Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

Volume Two of the "Ultimate Collection" series continues with more music and instruction to help learn the three-string cigar box guitar tuned to GDG. The book covers a wide variety of material and is excellent for beginners to advanced players. There is a good selection of tunes including blues, rock, jazz, classical and traditional that can be played with a slide, a pick or just your fingers. As usual, each tune includes tablature and music notation for those familiar with reading music. There are an additional 18 songs with suggested chords and diagrams, strumming and fingerstyle patterns, time signatures, the starting singing note, and the key of the song. There are also some sample accompaniment patterns and useful tips on how to accompany on the cigar box guitar.

If you are into rock and pop styles check out the "12 rock riffs" and the popular chord progressions with diagrams. The chord progressions are based on current pop/rock music and can be applied to your favorite songs. As in volume one of this series, a full chord and scale library with fingerboard charts are provided. The most common chords also have photos, a chord chart, and tablature and notation. The "10 ways to play major and minor chords" is an excellent way to learn and master the major and minor chords on the cigar box guitar!

Lastly, check out my website for the online audio tracks and videos and please send your comments and suggestions for further publications! Enjoy! Brent Robitaille

Website: brentrobitaille.com/ultimate-v2

YouTube: https: //www.youtube.com/c/CigarBoxGuitar

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Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

Volume Two of the "Ultimate Collection" series continues with more music and instruction to help learn the three-string cigar box guitar tuned to GDG. The book covers a wide variety of material and is excellent for beginners to advanced players. There is a good selection of tunes including blues, rock, jazz, classical and traditional that can be played with a slide, a pick or just your fingers. As usual, each tune includes tablature and music notation for those familiar with reading music. There are an additional 18 songs with suggested chords and diagrams, strumming and fingerstyle patterns, time signatures, the starting singing note, and the key of the song. There are also some sample accompaniment patterns and useful tips on how to accompany on the cigar box guitar.

If you are into rock and pop styles check out the "12 rock riffs" and the popular chord progressions with diagrams. The chord progressions are based on current pop/rock music and can be applied to your favorite songs. As in volume one of this series, a full chord and scale library with fingerboard charts are provided. The most common chords also have photos, a chord chart, and tablature and notation. The "10 ways to play major and minor chords" is an excellent way to learn and master the major and minor chords on the cigar box guitar!

Lastly, check out my website for the online audio tracks and videos and please send your comments and suggestions for further publications! Enjoy! Brent Robitaille

Website: brentrobitaille.com/ultimate-v2

YouTube: https: //www.youtube.com/c/CigarBoxGuitar

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Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

by Brent C Robitaille
Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

Cigar Box Guitar - The Ultimate Collection Volume Two: How to Play Cigar Box Guitar

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Volume Two of the "Ultimate Collection" series continues with more music and instruction to help learn the three-string cigar box guitar tuned to GDG. The book covers a wide variety of material and is excellent for beginners to advanced players. There is a good selection of tunes including blues, rock, jazz, classical and traditional that can be played with a slide, a pick or just your fingers. As usual, each tune includes tablature and music notation for those familiar with reading music. There are an additional 18 songs with suggested chords and diagrams, strumming and fingerstyle patterns, time signatures, the starting singing note, and the key of the song. There are also some sample accompaniment patterns and useful tips on how to accompany on the cigar box guitar.

If you are into rock and pop styles check out the "12 rock riffs" and the popular chord progressions with diagrams. The chord progressions are based on current pop/rock music and can be applied to your favorite songs. As in volume one of this series, a full chord and scale library with fingerboard charts are provided. The most common chords also have photos, a chord chart, and tablature and notation. The "10 ways to play major and minor chords" is an excellent way to learn and master the major and minor chords on the cigar box guitar!

