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Playing in Open E with Jed Clark

guitar advanced

In this lesson

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.

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  1. Gary Feldman

    โ™ฅ 8

    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

    โ™ฅ 2

    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

    โ™ฅ 9

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

  4. Katie Clark Support

    โ™ฅ 30

    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

    โ™ฅ 4

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

  6. Sam Whitlock

    โ™ฅ 4

    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

    โ™ฅ 8

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

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