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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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Tenor Guitar vs Cigar Box Guitar

If you've wanted to play the guitar and are interested in guitars that have less than 6 strings, you might want to consider playing tenor guitar or Cigar Box Guitar. In this article I will talk about...

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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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3 Alternative Tunings For 4-String Cigar Box Guitar

Transferring knowledge from a 3-string guitar to a 4-string means deciding what tuning you'd like with that extra string. Of course, you can retune all the strings, but for now we-re going to look at...

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Beginner Chords For A 4 String Cigar Box Guitar

If you've started with a 3 string guitar in G D G, you may like to consider building or buying a 4 string version in G D G B to give you a bit more versatility and a richer sound. Strumming a 1...

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Cigar Box Guitar Or Ukulele- Which Is Better For Me?

considerationCBGUkulelescale lengthgenerally 16-25 inches 13-19 inchespitchgenerally lower pitched but you can choose a very short scale if you preferhigher pitched than most cigar box guitarsstring...

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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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