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Amazing Grace, Build-a-Break

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Stuck on something here? Ask — somebody will have hit the same wall.

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  1. SlowHandSteve ·

    Ben, this one finally made the timing click for me. Been fighting it for a month. Thank you.

  2. Sam Whitlock ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  3. Bill Threadgill ·

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  4. Junior Pace ·

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  5. Rita Alvarez ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  6. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  7. SlowHandSteve ·

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

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