If you've seen a 3 string guitar being played and wondered what it is, chances are it's a cigar box guitar. A cigar box guitar is traditionally handmade from a cigar box with a wooden...
Category: Chords, scales and tuning
The 7th chord ( the dominant 7) is played as a major chord with an added flattened 7th note of the scale e.g. In open G tuning we can play a D7 as 7 7 5: The minor 7 chord is based...
When you tune to A E A, the Cigar Box Guitar is tuned in the common I V I ( 1 5 1) tuning. Open strings play the root or I chord with the IV ( 4th chord) at the 5th fret and the V ( 5th chord) at...
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...
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...
You may have seen 3 string players just use their finger or a slide to play a chord and wondered how this is possible. A power chord is made up of the 1st note or root and the 5th note of the...