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Cigar Box Guitar In E B E Tuning: Beginner Chord Chart

If you prefer your guitar to be tuned to E B E and want a handy pdf download for playing any chord based on the 1-finger power chords, I have this handy chart and diagram which you can download for...

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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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Movable Chord Shapes Based On Power Chords

It's very useful to have some movable chord shapes in your head as you begin to play songs or write your own. The downloadable PDFs below are useful for beginners trying to move on from 1-finger...

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link to How To Play Just About Any Chord On The Cigar Box Guitar

How To Play Just About Any Chord On The Cigar Box Guitar

This article shows how you can use your knowledge of power chords on the cigar box guitar to play major, minor, 7th, minor 7th and major 7th chords with one or two fingers moved. In the table and...

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How Do I Play Major Chords On A Cigar Box Guitar?

To add a third note to turn the open string G power chord into G major, we can use our little finger ( pinkie) to press down on the top string to add the 3rd note of the scale. This is not found on...

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How Do I Play Minor Chords On A Cigar Box Guitar?

The simplest way to play a minor chord on a cigar box guitar is to play the barred power chord and add your little finger to the 3rd fret above that barre on the first string only. E.g. A minor is...

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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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