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HowDoYouTuneACigarBoxGuitar?

Howeveryouwant:)
Seriously,youcantuneitlikeatraditionalguitarbutwiththreeorfourstringsoryoucantuneittoanopenchord
similartoabanjo(butwithoutthebanjo5thstring).
ThereareasmanywaystotuneaCBGastherearetotuneareregularguitarwhichismanyhundreds.Youcan
alsotunesomestringsinunisonsuchasAaDGg(thesmalllettersrepresentahigheroctave).

Herearesomecommontuningsfora4stringcigarboxguitar.Thetopstring(first)isthethirdofthechord.

Herearethesametuningsfora3stringcigarboxguitar.Thereisnomajorthirdsotechnicallythesearen'tmajor
chords.

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DAd(usingthe6,5and4strings)
Gdg(usingthe5,4and3)
fcf(usingthe3,2and1)
Adf#(usingthe5,4and3strings)
df#a(usingthe4,3and2)
f#ad(usingthe3,2and1)
Bdg(usingthe5,4and3strings)
dgb(usingthe4,3and2)
gbd(usingthe3,2and1)

1String
String5(A)tunedowntoGor
String3(G)
2String

String5(A)tunedowntoG/String4(D)or
String3(G)/String2(B)
3String
KnowasG5Tuning,onlytwotones,butthreestrings
String5(A)tunedowntoG/String4(D)/String3(G)or
AfullGchord
String3(G)/String2(B)/String1(E)tunedowntoD
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4String:4(D)/String3(G)/String2(B)/String1(E)tunedowntoDor

String5(A)tunedown(G)/String4(D)/String3(G)/String2(B)or

String5(A)tunedownto(G)/String4(D)/String3(G)/String1(E)tunedownto(D)

6stringTones5/1/5/1/3/5OpenGTuningDGDGBD

A7(themagicjazztuning):A,E,G
A6(Hawaiiantuning):A,E,F#
G9(mandolintypetuning):G,D,A
UltralowE,E,B

Herearethevariousstringsizes
Mediumgaugeacousticstrings(thickestthinnest=lowtohigh)
E.056/A.045/D.035/G.026/B.017/E.013
Thenumbersareapproximate.
UseEAD
Tune:EAC#/EBE/DAD...
UseADGTune:ADF#/AEA/GDG...
UseGBE
Tune:AC#E/GBD...
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ThreeStringTuningOptions
Tipcally3stringguitarsusethe5th,4th,and3rdstringsfromanacusticguitarset.Weightisapersonaloption.

OpenG
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String3:G
String2:D
String1:G
Notes:ClassicBluesTuning.Idefaulttothistuningunlesstheboxissmall.IthenconsideranOpenFto
getaroundersound.

OpenF
String3:F
String2:C
String1:F
Notes:UsethiswhenanopenGhastoothinofasoundorcauseyouwanttoo.

OpenE
String3:E
String2:B
String1:E
Notes:Thisisafuntunebutyoumayfindthestringsaretooloose.Iliketheloosetwangysound,sometimes.

OpenA
String3:A
String2:E
String1:A
Notes:Atthispointstringsgettights,butdon'tsnaptoooften.GoingtoanopenBorCmayrequirerethinking
whatstringsareusedfromtheguitarset.

FIonian
String3:F
String2:C
String1:C
Notes:

FDorian
String3:F
String2:C
String1:B
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Notes:

FAeolian
String3:F
String2:C
String1:E
Notes:

FourStringTuningOptions
Tipcally4stringguitarsusethe5th,4th,3rd,and2edstringsfromanacusticguitarsetunlessyouaresettingupasaBass.WhentuningasaBassGuitarusethe6th,
5th,4th,and3rdstrings.Weightisapersonaloption.

Bass
String4:E
String3:A
String2:D
String1:G
Notes:IlovetheBassguitartuneonmy4stringcigarboxguitar.Itprovide'smewithanaccusticbassinasmall
size.Haveyouseethesizeofanacusticbass?TheyareHUGE!

Ukulele
String4:G
String3:C
String2:E
String1:A
Notes:Ukulele'saregrowinginpopularity.Howeverformanyofusthefretboardistoosmallaswellasthe
sound.SettingupacigarboxguitarwithaUkuleletuneallowsbighandedpeoplethechangetoplaythisfun
instrument.TooenticeaUkuleleplayeruselightweightstrings.MostUkuleleplayerscan'ttaketheweightof
bronzestrings.Givethemsomethinggentle.

OpenG(a.k.a.Banjo)
String4:G
String3:D
String2:G
String1:B
Notes:LiketheOpen3stringtunesyoucanslidenotesupordownstepstomovetootheropenkeys.Thistuning
providesBanjoplayersanotherinstrumentandguitarlikesound.

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