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Susan_Montgomery
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Susan_Montgomery
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01/18/2021 6:37 pm

Hi Mike,

I've been playing the Hotel California made easy song and I just love it!! I can't do the full bar chords of Bm and F# (especially with my wrist pain lately) so I'm doing the easier versions you show. However, when I play the arpeggiation what would you sugget I play since I can't do the full barre's of those? (I am SO close to being able to play them though.) I need to hit that 2 of the A string for the Bm and the 2 of the F#. Should I just play those as open strings and say "eh, it's close enough" or should I hit the other strings one more time than you're supposed to? Does that make sense? So I would hit the 4 of the A string twice and (and then go on to the rest) for Bm and the 4 on the D string of the F# twice?

Thanks for any help with this. The arpreggiation is sounding pretty good otherwise!! I have impressed my fiance with my playing today! Also, I really appreciate your Friday night Facebook Live's, I always look forward to it.

Susan


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