Sometimes it seems like I'm the only finger picker in the world who does not play in any o' them thar dadgum tunings or use a capo. I first learned to play when I was just a kid in Tulsa at about 13, from a pal who hailed from way out the sticks of Kentucky & attended a nearby University as their first Music Composition major. He sometimes used a tuning which I briefly used. It was achieved by tuning the 2nd, 3rd & 4th strings up for E A E A C# E (from 6th to 1st), or the 1st, 5th & 6th down for D G D G B D, depending upon one's vocal range. I have been told that this tuning is one used by old timers from back in the hills in the olden days.

By the time I was out of high school & on the road, I used standard tuning as it was much simpler when working with other Musicians. I learned to play bar chords in whatever key they used, with no capo. Not much arthritis in those youthful days!