I just recently posted Lesson 1 of
Part 2: How to Play 3 string CBG
(A Cigar Box Guitar Player's Guide to Playing Chords)
I would like students to understand that I am not reinventing the wheel.
I am teaching a method of movable chords that is based upon 4 string tenor guitar / banjo and the traditional 5 string banjo that utilize open tunings (The instrument is tuned to a chord).
Although a 5 string banjo is usually tuned in the key of G (gDgbd) all the chord shapes will work!!!
The Dgb strings have the same relationship as string ADf# on my 3 string CBG in the key of D. (Tones 513 from the Major Scale)
On the banjo, of course the high g is played as an open drone, but the high d string can be fingered the same way a the low D!!!
Actually, chords on 4 and 5 string instruments are closer to full six string guitar chords because a chord begins and ends on the same tonic (Tone 1 from the Major Scale) note. (Example: G chord starts and ends on G)
This is not exactly possible with the limitations of a 3 string. Playing mostly "partial chords" the arrangments have a rural primative quality. I personally like this. It has a very unique voice.
This information is also directly applicable to six string guitar in open tuning (Delta style Bottleneck Blues Guitar)
I hope you find this information useful in your practice.
Enjoy, Keni Lee
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Thank you Ben for your comment. I believe you are totally correct in regards to traditonal tenor tuning. Notice the traditional is only in front of the word "banjo". My approach of tuning a tenor banjo / guitar to open G Dgbd comes from appying my knowledge to the instrument. My point is simply that it is not necessary to learn all new fingerings to play a wide variety of instruments. If you restring an instrument, and retune it to a tuning that you have a working knowledge of, you can get the unique tone the instrument offers. A ukulele can be open tuned too. Enjoy.
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