How to make a custom tuning for fingerstyle guitar

1. What tuning is best for fingerstyle?
2. How do you make fingerstyle guitar arrangements?
3. How do you tune a guitar to different tunings?

What tuning is best for fingerstyle?

Also known as Open D Tuning, this alternate tuning is popular with slide guitarists and those who specialize in the fingerpicking style. In this tuning, the 6th E string is tuned down to D, the G string is tuned down to F#, the B string is tuned down to A, and the 1st E string is tuned down to D.

How do you make fingerstyle guitar arrangements?

Basically, all you need to make a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of an existing song are the melody and chords (harmony). As explained below the bass is something that comes with the chords.
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Often, simple is best.

1. Step 1 - Get the melody.
2. Step 2 - Get the chords.
3. Step 3 - Combine melody and chords rhythmically.

How do you tune a guitar to different tunings?

Tuning Tips

1. Start by tuning your sixth string down to full tones to C.
2. Then tune your fifth string down a tone to G. Check the tuning with the third (G) string.
3. Next, tune your fourth string down a tone to C. Check the tuning with the sixth (C) string.
4. Lastly, tune your second string UP a semitone to C.