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Salt Creek- Intermediate

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This is one of the first tunes I learned to pick, and it's still one of the last ones I play before hitting the sack at night. This is a fairly straight ahead version that hammers right at the melody, while reaching up the neck a bit in the second half. You're gonna play it in every jam you wade into, and this version will get you used to the water.

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  1. picknGrin

    ♥ 2

    Just want to say the multiple camera angles make all the difference. I could actually see what the right hand was doing.

  2. picknGrin

    ♥ 10

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

  3. Ben Clark Instructor

    ♥ 19

    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.

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