In response to a discussion elsewhere I've just done a tutorial on reading standard notation. It applies to any instrument but the examples and fretboard maps are for a 3 stringer in G.
I know it's not everyone's thing but if your curious about readi
Read more…I know that GDGB is a popular tuning for the 4 string (or whatever equivalent in other keys). If you've ever tried to play slide in this tuning you may have run into a few problems. For your consideration.....
The top string is the one that you play
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I've just finished a blog on musical intelligence and how some people find playing easier than others. It's really meant for my subscribers but you're a clever a lot.
http://www.learncigarboxguitar.com/content/step-step
Read more…The Nation is great, don't get me wrong but it could benefit from some documentation, not to mention some way of navigating the massive amount of stuff on here. Anyway, how do you add a group?
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I posted a while back about making arrangements for 3 string guitars, well I've done a series of Christmas tunes (public domain). There are 11 tunes, each with chord charts and EZ and not so EZ arangements for fingerpickers and flatpickers
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Any music shop you go into has rows and rows of books full of arrangements for guitar, piano etc of Beatles songs, Stones, Zep, you name it but there's nothing for 3 string guitars. There are countless youtube videos, most of which are pret
Read more…I've just released a major upgrade to my Starter Pack, a whole new course for 3 string fretted guitars and to celebrate I've released a 19 page ebook on chords for the 3 string.
Head to my site www.learncigarboxguitar.com, the link is on the front pa
Read more…In response to KnottLenny's recent epic thread I've created a web site for players to promote their stuff and for punters to find them.
It's called cbggigs.com and is essentially a portal where players and promoters can promote cbg related events and
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I just bought myself a 3 string on ebay, plugged it in and it's extremely noisy. Until I touch my amp and the noise goes away. I may be imagining things but I reckon I can feel a very slight current when I touch both the strings and the amp
Read more…I was recently contacted by an American expat living in Malaysia, Tom Colvin, who runs a great site dedicated to the Blues scene in Asia. He asked me for an interview for an article on cbg's.
http://bluesasianetwork.com/2014/04/04/aussie-pat-curley-t
Read more…In response to a few recent posts here and Barsymes blog I figured I'd try one of my own.
This one's about how we learn stuff, particularly as we get older.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/on-learning?xg_source=activity
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There's been a little discussion around here lately on the merits of learning music theory, an evergreen topic. A few paragraphs from my blog on the subject.
http://www.learncigarboxguitar.com/content/theory-not-dirty-word
Ring any bells?
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I'm knocking up some backing trax for my next course and don't want to do them in all 12 keys. I know a lot of people play in G, what else do you like to use?
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I've just discovered that youtube supports live streaming events so I figure why not?
My site LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com is nearing the end of it's first year and there's up around 100 subscribers on board. I've just upgraded the content in t
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I finally found a friendly, cheap 3 string tab editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUQi-E20iM
This one's for the iPad but they have PC and Mac versions as well.
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I've added a couple of free introductory lessons at LearnCigarBoxGuitar.com. They're meant for beginners but I reckon they'd be useful for most players. Precision is an important part of a musicians armoury and these lessons give tips on how
Read more…To celebrate the launch of my site, and in conjunction with my old mate Nigel McTrustry from cigarboxguitarsaustralia.com, I'm running a competition in which you can win one of Nigel's amazing instruments. Here's the go:
Hi Folks
Just letting you know that I've finally finished the new course at www.learncigarboxguitar.com. It's called 3 strings 3 chords and it's all about playing the old favourite 3 chord tunes that we all know and love.
It came about after a discu
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Just wanted to let people know about my new site www.learncigarboxguitar.com. I've got a stack of resources there for Cigar Box Guitar players including a new course to help you learn to play the thing.
The course, and most of the material
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