There are now several different apps that are available to download for fans of Guitars as well as the fans of things like Rock Band.There is actually a Rock Band app out there for £5.99 which is easily going to be a lot more expensive than if you were to pay for it in America. Everything that you can do in the game can be done in this app from playing the drums and guitar to singing although this involves tapping and not singing. There is even a possibility that you can download a few extra songs just like you can in the game, more money for the big companies.

Although there are many free options that you can choose to download, the paid ones are better simply because more time and effort has gone into making them. There are much cheaper options out there on the app store with many of them being just as good as the Rock Band one.

Fir fans of Acoustic Guitars or Bass Guitars then there are guitar tuning apps for you and most of which are actually free.

Other apps provide you with information on the instruments as well as some even offering quizzes. These quizzes are quite funny to play with a couple of friends either local or over Wi-Fi, many of the questions are challenging and you will need your inner rock god for them.

Why not think about going into the app stor and looking for an app that may suit your guitar needs.

Cigar Box Guitar – Goin to Brownsville

I’ve been playing, or should I say learning, the guitar for over thirty years but I’ve only recently discovered the fun that can be had with a simple cigar box guitar.

If you don’t know what a cigar box guitar is I shall explain. A cigar box guitar is simply a basic guitar made using a wooden cigar box as the resonant body. They tend to be home made instruments that use a cigar box as the resonator in the same way that an acoustic guitar uses its resonant body to make the guitar sound.

Back in the 19th century cigar smoking was far more popular than it is today. They began to be packaged in wooden boxes from around the middle of the 19th century and there are etchings of civil war soldiers sitting at a campsite where one of them is playing a fiddle made from a cigar box.

It’s quite simple to turn a cigar box into a basic guitar using a length of wood and a few tuning pegs and this is why they became a popular form of folk instrument. The simplest of cigar box guitars may only have one string, but they are more commonly made with three strings and no frets. Fretting the steel strings would be achieved using a bottleneck or a piece of animal bone.

Cigar box based musical instruments are a traditional form of fok instrument made from rubbish such as empty cans or cigar boxes. In recent years many people have discovered the fun that can be had playing and building home made guitars and other instruments. And its not essential that you use a cigar box to make home made musical instruments. Many builders of cigar box guitars use other boxes for the resonator including biscuit tins oil drums and childrens lunch boxes.

So if you are struggling with complex chords on your six string guitar why not put it to one side and get yourself a three string cigar box guitar and get back to some roots music.