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link to Amazing Grace TAB For 3-string Cigar Box Guitar

Amazing Grace TAB For 3-string Cigar Box Guitar

Another video lesson with free TAB for you today. This is a beginner-friendly piece to play, either as just the melody or just the chords as you sing the melody, or a chord melody where you play the...

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link to Simple Six Eight Blues In G Minor

Simple Six Eight Blues In G Minor

Today's lesson teaches you to play in a new key and a new time signature. How Many Beats Is A 6/8 Time? Many songs are written in 2/4 or 4/4 meaning 2 or 4 beats per bar ( or measure). The time...

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link to Sad Song: An Original Blues In E Minor

Sad Song: An Original Blues In E Minor

I wrote this piece in E minor as an easy to play beginner blues. The notes of the melody are not difficult as they are the notes from the E minor pentatonic scale with an added blues note which is A...

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link to Beginner Blues For Cigar Box Guitar: Winter Blues in G minor

Beginner Blues For Cigar Box Guitar: Winter Blues in G minor

I have written this piece for beginners using just frets 0, 2, 3, 5 and 6 on a 3- string guitar tuned to G D G. If your guitar is tuned to another open fifths tuning, such as D A D or E B E you can...

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link to How Can I Add Interest To A Simple 12-Bar Blues?

How Can I Add Interest To A Simple 12-Bar Blues?

In this lesson I will give you some very simple ideas to add a little bit of fretting finger movement to improve the sound of your 12-bar blues: add a finger on the middle string on the 2nd...

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link to Cigar Box Guitar Playing For Guitar Builders: Hints and Tips For Absolute Beginners

Cigar Box Guitar Playing For Guitar Builders: Hints and Tips For Absolute Beginners

I know there are a fair number of Cigar Box Guitar builders who don't want to spend ages learning to play their builds, but just want a few tunes to illustrate how good their builds sound. If you...

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Hi I'm Kim and I have played guitar for several years and taught beginner six string guitar.
Now that I have discovered the Cigar Box Guitar I'd like share with you what I have learned.
When I started, I found it difficult to find information suitable for absolute beginners.
I have set up this blog and a YouTube channel to help you.

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