OPEN D: The most beautiful tuning for guitar!

Dude wrote one of the best acoustic riffs I've heard in a long time...for a demonstration video...

I picked up a Taylor 514CE to check it out at a guitar store around 1997 that happened to have been left in open D tuning by someone else. I initially thought it was out of tune because the chord I played sounded terrible. When I realized it was actually an alternate tuning I decided to mess around with it since I had never tried any alternate tunings before. I sat in the store for over an hour just mesmerized at all of the new and wonderful musical flavors that were opened to me, and I wrote the beginnings of three beautiful instrumental pieces right there. 26 years later, my main acoustic is almost always in open D, and I am forever grateful to the mystery person that left me such a wonderful surprise to discover that day.

My father passed away recently due to lung cancer stage 3. He listened to me play this when he first became sick, he loved it. He said it sounded beautiful.

This guy is like the Bob Ross of acoustic guitar. So calm and relaxed, very chill dude, and an absolute master at his art.

Paul truly is a master at what he does. We just listened to the same chords/melody on repeat for nearly 9 minutes and loved every second of it.

I haven’t had an acoustic guitar in a couple of years, but this melody was so beautiful, it led me to buy a new one a few days ago. I haven’t stopped playing this song since. Thank you for relighting my spark.

Absolute beginner here - been playing a whole two months (still learning basic chords and some strumming patterns, scales, etc). This was so unbelievably beautiful!!! I can only hope to play like this someday. Old person - so not much time left - but I now have a true goal. Thank you for this video!!

legend has it he's still playing it to this day

My wife be like: "Is that the Bob Ross of the guitar?"

Alternate tunings I think are so inspiring for guitarists stuck in a rut. Thanks for highlighting the beauty of one of the best open tunings.

bob ross if he had a guitar.

Ever have music with no words bring you to tears? I have. Thanks for this, Paul.

Alternate tunings like this are SO FUN! Sometimes I keep 2 or 3 guitars tuned to different alternate tunings like Open D so I can just pick them up and jam without having to tune them from Standard 😅

Without stopping the class, fitting the course advertisement was brilliant.

Just give me a 24 hour loop of this and I will be happy forever. Amazing playing and a huge inspiration.

I love this, I know I will never come close to this level of playing but just watching it makes me pick up my guitar and try to get better. Truly amazing thanks for the inspiration

I am absolutely confident that I could search for a thousand years and never again see the level of generosity and kindness you have demonstrated by giving us this video for free. I don't even know what I could possibly say to thank you, learning this song has healed a part of my heart I didn't even know was broken. Music is real to me again.

You posted this on the day my dad passed away, and this amazingly beautiful riffing is the perfect soundtrack to looking through pics of my pops. Thank you so much.

I have been in an AC/DC tribute band for 14 years (I’m 29 now) and I just finally left the group. I sold some electrics to buy a D18 and wanted to change up my whole style because I have been stuck being Angus almost half my life. You sir, with this one video, showed me that you don’t have to be an insanely intricate player to start making some beautiful music on an acoustic. I can’t wait to check out the rest of your channel. Thank you for helping me believe in myself to broaden my horizons. You are awesome🙌🏻

With all the rise in technical "shredding" Its so nice to see a guitarists playing melodies with real feeling. To me this is what a guitar was meant for. Well done beautiful piece of music