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A collection of cigar box guitars. The cigar box guitar is a simple chordophone that uses an empty cigar box as a resonator. The earliest had one or two strings; modern models typically have three or more. Generally, the strings are connected to the end of a broomstick or a 1×2 inch wood slat and to the cigar box resonator.
Among alternative tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning is D–G–D–G–B–D (low to high). An open-G tuning allows a G-major chord to be strummed on all ...
Open G tuning – G-d-g-b-d' Some slide/bottleneck guitarists omit the bottom E string when playing in open G to have the root note as the tonic. This tuning is used by Keith Richards. Open E ♭ 5 tuning – E ♭-B ♭-e ♭-b ♭-e ♭ '
Shane Speal (born May 20, 1970) is an American musician, historian, and instrument builder who is best known for building and promoting cigar box guitars. [1] He is the author of the D.I.Y. musical instrument book Making Poor Man's Guitars (2018, Fox Chapel Publishing)] and is a writer for the magazine Guitar World.
The open G tuning variant G–G–D–G–B–D was used by Joni Mitchell for "Electricity", "For the Roses" and "Hunter (The Good Samaritan)". [36] Truncating this tuning to G–D–G–B–D for his five-string guitar, Keith Richards uses this overtones-tuning on the Rolling Stones 's " Honky Tonk Women ", " Brown Sugar " and " Start Me Up ".
Open B tuning; Open C tuning; Open D tuning; Open E tuning; Open G tuning; Overtones tuning This page was last edited on 13 June 2012, at 19:27 (UTC). Text is ...
Minor-thirds tuning; O. Open G tuning; Ostrich guitar; R. Repetitive tuning; Russian guitar This page was last edited on 28 September 2012, at 10:15 (UTC). Text ...
In open-G tuning (G,G,D,G,B,D), the 3 (B) of the open-G major-triad is on string 2. If we barre or use a slide to play the IV chord (C) at fret 5, the 3 of that chord (E) is still on string 2 ... as it will be when we slide up to the V chord, or the bVII chord, or the octave.