Home / Music / Nick Drake used open tunings on Five Leaves LeftMusic linernotes album music nick-drakeNick Drake used open tunings on Five Leaves LeftDrake frequently used alternative tunings — particularly open and dropped tunings — that gave his acoustic guitar a rich, resonant harmonic character on the album. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBryter Layter sold almost nothing on release — like every Nick Drake albumPink Moon is just Nick Drake and his guitarFive Leaves Left sold almost nothing when it first came outNick Drake's Pink Moon was made in two nights — just him and an engineer.Nick Drake's headstone reads 'now we rise and we are everywhere'ExploreClarinet is the unexpected star of Andy Shauf's The PartyLothar and the Hand People brought the theremin and Moog to rockYamaha FM synthesizers gave Green its warm digital sound14 Songs pairs Dolly Parton with Janette Carter for Carter Family classicsA Distant Shore is Tracey Thorn's pre-Everything But the Girl debutPrevious Nick Drake's Five Leaves Left was recorded at Sound Techniques in ChelseaNext Neil Young's Harvest came out on February 1, 1972