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This song was first published in 1779 and is known throughout the western world. If you only learn one Christian spiritual, this should probably be it. Thankfully, it is very easy to play on the canjo! View the full text of this entry by clicking the “Read More” link below for the formatted canjo tab…
Learn how to play the melody of Amazing Grace on your one-string Canjo!
Learn how to play “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain” by Willie Nelson on your one-string canjo! Continue reading “Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain – Willie Nelson”
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Learn how to play “Camptown Races” by Stephen Foster on your One-String canjo! Continue reading “Camptown Races – Traditional”
A classic American song, evoking images of the wild west, cowboys and the wide open vistas of the plains. View the full text of this entry by clicking the “Read More” link below for the formatted canjo tab…
Home on the Range is one of the most well-known western songs of all time. Now you can learn it for your One-String Canjo! Continue reading “Home on the Range – Traditional”
Let It Be by The Beatles, arranged for one-string canjos. This is one of the most well-known and best-loved of the Beatles’ songbook, instantly recognizable by classic rock and roll fans all over the world.
This arrangement is presented by the American Canjo Company and C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply.
Use this link to download the high-resolution PDF version: Beatles – Let It Be Canjo Tab PDF
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This was one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States before the Star Spangled Banner was officially adopted in 1931. Ironically, the tune to this song is the same as that of the British national anthem.
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Arrangement courtesy of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, intended for playing on American Canjo Company™ brand one-string canjos with dulcimer-style fretting, with fret numberings as shown below. The open unfretted string is notated as “0″.
3 3 4 2 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing! 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, 5 6 5 4 3 5 6 8 9 6 5 4 3 from ev--er--y mountainside, let freedom ring! Additional Verses My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers' God to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright, With freedom's holy light, Protect us by Thy might, Great God our King.
To learn more about this classic spiritual song, check out this Wikipedia article.
Arrangement by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply Copyright 2014 by C. B. Gitty Crafter SupplyIn this third part of our four-part video series introducing the Canjo, Ben “C. B. Gitty” Baker will dig into the basics of how to play the instrumennt. He first discusses and shows you how to tune your canjo to the “standard” high D note (your canjo may be tuned to a different note depending on the string you used), then discusses how to read the American Canjo Company tab posted here at CigarBoxGuitar.com, and finally shows you how to play two well-known songs from the tab: Camptown Races and When the Saints Go Marching In. Numerous diagrams help illustrate the how-to concepts being presented.
The final video, part four, will show you more advanced methods you can use to expand your playing.
