Beginner Cigar Box Guitar

If you haven't already seen Part 1, then follow this link to go here By the end of this lesson you will have learned 4 chords ( including one from part 1) and a couple of tips for strumming these...

When you first pick up the cigar box guitar, work out what feels the most comfortable way to play.Try holding the neck in the right hand as well as in the left hand. Which feels more comfortable?Use...

If you've seen a cigar box guitar, you will have seen that not only do they tend to have box-shaped bodies but there is a piece of wood sticking out of the bottom of this box. In this article we will...

When you first pick up a cigar box guitar, you will probably want to learn a few chords. Here is my absolute beginner guide. Playing a chord of the open strings plays a G chord. We can show it in...

Here are some common chord shapes for a 3 stringed E B E guitar including the keys of E major and A major and their relative keys including relative minors. Technically the B shown is a B power...

A resonator cigar box guitar uses a metal resonator rather than the box lid to amplify the string sounds. It has a louder volume with a lot of sustain and can be designed to be played as a standard...