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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear- Guitar

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Don't forget, I have a fingerstyle arrangement of this song! This is a flatpicking duet with the mandolin, however, and it also works as a solo piece! It works great to intro folks to crosspicking, too!

Crosspicking Key of G

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  1. SlowHandSteve ·

    Got about 80% of this one down but the third measure keeps tripping me. Anybody else find that part awkward at speed?

  2. Nate Overby ·

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

  3. SlowHandSteve ·

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  4. 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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