Changing Guitar Tuning
I learned some Guitar songs in default tuning.
Now i discovered that there are many other tuning available in which people play awesome guitar, as it's easy to do tapping ,play percussive style guitar on these.
So my question if i play the same song (learned in default tuning) on other tuning will it work ?
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Sometimes songs are written with the help of different tunings. Put them into standard, and they may well be impossible to play. And they wouldn't sound so authentic. The use of open strings in some tunings is their benchmark. That and particular voicings which would be tricky in standard tuning.
So, basically, yes, a lot of stuff would work either way, but new fingerings would make the job onerous, and some open string sounds would disappear. Experiment with different tunings - maybe invent your own!
Two options for you
Proceed with what you’re thinking... even though it’s not the typical use case for alternate tuning
Learn a song that’s written to be played on alternate tuning. Typical use cases for alternate tuning are:
it’s easier to play that way
sounds better played that way
Example songs that uses alternate tuning:
Outshined by Soundgarden - Drop D - DADGBE
Even Flow by Pearl Jam - Open D tuning - DADF#AD
Iris by Googoo dolls - BDDDDD
She Talks to Angels by The Black Crows - EBEG#BE
Sure - but in general, you have to learn a whole bunch of new chord shapes.
If you use Dropped D (where the E string is down a tone to D and everything else stays the same) than you can of course play everything the same on the top 5 strings.
If you get more adventurous and try say DADGAD (check out Pierre Bensusan!) then you really need to learn new chords shapes. Everything has changed.
I highly encourage it though. Alternate tunings are fun.
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