R H Y T H M F O L K Back to the Roots C R O C K‘ N DIY INSTRUMENTS R „Build Your Own Device“… C O U N T R Y B L U E S … and play it with BESTSEL LER your peers Also for total beginners! Friends clipart.png No previous knowledge required!

by Jens B. Hafke Project 2020/2021 ESRM… • Project for building simple handmade musical instruments: poor man‘s (Cigar Box Guitars)

• Keep the music alive: play your own instrument together with your peers. , Rock, Folk, Pop songs, Bestseller, … or create your own song…

Rustic - Creative - Impressive Cigar Box Guitars Early 1900‘s Yesterday…

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(1928-2008) Poor Man‘s Guitars https://cigarboxguitarsuk.co.uk/pages/ Rock‘n‘Roll Pioneer BO cigar-box--history DIDDLEY (1942-1970) PLAYIN‘ THE J.H. plays RHYTHM & BLUES

(1925-2015)

B. B. KING King of

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Not a cigar box but a… 3-string shovel guitar

Soundreview.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

Shane Speal: “Nobody builds a because they want to play nice things“

https://www.witf.org/2013/02/19/shane_speal_cigar_box_king/

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2012/12/justin_johnson_slide _guitar_wi.html https://stephenarnoldmusic.com

Cigarboxnation.com https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/seasick-steve Seasick Steve Live@pinkpop 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE3db0UdbDs

Samantha Fish

Samantha Fish Intro @ CBG Festival in New Orleans Samantha Fish @ Don Odells Legends: Playing A Kerosene Can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w929i0urXlo, Slide guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0OtnXbyjEE Cigar Box Guitars (CBGs) • Sound Body : cigar box , Strings: 3-4 (Diddly bows 1, 2), screws, nails, tuning mechanics, pickups… • Easy-to-play: open tuning: one finger = one chord • How to play any song on the 3-string guitar with one finger ?!

Justin Johnson https://www.tripadvisor.com https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4xdtK7ic4s4 Easy to play: Tablature • The tablature graphically represents the guitar : Each horizontal line represents a string, and each number represents a .

Open G- tuning: no fingers → G major (G Dur) 5th fret: 1 Finger for the three strings: C major (C-Dur)

G‘ String D G 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5 th Fret Tablature: G chord C chord G‘ 0 5 D 0 3 5 2 G 0 5 Easy to play: Tablature

• Phantastic YouTube tutorials for cigar box guitar songs (based on tablature) → (e.g. https://livefromtheguitarloft.com/tag/best/)

• Tablatures for a variety of good songs! Free Cigar Box Guitar Tablature Library: Cigarboxnation.com Funny→ Books:

… Easy to play: Tablature

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12th Fret 7th

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 One-string Lap Steel 3rd Diddley Bow; electrical  One-string Diddley Bow; electrical 3-string Lap Steel „Tabasco Beef“ electrical JBH Cigar Box Amplifiers: Handmade@home!

JBH Cigar Box Guitar Kit Designed for ESRM activities

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