Eric’s Playtime Series # 17 – Playing in Open D

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This song is played on my “work guitar” in Open D tuning. I keep this guitar at work.
This video was shot in 2019 but I was just playing a tune just like this one yesterday (2024). Some tunes stick in your head and keep re-appearing! I just love going from the One chord to the two.

So powerful. Oh. And I also love harmonized sixths.

I remember the day I discovered harmonizing double stops. Suddenly what they were doing in Brown Eyed Girl made sense. I started hearing this technique is so many songs. It changed me as a writer and as a player.

I apply this technique at about 1:20 in the video as well as in the chords being played throughout. I hope you enjoy the video.

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Eric’s Playtime Series # 14 – Beautiful and Relaxing Simple song May 10, 2022

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This song is played on my Breedlove Phoenix 30Th anniversary guitar. This guitar is made with “sinker Redwood”. This is wood from the Amazon that was under water, soaking, for as long as a

century or more. We might think that the wood would rot but it does not. It actually becomes even better for guitar making.

Playtime # 14 is again played in Open D Tuning. I have spent a lot of time in Open D. I find it a really beautiful tuning with tons of possibilities.

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Eric’s Playtime Series # 12 – Open D Fun

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When I need a guitar, I always have one. I even have a carbon fiber guitar that lives in my car trunk. A Carbon Fiber guitar is not affected by the temperature. It is also impervious to water and

is made from materials that are not damaged by impacts. So it is safe to “live” in the trunk. I always have a guitar close by. I hate to wait for anything without a guitar.

Playtime # 12 is played in Open D Tuning on my “at work” guitar. Back in those days I spent a lot of time in Open D. Earlier it was open E but on the 12-string the high G string kept breaking trying to go up to a G#, so I chose to instead go down to F# and Open D tuning. I do know the neck quite well in Open D but I still find new and beautiful things to do.

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I have a Facebook page for my music as well as a YouTube Channel. I have released 8 songs to virtually all streaming services under the band name Wise Inspirations. And of course I have this website.