Are metal frets necessary?
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Free Cigar Box Tablature Library
Did you know there is a fast-growing collection of FREE tablature for 3-string cigar box guitars over at CBN's sister site www.CigarBoxGuitar.com? It's true!
For those of you who aren't sure what tablature is, it is a way of writing out songs that shows you exactly where to put your fingers on the instrument to make the notes. There's even a video lesson by Glenn Watt to show you how to read the tablature and play it on a 3-string CBG.
The tab collection is up to about 45 songs, with 3 new ones just added in the last couple of days:
- Build Me Up, Buttercup as performed by The Foundations - arranged by Glenn Watt
- Camptown Races by Stephen Foster - arranged by Glenn Watt
- Royals by Lorde - arranged by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker
Here are some of the other categories of song tabs that have been posted:
- Americana (8)
- Blues & Jazz (4)
- Children's Songs (4)
- Christmas & Holiday (14)
- Country & Bluegrass (9)
- Folk & World (10)
- Instrumentals (5)
- Rock & Pop (14)
- Spirituals & Hymns (13)
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Permalink Reply by rick washbrook on
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Hi Ben
Thank you for the tab it is working for me
I am still trying things with the slide
Rick Washbrook
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Permalink Reply by the snowwalker on
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Lookin for a TAB of tom rushen blues??? any help out there.
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Permalink Reply by John B Treutlein on
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I have gone to Cigarbox guitar.com several times,I have very little luck clicking on any thing such as the tabulature subject ,most times I click on it and after afew try’s it will say loading but never ac5ually loads any subject,it looks like it has some great music pieces but for me there is no admittance? Any help !?
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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on
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John , that site is old & abandoned, so it operates on an old version of the internet? If you’re on a tablet, then click on it until it says “open in a new tab” , click that & then scroll up to see the open tabs & you’ll see it? or it’ll give you a little screen like this in the pic? Click on the page image & it’ll open? That’s what I’ve done on my iOS devices? Good luck
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