Typical 80's rock style riffing in combination with open strings and E blues scale.

Let's play chords using only two fingers. Thanks to the open strings, they will sound more complex than they are.

A short solo that shows you some cool licks you can create with open strings and hammer ons.

This techniques opens up for a new style of riffing.

How to modify the G mixolydian scale shape by incorporating open strings to get that characteristic country sound.

A folk style song using open strings to build chords, scales and harmonic lines

A fast modern country solo with hybrid picking.

How to play a song in the style of Ry Cooder

When we refer to open chords, we usually thinks to the basic positions played by beginners on the first three frets, to start learning guitars. They are a mixture of fretted notes and open notes, that's way open chords. The same concept can be applied to any chords creatively, building beautiful sounding new shapes.