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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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Posts: 8,378
07/16/2023 2:11 pm
#1 Originally Posted by: boggiano

Hello,


I bumped into this performance of "All the best" by John Prine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBksI8zbhrg


[From 14:45 - 17:40] 

I can't understand how to obtain that sound: he uses the  clean right hand but it seems that he pulls up some  chords during the up strumming.
Can someone please, explain me?

Thanks


 

Thumb on the bass notes (E & A strings), fingertips grazing down & up on the upper strings.


|--------------------------------------------|
|-----5-5------5-5------5-5--------5-5----|
|-----4-4------4-4------4-4--------6-6----|
|-----6-6------6-6------6-6--------7-7----|
|-----7-7------7-7------7-7-----7---------|
|--7--------7--------7---------------------|


He's using a capo at the 4th fret to use C & F open chord shapes to play E & A chords.


Anders covers this technique in this tutorial from the acoustic course.


https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/29236


Hope that helps!


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