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Square Roll Reset

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Learn a backup trick that the pros use to help keep the rolls a comin'!

Earl Scruggs J.D. Crowe Key of G

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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. Patty Lindstrom ·

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

  3. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    There's a slower track in the resources for this one. If you want it slower still, let me know and I'll cut one.

  4. Tom Vasquez ·

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

  5. Ann Marie Boyd ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

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