Happy Alt Guitar tunings for Acoustic Guitar, anyone have any Happy favorites?

[Shinobi]

Greetings!
I'm trying to get back into writing some happy new songs. I always play in e standard tuning but I have been trying to use some Alt Tunings to "discover" some new happy chord's. I see a lot of alt tunnings, but I think they might be more geared for Electric guitar.
Can anyone share there happy favorites with me. Yes, I like the word "happy".
Thank You,
Happy Shinobi

 

[Emeric]

Well I don't know if you'll get any happy chords out of this, but DADGAD has been my latest kick.

 

[FZmontanaDF]

I had a whole list, I will look around

 

[toyL]

...they're all happy unless you play them sad...
DADF#AD
DGDGBD
CGCGCE
DGDGBE
CACGCE
CGCGAE
EBEGBE
CGDGBE
EGDGED
EG#EG#EG#
EEEEEE
EEBBBB
EEBEG#B
GGDDEflatEflat
F#F#GGAA
F#F#F#F#EB
ACCGG#C
GGDDGG
EBEEAB
BADGBE
CGCGGE
DGDGBC
EBEEBE
FACFAC
DDAAEE
DADACD
CFCFAF
AND ON AND ON AND ON....

 

[toyL]

...my favs lately are CGCGCD, CACGCE...later.

 

[foo]

I've been in DADGAD for a while, too. Really good for Celtic sounding things, plus a whole bunch more.

I also like CGCGCE - Joni Mitchell used it on Blue (which is not the happiest, but it sounds great on 'Carrie')

foo

 

[Griffinator]

I like the "double drop d" - DADGBD - some great chord forms in that mess.

 

[TexRoadkill]

I'm afraid to play around with open tunings too much. They can be so much fun it spoils you. Then you get tired of retuning and need a different guitar for every tuning and its a whole new nightmare.

Check out some tabs for the Goo Goo Dolls. He uses some open tunings that are pretty, uh, happy.

 

[Shinobi]

Thanks for all the Happy info.

Thanks everyone for all the happy help. I'm trying out DADGAD first. I don't think I'll switch to another alt. tuning intill I can remember this one. Its tricky not knowing where differn't chords are from the "standard E tuning, but thats the fun of learning!
Thanks again,
"Happy" Shinobi

 

[SSgtP]

Try EEEEBE ala Suite Judy Blue Eye's. This was in a recent issue of one of the guitar mags. I played with it a while. Pretty cool. Also a very Happy sounding song.

P

 

[Whyte Ice]

Not a hard tuning but I like the sound that you get out of Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb.

Like the Beatles "Im Only Sleeping" is in this tuning.

I use a Capo alot (especially on the 3rd fret) all the time so thats like an alternate tuning.

 

[FZmontanaDF]

I don't really think tuning down a half step is an alternate tuning. It is just down a half step. Same chord forms.

 

[twist]

Speaking of Alt. tunings, does anyone know how Steve Miller tuned for "Come on into My Kitchen"? I asked once before, but got no replies. Anybody remember that song?

Twist