Learn to play in open G tuning with today's lesson on "Honky Tonk Women" from the Rolling Stones! To play this song you should tune your guitar from the low 6th string to the high 1st string: DGDGBD. However, Keith typically removes the 6th string so the guitar ends up only having 5 strings. Check it out in this video lesson.
This guitar lesson covers how to play each section. Keith plays this song with his fingers and no pick. Doing this can really get a unique guitar tone that is your own musical fingerprint.
Here it is! The Secret Keith Richards Guitar Tuning Explained. This is nowhere on the internet. Today’s blog is on How to play "You Can't Always Get What You Want" on guitar by the Rolling Stones!
This song uses a specially modified 12 string guitar that I explain in this video HERE. The final tuning ends up being: CGCEAA However, at 8:20 in this video above I address how you can do this on a 6th string as well. For more about this tuning check out these articles featured in Guitar Player and Guitar World magazine: Guitar World Story 1 Here. In this video you will learn to play it just like the recording and I'll break down each section of the song to get you up and running today with TABs on-screen as well! I hope you enjoy the video and get value out of it.
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