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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 Jim Mitchell on May 10, 2009 at 7:42am: Well Keni this is fantastic information thanks for getting this out there....On another note I have both of the CDs mentioned on video and I recommend them to anyone interested in guitar as well as cigar box guitar... I include one of the instructional CD's with each CBG I sell... Thanks again for everything that you are doing to promote the art form... Jim

Comment by THE FADER on May 9, 2009 at 6:37pm: THANK YOU KENI !

Comment by Delvero on May 9, 2009 at 2:52pm: Keni,thanks for the information.I will continue to view it until my thick skull understands!!!

Comment by paul @ huckleberry guitar on May 9, 2009 at 11:53am: Thanks Keni - good info and background theory. Enjoy your music vids too.

Comment by JUJU on May 9, 2009 at 10:27am: Hey Keni
Thats a cool video mate , even a thicko like me seems to kinda understand it
Thanks for adding it , very good of you
as soon as funds allow i would like to buy the guide you mentioned also your Album
juju.

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