We value your privacy and want to make sure you understand how we use cookies on our website. We use session cookies to help us deliver our services and provide a better user experience. We also use Google Ads to serve personalized advertisements.

By clicking 'Agree,' you are giving us your consent to use these cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences in your browser settings.

For more information about the types of cookies we use and how we process your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Privacy

CGCE Cigar Box Guitar Tuner

CGCE Cigar Box Open C - Cigar Box Guitar tuning, chords & scales

Description - Cigar Box Open C

Standard Open C tuning for the Cigar Box Guitar. The cigar box guitar is a primitive chordophone whose resonator is a discarded cigar box. Because the instrument is homemade there is no standard for dimensions string types or construction techniques

C
G
C
E

Loading Tuning Map

Loading Tuning Data

Comments - have your say on CGCE

How many strings does a standard guitar have?

Capos for CGCE

Capo Tuning Name
0 CGCE Cigar Box Open C
2 DADF# Cigar Box Open D

More CGCE Resources

Songs tuned to CGCE

Know a song in CGCE?

Heads up! submit one below
Submit Songs to CGCE Cigar Box Open C

Please use the below form to submit a song for CGCE that is not already on gtdb.org.

Videos for CGCE on

Cigar Box Guitar Smokestack Lightnin Howlin Wolf Duet
Cigar Box Guitar Smokestack Lightnin Howlin Wolf Duet
1090 views - 3 Sep 2019
open c tuning  for cigar box guitar
Open c tuning for cigar box guitar
1054 views - 4 Sep 2019
4 string acoustic cbg
4 string acoustic cbg
370 views - 3 Sep 2019
how to play cigar box guitar: licks on 3-string, open c (cgc) tuning
How to play cigar box guitar: licks on 3-string, open c (cgc) tuning
142 views - 14 Mar 2019
jimi hendrix - cigar box guitar - heyjoe cover
Jimi hendrix - cigar box guitar - heyjoe cover
225 views - 10 Jun 2019
skinny strings on a cigar box guitar
Skinny strings on a cigar box guitar
172 views - 11 Jun 2019
More Videos >>

Submit a YouTube Video to CGCE

Email
Video ID

Tuning Map

  • Fret
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • -12
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • -11
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • -10
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • -9
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • -8
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • -7
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • -6
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • -5
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • A#
  • D#
  • G
  • C
  • -3
  • B
  • E
  • G#
  • C#
  • -2
  • C
  • F
  • A
  • D
  • -1
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • 0
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • 1
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • 2
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • 3
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • 4
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • 5
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • 6
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • 7
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -2
  • 0
  • 1
  • 0
            ___________
           q o       o p
           q o   G   o p
           d o   T   o b
           q o   D   o p
           q o   B   o p
           d o       o b
            \!       !/
            |=========|
            |!!!!!!!!!|
            |!!!!!!!!!|
            |!!!!!!!!!|              ____    ______  ____    ____
            |!!!!!!!!!|             /\  _`\ /\__  _\/\  _`\ /\  _`\
            |!!!!!!!!!|             \ \ \L\_\/_/\ \/\ \ \/\ \ \ \L\ \
           _|!!!!!!!!!|__            \ \ \L_L  \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  _ <'
         .+=|!!!!!!!!!|--.`.          \ \ \/, \ \ \ \ \ \ \_\ \ \ \L\ \
       .'   |!!!!!!!!!|   `.\          \ \____/  \ \_\ \ \____/\ \____/
      /     !=========!     \\          \/___/    \/_/  \/___/  \/___/
      |    /|!!!!!!!!!|\    ||
       \   \!!!!!!!!!!!/   //
        )   `========='   ((
      .'    !!!!!!!!!!!    `..
     /      !!!!!!!!!!!      \\
    |       !!!!!!!!!!!       ||
    |       !!!!!!!!!!!       ||
    |       !!!!!!!!!!!       ||
     \     =============     //
 hjw  `.    o987654321o    .;'
 & warm `-._____________.-'
    whisky