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Intro to Alternate Picking

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  1. Sam Whitlock ·

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

  2. Tom Vasquez ·

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

  3. Wes Pittman ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  4. Wes Pittman ·

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

  5. flatpick_dad ·

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

  6. Katie Clark Support ·

    Try measure 3 on its own at half tempo, and keep your right hand rolling even when the left hand is behind. The right hand is the metronome.

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