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link to Sound Holes On A Cigar Box Guitar: What Do I Need To Know?

Sound Holes On A Cigar Box Guitar: What Do I Need To Know?

A Cigar Box Guitar often has sound holes cut in the body of the guitar to amplify the sound of an acoustic guitar. Electrified guitars will often have them, allowing the guitar to be played...

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link to Using The Minor Pentatonic Scale : Wayfaring Stranger

Using The Minor Pentatonic Scale : Wayfaring Stranger

Today we are going to learn to play a simple melody in Dm ( D minor) on the 3-string Cigar Box Guitar. This is the pentatonic scale for D minor: There are 5 notes in the scale- 6 are shown...

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Easier Way To Play In E On A 3-Stringed Guitar Tuned G D G

One of the problems with just using 1-finger power chords is that for some songs you have to move a long way up and down the neck so choosing your chord shapes carefully will help you to change...

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link to How To Hammer-On With A Cigar Box Guitar

How To Hammer-On With A Cigar Box Guitar

The hammer-on is a technique of playing two notes of different pitches on the same string by playing the first note and then quickly placing a fretting finger onto the string to make the 2nd note...

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What Is A Pull-Off On The Cigar Box Guitar?

A pull off is played by playing a fretted note and then lifting off the fretting finger to leave either an open note or a lower fretted note. If you need a lower fretted note, place both fingers on...

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Movable Major Chord Shapes With The Root On The 2nd String

Continuing the series on movable chord shapes we will look at other ways of playing movable major chords. If the root of the major chord is on the middle note of the 3-string guitar we can use a 4...

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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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