A Cigar Box Guitar Builder's Guide to Stringing and Tuning

There is a wide variety of music played by utilizing Open Tunings: Hawaiian, Blues, Banjo, etc. Considering an Open Tuning really only requires three notes to make a chord, reducing a standard guitar or banjo down to 3 or 4 strings is not very difficult.

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Comment by norman moody on June 11, 2011 at 8:07pm
Very nice demo template ....hope you don't mind, but I caint hep it. I gotta borry that ..how to cut to sponsor.. super good.also informative.
Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on December 25, 2010 at 11:04pm
Thank you Silverback for your comment. Please feel free to write if you have any questions. Welcome to the Nation and enjoy your build. Happy Holidays.
Comment by Silverback on December 25, 2010 at 8:59pm
Thanks for this, from a first tme builder. Great presentation.
Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on June 29, 2010 at 11:29pm
Thank you Hannibal for your comment. I made this video to help new builders make better functional instuments. Open tuning is a real early method of stringing that works fantastic on these simple little creations. I am glad to hear you found the information helpful. Enjoy your build, Keni Lee
Comment by Hannibal ManCracker on June 29, 2010 at 4:33pm
This is great stuff especially a nerd like me.
Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on May 24, 2010 at 3:31pm
Also, on www.youtube.com search:
How to read guitar tabs
Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on May 24, 2010 at 3:23pm
Thank you Skinny Dean for your purchase. Learning to read tablature is relatively easy compared to the traditional method of writing music. Tablature is more of a visual picture of how the music appear on your fingerboard. Here is a link to a page teaching how to read tab. If you have further question, please feel free to write. Once you learn to read tab, you will have access to a lot of music. Enjoy.
http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab_3.htm
Comment by Skinny Dean on May 24, 2010 at 10:11am
Keni Lee,
I have recently purchased your DVD "How to Play 3 String Cigar Box Guitar" and being very much a novice player and not knowing how to read music need some clarification. In lesson 2 you explain the various scales, ie Penatonic, Chromatic, Monotonic, etc and each comes with a chart at the end. I need help in understanding the charts so I practice correctly. I assume the numbers across the top are the frets, but what do the double lines at the bottom mean? On the monotonic and alternating bass scales there are vertical dashes and zeros on the horizontal lines - what do these denote?

Any info you can pass on or additional reference materials you or anyone else can point me towards is greatly appreciated.

Building my own 3 string was a great project. Now I need to learn how to play. The video is excellent but I don't have enough (any) musical background to understand what I need to.

Thanks for your help and everyone else.

Dean
Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on April 8, 2010 at 11:45pm
Thank you Dianne for your comment. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy.
Comment by Dianne Woods on April 8, 2010 at 3:43am
Thanks Keni, very informative, it will help alot.

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