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Cumberland Gap- Basic

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This version is a bare-bones approach to this fun tune! We don't use any "ornaments" so that you can concentrate on getting that pick hand going. Don't forget there's an advanced version on the site already!

Earl Scruggs Key of G

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  1. Dale Hutchins ·

    Anybody have a tip for the left hand stretch in here? My pinky is not cooperating.

  2. MandoMary ·

    Metronome at 60 and no faster until it's clean twice through. Boring but it works.

  3. Patty Lindstrom ·

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

  4. 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.

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