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What a fun tune to play! I love the doublestops in this one, and while it's not too hard to learn, it's plenty enough to keep your attention!

Doublestops Key of G technique

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  1. FifthStringFred ·

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

  2. Dale Hutchins ·

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

  3. Owen Brady ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  4. Katie Clark Support ·

    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.

  5. Lou Ann Prater ·

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

  6. Wes Pittman ·

    That's the one that made me finally understand backup. Stick with it.

  7. Marcy Kern ·

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

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