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Fancy Chromatic Bag O' Licks!

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

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  1. Patty Lindstrom ·

    My fingers know it but my brain doesn't yet — I can't play it without the tab in front of me. How do you all commit these to memory?

  2. picknGrin ·

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  3. Bill Threadgill ·

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

  4. Ray Dunphy ·

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  5. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

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