The Complete Beginner Course: 3-String Cigar Box Guitar

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Welcome to the Complete Beginner Course for 3-String Cigar Box Guitar

Cigar Box Guitar is the DIY musical revolution, but if you want to play songs by the Blues, Rock & Country greats, why not learn how to do it right?!

• This 14 hour video course is split into 2 sections, flatpick and fingerstyle playing. It starts with the complete basics, progressing to a competent, intermediate level and you can learn exercises & songs in Blues, Rock & Country styles.
• This series provides essential techniques and info for you to start playing your favourite songs on 3-strings, giving you the perfect foundation to develop into a well-rounded player, start jamming with others or with classic recordings.
• You get lifetime access and can either download the entire course, or use online links to stream the videos.
• This course is taught by Sion Littledyke: I’m a teacher & musician with a wealth of experience who’s been producing YouTube, Cigar Box Guitar videos since 2018 on the Coda Tuition channel. If you’re interested to hear more about my experience & teaching approach, please scroll further down this page.
• The Complete Beginner Course will provide the average learner with several months of high-quality tuition and musical development. There are different versions available with more specialised content at reduced prices: you can view these options on the Video Courses page.

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How to use the Complete Beginner Course

(Please note, this course covers fretted note playing – watch this space for future slide guitar lessons)

• This course uses GDG tuning throughout: the standard & most widely used 3-string Cigar Box Guitar tuning.
• Flatpick & Fingerstyle sections contain essential techniques & info presented in instructional & playalong videos.
• Final song videos allow you to put these skills into practice & develop in complexity across 3 levels.

Section A – Flatpick Lessons

• Flatpick technique is generally easier for beginners, so it can be good to start here as a newbie. The first few instructional videos start with 101 basics and are accessible for all players, gradually building in complexity as you progress.
• Section A flatpick exercise videos include:

There are 7 instructional videos accompanied by 4 playalong videos, which total 3 hours.

There are 2 final songs in Section A: 12 Bar Blues & Classic Rock.

The aim is to develop key skills in the exercise videos and put them to use when learning & playing the songs.

Section A songs are taught over 3 different levels: easy; intermediate; advanced, and each version has its own instruction & playalong videos, totalling 4 hours.

Each instructional video is broken down line-by-line, demonstrating the skills & techniques needed to learn the song. In-video playalongs are used for single lines & full sections, allowing you to test your skills and chart your progress, before trying the full song arrangement with the separate playalong video.

The final song levels are most definitely advanced for beginners and would provide more experienced, intermediate players with new skills and challenges.

Once you’ve completed even a single level 1 easy song, you should find your musical chops have improved significantly!

• Section B Fingerstyle exercise videos include:

Most of the skills & techniques included in the flatpick videos are expanded & developed here so hopefully, you’ll feel like a versatile 3-string picker by the end of this course!

There are 5 instructional videos accompanied by 4 separate playalong videos, which total 2 hours.

There are 2 final songs in Section B: Swung Blues & Country Rock.

These songs are also taught over 3 different levels with instructional & playalong videos, and Section B song videos run for 5 hours.

 

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• Once you have access, the welcome video outlines the Complete Beginner Course content and suggests ways to use the resources; there are several learning routes you can take.
• If you’re a thorough learner, it’s fine to work through all the exercise videos before trying the final songs (gradually learning the songs over the 3 levels of difficulty). This is a great approach but it’s not for everyone..
• Many guitarists like start playing songs straight away. If this is you, then it’s a good idea to check the 101 basics first: picking & fretting; posture & reading TAB; playing riffs & power chords. You’ll then find it possible to learn & play the easy 12 Bar Blues & Classic Rock songs. Afterwards, you can return to some of other exercise videos, providing you with the skills to start the intermediate & advanced songs.
• It’s also fine to start learning fingerstyle first using Section B, if you’re attracted to this guitar style. However, the Section A flatpick videos cover the 101 basics in more detail so (as above), you may want to check the first few videos before starting the fingerstyle riffs & chords.
• This Complete Beginner Course can also help you develop 3-string skills to a standard where you can start learning famous songs (check Coda Tuition on YouTube!) Cigar Box Guitar song arrangements appear across a range of difficulty levels, so you might want to learn a few easy tunes before returning to this course, where you can further improve before trying more challenging tracks.

• I’ve been playing 6-string guitar for over 40 years, gigging for over 30 years and teaching for over 25 years, which I started before I completed my music degree back in 2000 (Leeds Uni – 1st Class).
• I’ve been a big fan of the blues since I was a kid in the 1980s but more recently, a student introduced me to the world of Cigar Box Guitar. After learning to play and teaching him for a while, I started releasing 3-string tuition videos on the Coda Tuition channel in 2018.
• I regularly teach face-to-face & online across a range of instruments & musical areas including:

• I teach 1-1 online Cigar Box Guitar lessons to students from various countries including:
  UK; USA; Canada; Australia; Belgium; Denmark; Germany & Brazil.
• I use my 1-1 teaching experience to help with creating video lessons, since there are certain learning methods which are particularly effective for beginners, and also common pitfalls which are good to both highlight & avoid.
• I’m also aware that it’s good to strike a balance between introducing useful musical info & technique, and keeping lessons fun & interesting so, I try to create this balance in the video lessons throughout the Complete Beginner Course.

I hope you have fun learning to play your 3-string Cigar Box Guitar and I hope this course helps you to complete several steps along your musical journey – happy picking! Sion Littledyke

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