Thanks for these, but one wonders why not start with open tunings? They are way easier to play, you can immediately give someone a slide and put them to work, they enable you to connect immediately to some of the great blues (you can play Son House's My Black Mama in no time -- I have taught a 7 year old all this in 2 minutes).

Is there a pedagogic reason, or just the worry that talking about different tunings will scare people off? Not complaining, just interested.

yours,

Peter T.