Today we are going to learn to play a simple melody in Dm ( D minor) on the 3-string Cigar Box Guitar. This is the pentatonic scale for D minor: There are 5 notes in the scale- 6 are shown...
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One of the problems with just using 1-finger power chords is that for some songs you have to move a long way up and down the neck so choosing your chord shapes carefully will help you to change...
This page was updated on 23/09/2021 to provide previews of the downloads and an improved lay-out on the PDFs There are several pages where I Include useful PDF downloads, but here are quick links...
The hammer-on is a technique of playing two notes of different pitches on the same string by playing the first note and then quickly placing a fretting finger onto the string to make the 2nd note...
A pull off is played by playing a fretted note and then lifting off the fretting finger to leave either an open note or a lower fretted note. If you need a lower fretted note, place both fingers on...
Continuing the series on movable chord shapes we will look at other ways of playing movable major chords. If the root of the major chord is on the middle note of the 3-string guitar we can use a 4...