As a performer and teacher, my approach is to build upon knowledge through practice. There are certainly unlimited ways to string and tune, but the idea presented here is about notes used to build chords. This is commonly known as open tuning. The guitar plays the basic three note Triad that…
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Information Part 1 (Playing Come On In My Kitchen)
I play this song in Spanish Tuning. Sometimes I play this in the key of G (DGDgbd) or I will tune down a whole step to the key of F (CFCfac). I can also tune up a whole step to the key of A (EAEac#e) or using Open G tuning, capo fret 2. To get the tone similar to the old 78 RPM Robert Johnson's recording, I capo to the key of Bb (capo fret 3). It is essential that you tune the guitar to match the singer's vocal range.…
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A standard 5 string banjo is often tuned to Open G (gDgbd). Disregarding the high drone g string, using a 4 string CBG, I usually use Dgbd tuning (CD 5). This is also the highest strings of the full 6 string tuning on guitar for Open G - DGDgbd (CD 2).…
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There are 12 keys of music. Using numbers to represent the 8 notes that makes up their respective major scales, it is easier to understand the tunings. These three are the most common open tunings mainly because they can be achieved using a standard guitar string configuration (EADGBE) They are called "open" because they produce a major chord when strummed. A major chord requires 3 notes (1,3,5) from the major scale.
Vestapol Tuning: 151351 aka Open D (DADf#ad)
Spanish…
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Considerations for Selecting a Resonator Guitar
Material
The body of a resonator guitar functions like the cabinet used to house an audio speaker. Cabinets are usually heavy and their construction is very sturdy. This forces the sound out of the speaker cone, instead of losing signal due to vibration and the sound energy being absorbed by the cabinet…
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Considerations for Selecting a Bottleneck Slide for Guitar
Materials
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Old time Blues masters like Muddy Waters and Bukka White usually referred to Vestapol tuning (151351) with the major third tuned down a half step to the minor third as Cross Note Tuning (151b351)
Actually this is the same as Open Minor tuning. Although, they did not play a minor blues. Instead by fretting the third string, they…
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Due to the fact, there is no standard for CBG construction regarding the number of strings or the tuning, I am writing this information to help builders who are new to music, and offer suggestions that will make their builds function better from a musical stand point.
Guitar Tuners
The easiest way to tune your CBG is by using a headstock "clip-on" electronic tuner. They are very inexpensive. They come in two different models. A standard model that only…
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Variations of G5 Tuning (GDg)
On my instructional video CD 4, I teach songs and how to explore GDg tuning on a 3 string CBG. On CD 6, using the same strings, we retune to ADf# and explore a "Moveable Chord Method" very similar to the approach used on a standard 6 string guitar.
Once you get this information under your…
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How to Play 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
aka My Girl / Black Girl / In the Pines…
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As you might know, I recently released CD 6 for 3 string CBG.
In it I teach a method of movable chords that functions very similar to the way you play a guitar or banjo.
Using standard strings ADg, you tune ADf# (Open D Tuning).
It occured to me the other day, if you use a high e string for a drone and tune…
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In the Part 2 lessons for 3 string CBG, I retune the GDg tuning to ADf# tuning.
This is Open D Tuning because it contains the 3 tone (1,3,5) from the Major D scale (1-D 2-E 3-F# 4-G 5-A 6-B 7-C# 8-D) needed to form a Major D chord.
From low to high the notes are stacked 5-A 1-D 3-F#
In the lessons, I explain a system of movable chords…
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I have been playing in open tunings since the 1980s. At first having no understanding of music theory, they appeared to be a vast wasteland that did not yield much bounty. Of course, this is far from the truth. It is all there, but I could not see it.
Currently, I am fasinated by the reduction of the traditional 6 string tunings down to the essential 3 notes that make up a major chord. (A Major Triad contains the 1,3,5 tones from the Major Scale). The very heart of open…
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Chord Chemistry 101
Introduction
by Keni Lee Burgess
Note: These lectures are intended to clarify and suppliment my instructional videos CDs. Series 5 (4 string Cigar…
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Ideas to unleash the potential of Open Tunings:
1) Watch the whole video through from beginning to end, like a TV show without your guitar. Doing this will help you see the "Big Picture" and you will have a clearer understanding of the approach to playing in open tunings. Mind over Matter. Get the directions first, then walk out the…
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