Lastly, check out my website for the online audio tracks and videos and please send your comments and suggestions for further publications! Enjoy! Brent Robitaille

Website: brentrobitaille.com/ultimate-v2

YouTube: https: //www.youtube.com/c/CigarBoxGuitar


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781720549758
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 05/30/2018
Series: Ultimate Collection , #2
Pages: 182
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Brent Robitaille is a musician and author well known as a music educator, composer/arranger, and owner of Kalymi Publishing. Brent is the author of 17 books which are in worldwide distribution. His books for "Cigar Box Guitar" are among the first books ever published for this instrument, including: "The Ultimate Collection" "Celtic Collection" "Blues Overload" "101 Riffs & Solos" & "Technique Book." His guitar books include "Improve Your Guitar Chord Playing" and the "Slide Guitar Collection." He has also written the "Traditional Collection Series" for violin, mandolin, ukulele & guitar. Brent is also a well-known music producer recording hundreds of arrangements and compositions with many artists and bands spanning a 30-year career. His music has been performed throughout the world including recent performances in Italy, England, and New Jersey. Brent is also a well-known YouTuber publishing over 800 music videos. His music videos have accrued more than 6 million views in over 196 countries with 30,000+ subscribers viewing his videos daily. Brent studied composition, guitar, piano and theory at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Humber College, McGill University, and York University.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction 3

How to Read Tablature 6

How to Read Rhythms Shuffle Rhythm, Triplets How to Play Slide 7-9

How to Play Slide10-13

30 Great Tunes with Lesson and Practice Riffs (In Order of Difficulty)

Howlin’ Coyote Blues14-15

Easy Shuffle Blues16-17

Go Down to the River 18-19

Avalon 20-21

Aura Lea (Easy Fingerstyle)22-23

Wild Mountain Thyme 24-25

Aloha Oe26-27

This Little Light of Mine (Easy Fingerstyle)28-29

Plaisir D’Amour30-31

My Old Kentucky Home32-33

Streets of Laredo 34-35

Wayfaring Stranger 36-37

Bill Bailey 38-39

Down by the Riverside40-41

Cowboy Love Song 42-43

Pachelbel’s Canon 44-45

Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Easy Fingerstyle)46-47

Joe Turner Blues48-49

Adagio in Gm – Albinoni50-51

435 Blues52-53

Ave Maria – Bach-Gounod54-55

Locked & Loaded56-57

Texas Blues (Blues Fingerstyle)58-59

Spanish Romance (Classical Fingerstyle)60-61

Rainy Day Blues62-63

Chord Picking Rock Song64-65

Old Chevy Blues (Blues Fingerstyle)66-68

Route 76 Blues (Blues Fingerstyle)70-71

After You’ve Gone (Jazz Fingerstyle)72-75

All By Myself (Jazz Fingerstyle)76-79

Strumming Patterns and Styles - Fingerstyle Patterns 80-85 - Chord Songs

Tips for How to Accompany on Cigar Box Guitar86

Sample Blues Accompaniment – 12 Bar Blues - 87

After You’ve Gone88

Aloha Oe89

Aura Lea 90

Avalon 91

Bill Bailey 92

Cowboy Love Song 94-95

Down by the Riverside96-97

House of the Rising Sun (Gm & Am)98-99

My Old Kentucky Home100-101

Scarborough Fair102

Streets of Laredo 103

Swing Low Sweet Chariot104

The Water is Wide105

This Little Light of Mine and Sample Accompaniment106-107

Wayfaring Stranger 108

Wild Mountain Thyme 109

House of the Rising Sun Gm & Am32

Scarborough Fair32

Will the Circle Be Unbroken110

Worried Man Blues 111

The Water is Wide32

Rock Riffs - Chord Charts and Progressions – Scales – Fingerboard Charts

12 Rock Riffs for 3 String Cigar Box Guitar 112-114

10 Ways to Play Major and Minor Chords116-117

Popular Chord Progressions – A-B-C-D-E-F-G118-131

Chord Charts - Major, Minor, Dominant 7th Altered 7ths, Sus, Aug, Dim132-152

Scale Charts: Major, Minor, Blues (excerpt from 101 Riffs)154-177

Cigar Box Fingerboard Charts178-179

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