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How to Change Your Guitar Strings

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Changing guitar strings is a good skill to master. There's nothing to be afraid of, even when mistakes are made!

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  1. Tom Vasquez

    ♥ 4

    Third time coming back to this lesson over two years. It's amazing what shows up when you're ready for it.

  2. Sharon Kile

    ♥ 3

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

  3. Sharon Kile

    ♥ 4

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

  4. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 12

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

  5. Gary Feldman

    ♥ 7

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

  6. flatpick_dad

    ♥ 5

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  7. Lou Ann Prater

    ♥ 8

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

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