Chromatic fretting. - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T09:34:30Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/chromatic-fretting?groupUrl=canjoconsortium&commentId=2592684%3AComment%3A2392954&groupId=2592684%3AGroup%3A247345&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThankyou Brian and TN Twang,…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-15:2592684:Comment:23929542015-09-15T11:07:15.426ZGraham Alibonehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GrahamAlibone
<p>Thankyou Brian and TN Twang, I felt silly asking but if you don't ask you don't learn.</p>
<p>Thankyou Brian and TN Twang, I felt silly asking but if you don't ask you don't learn.</p> PS--just read Brian's reply.…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-14:2592684:Comment:23927922015-09-14T20:18:31.072ZTN Twanghttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TNTwang
<p>PS--just read Brian's reply. He's quite correct that you could just play it as a 3-string guitar with one string missing. Make like it's a G-D-g guitar with no top g. You haven't even really lost a note.</p>
<p>PS--just read Brian's reply. He's quite correct that you could just play it as a 3-string guitar with one string missing. Make like it's a G-D-g guitar with no top g. You haven't even really lost a note.</p> If you're using tabs written…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-14:2592684:Comment:23923842015-09-14T20:15:27.335ZTN Twanghttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/TNTwang
<p>If you're using tabs written for a diatonic instrument--like the ones from the American Canjo Company on this website, you'll only use some (but not all) of the chromatic frets on your instrument. Easiest way I know to learn these is to take a Sharpie pen and mark the side of the fretboard next to the frets that you'll actually be using. Learn to ignore the other frets.</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #1 = your fret #2</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #2 = your fret #4</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #3 = your fret…</p>
<p>If you're using tabs written for a diatonic instrument--like the ones from the American Canjo Company on this website, you'll only use some (but not all) of the chromatic frets on your instrument. Easiest way I know to learn these is to take a Sharpie pen and mark the side of the fretboard next to the frets that you'll actually be using. Learn to ignore the other frets.</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #1 = your fret #2</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #2 = your fret #4</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #3 = your fret #5</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #4 = your fret #7</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #5 = your fret #9</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #6 = your fret #10</p>
<p>(NOTE: Beyond this point, diatonic fret numbering varies depending on your source, but the following values will work for tabs from American Canjo Co.)</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #7 = your fret #11</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #8= your fret #12</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #9= your fret #14</p>
<p>Diatonic fret #10= your fret #16</p> Thanks Brian, your reply 'wok…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-13:2592684:Comment:23920202015-09-13T19:27:33.179ZGraham Alibonehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/GrahamAlibone
<p>Thanks Brian, your reply 'woke' me up. Pictures Monday.</p>
<p>Thanks Brian, your reply 'woke' me up. Pictures Monday.</p> By the way... any pics? tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-13:2592684:Comment:23917502015-09-13T02:45:04.370ZBrian Revelshttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/BrianRevels
<p>By the way... any pics? </p>
<p>By the way... any pics? </p> Sounds like something fun to…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2015-09-13:2592684:Comment:23918282015-09-13T02:44:40.570ZBrian Revelshttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/BrianRevels
<p>Sounds like something fun to play. Being the strings are D and G, those are the middle (2nd) and bottom (1st) strings of a standard 3-string Cigar Box Guitar. You can still bar (hold down all strings on the same fret) the strings to create chords. For your tabs... sounds like to me you'd just ignore the very bottom line and maybe move those notes to the 1st string? </p>
<p>Sounds like something fun to play. Being the strings are D and G, those are the middle (2nd) and bottom (1st) strings of a standard 3-string Cigar Box Guitar. You can still bar (hold down all strings on the same fret) the strings to create chords. For your tabs... sounds like to me you'd just ignore the very bottom line and maybe move those notes to the 1st string? </p>