The tablature in the PDF link below will show you exactly how to play the melody and chords for the classic Christmas song Oh Christmas Tree, known in its native Germany as O Tannenbaum.
All of the cigar box guitar tablature here on CigarBoxGuitar.com is presented by The Southbound String Company, the only strings specifically chosen and voiced for cigar box guitars. Be sure to check out our line of Open G GDG cigar box guitar string sets here!
A well known Western Folk Ballad, Clementine was written in the late 1800s.
The roots of the catchy melody go back to Spanish Ballads that Mexican miners were fond of during the California Gold Rush.
Here we present to you tablature of the basic melody, as well as a slightly more advanced version intended for Cigar Box Guitars tuned to Open G (GDG).
This can also be applied to any of the other 1-5-1 tunings.
A well known Western Folk Ballad, Clementine was written in the late 1800s..
The roots of the catchy melody go back to Spanish Ballads that Mexican miners were fond of during the California Gold Rush.
Here we present to you a tablature intended for Diatonically fretted One-String Canjos. While we only have the first verse here, the same melody is played out through the entirety of the song.
3 3 3 0 5 5 5 3
In a cavern, in a canyon,
3 5 8 8 6 5 4
Excavating for a mine
4 5 6 6 5 4 5 3
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
3 5 4 0 2 4 3
And his daughter Clementine
The tablature in the PDF link below will show you exactly how to play the melody and chords for the early American folk song Oh Susannah, written by Stephen Foster in 1848.
All of the cigar box guitar tablature here on CigarBoxGuitar.com is presented by The Southbound String Company, the only strings specifically chosen and voiced for cigar box guitars. Be sure to check out our line of Open G GDG cigar box guitar string sets here!
The tablature in the PDF link below will show you exactly how to play the melody and chords for the well-known spiritual Oh When the Saints Go Marching In.
This song has been sung in churches for many years, and has also become a New Orleans Dixieland Jazz favorite. Louis Armstrong was the first to record it in 1938. It is a very simply arranged song with a simple, repetitive melody line, well-suited to playing on the cigar box guitar.
All of the cigar box guitar tablature here on CigarBoxGuitar.com is presented by The Southbound String Company, the only strings specifically chosen and voiced for cigar box guitars. Be sure to check out our line of Open G GDG cigar box guitar string sets here!