Share 'melodic vs. chordal guitar playing'

Hi . . ..new guy, but old (from the hippie days) guitar junkie anyways since I retired from home building and started building guitars I thought it would be nice to really begin to play one. I have been finger picking and goofing for many years. . . . but not on a serious level. I'm onto DADGAD now and absolutely loving it (celtic) music. Question: It seems when using open tuning you lose the n…