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Doublestop Theory, Part 1

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How should you move from chord to chord? What if you're in an uncomfortable key? In this lesson I teach you how to always have SOMETHING to play, and something GOOD!

Doublestops Key of G Theory technique

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  1. Sam Whitlock ·

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

  2. FifthStringFred ·

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

  3. flatpick_dad ·

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  4. Katie Clark Support ·

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

  5. Sam Whitlock ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  6. Patty Lindstrom ·

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

  7. Gary Feldman ·

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

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