“I use open and alternate tunings to get music out of the guitar,” says fingerstyle master Martin Simpson. “Do you want to move people? You can’t be struggling with holding down the damn strings.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Pierre Bensusan is a 24-carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene. Pierre is now so adept at DADGAD tuning that he has adopted it as an 'alternate standard tuning', ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I use open and alternate tunings to get music out of the guitar," says fingerstyle master Martin Simpson. "Do you want to move ...