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Cigar Box Guitar Chord Shape Diagrams: Beginner Tips

If you are moving on from one  finger barre chords you may be wondering how chord shape diagrams work for a Cigar Box Guitar. Here are my beginner tips: These diagrams are drawn with the...

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What’s The Very First Thing To Learn To Play On A Cigar Box Guitar?

I'd say learn 2 or 3 chords and see what songs you can play with those chords. If there is anything I'd say is the easiest thing to learn on a Cigar Box Guitar I think it's probably a 2 chord song...

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3 String Cigar Box Guitar Tuning : Absolute Beginner’s Guide

Before you play anything on your Cigar Box Guitar, you need to get it in tune, but In some ways it doesn’t matter what you tune it to as long as it is tuned to itself. Although G D G is a common...

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Cigar Box Guitar: Learn To Play A Chord Progression

A chord progression is the way a group of chords is arranged in a piece of music. Some chord progressions are very commonly used and it’s well worth taking the time to get really good at moving...

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link to Playing 4-String vs 3-String Cigar Box Guitar : Play Shaped Chords In G

Playing 4-String vs 3-String Cigar Box Guitar : Play Shaped Chords In G

Although1-finger barre chords are slightly harder to play on a 4-string guitar because of the extra string to fret, shaped chords are different. I've been experimenting with easy ways to play the...

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link to Learn Your First Three Chords On A Cigar Box Guitar

Learn Your First Three Chords On A Cigar Box Guitar

If you are really new to Cigar Box Guitar, you will want to learn these 3 chords as soon as possible because with these chords you can play literally thousands of songs. They are G, C and D power...

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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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