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Playing in Open E with Jed Clark

advanced guitar

It's not the Jed Clark doesn't like capos...he just forgets to use them quite often. We'll learn more about Jed's approach to playing guitar without a capo, particularly crosspicking and rhythm in the key of E.

Chords Crosspicking Key of E Theory

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  1. Gary Feldman ·

    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. flatpick_dad ·

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

  3. Sharon Kile ·

    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. Sam Whitlock ·

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

  6. Sam Whitlock ·

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

  7. Marcy Kern ·

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

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