?
September 7th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I gave this some thought and played around with some different tunings
and I think you have the E string tuned to D otherwise standard.
We cant see what the right hand is doing! the left is using hammers, pull off’s
slides and plucking/strumming. I had a lot of fun last night with this and produced something very similar. This tuning is very easy to adjust to, secret
not any more, thanks
September 10th, 2008 at 6:46 am
I have no idea,maybe alternate tuning, I would love to know the secret!
September 12th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I agree with the other comments that the secret is the open tuning. Sound like new strings too!
I also agree with Cob that he had added a lot of flash with his exaggerated arm movements
Older players like me have to conserve our energy 
Nice bit of picking though, thanks.
September 18th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Haven`t got a clue
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:44 am
Open tuning
September 24th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
the secret is love.. yes man/guitar love.. HA!
September 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I really don’t know what the secret is.I see a lot of people say it’s a open or alternate tuning,but it looks like your playing some of the practice progressions and utilizing sides,hammer ons,and pull offs in combinations.Lookslike it would be a good nervous system practice.
October 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pm
using hammr ons, slides and pull offs
October 9th, 2008 at 8:06 am
I find, with the guitar tuned in the normal way, Claude picks at times single and double held, and open strings to acheive this sound.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
hes just using hammer ons and pull offs and slides
October 11th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Open tuning… maybe tuned to E?
October 14th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
hammer on’s and pull offs
October 16th, 2008 at 3:58 am
I have absolutely no idea!! is it a combination of a few things, pull offs, slides, finger-picking?? or have you just invented something yourself,
Anyway it sounds good, GO ON TELL US HOW TO DO IT!!!!
Thanks Steve
October 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
open tuning
October 21st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The use of non standard tuning.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
He is useing G tuning