In earlier sections we looked at major and minor pentatonic scales in open tunings. Another great sound available in these tunings is the major scale, particularly for playing Celtic based music or any kind of folk music. The following example demonstrates three octaves of the D major scale in open D tuning.
Here is an instrumental folk melody derived from the D major scale. Listen to how effective the open strings sound in this piece. The use of open strings is one of the major benefits of open tunings.