Open C Tuning – EGCGCE – Were You There?

Today’s alt tuning is another variation of Open C Tuning with the following open string notes:

E G C G C E

Today’s song/idea is titled “Were You There” and is in the key of C Major:

Here are the scale notes, numbers and intervals of C Major in EGCGCE (Open C Tuning):

May these daily alt tunings continue to inspire you as you explore songwriting beyond the limitations of standard tuning. If you’d like to learn more about making alt tuning a part of your songwriting, give me a call at 888-7-GUITAR or reach out to me here.

Until next time…

~Scott Quillin (contact me here)

Did you know? Scott started playing guitar when he was 14 years old back in 1982. A Pittsburgh native, Scott resides in Rhode Island where he teaches guitar, bass, music and songwriting. He also records and mixes songs for local bands and artists as well as his own music. He writes and records nearly every day and has a real passion to help others hear their “inner voice” and express that in songs.

You can listen to more of Scott’s music at https://soundcloud.com/scottquillin.

Scott Quillin

2 thoughts on “Open C Tuning – EGCGCE – Were You There?”

Eric
03/29/2018 at 10:30 am

Hey man, good morning 🙂 I recently discovered this tuning and I’m enjoying it. I appreciate that you drew out the major scale notes but I was wondering if you could depict the minor scale notes in that same tuning, please? I appreciate your time if you have any to do this for me, thanks a bunch.

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1. Scott Quillin
  03/29/2018 at 9:05 pm
  
  Hi, Eric – I’ll send you an email about this.
  
  Thanks for reaching out!
  
  Scott
  
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Today is alt tuning #165 since starting on January 1, 2016. My open string notes are: CGDEGC Get your FREE 36-chord Guitar Tunings Chord Charts of open tuning CGDEGC (Open C M2/add9) in the Key of C Major below, in 4 different formats! # Sharps b