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Old July 3rd, 2009
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About which fingers to use:

if you use index and middle on the strings 5 and 6 and the pinky on the high e string to get the high G note you can add the D on the B string with your ring finger if you want to.

If you use the middle and ring finger to play the A and low E string and the pinky on the high E string to play the high G note, you have your index finger free to play other notes to bring out the melody notes and runs between chords or when using finger picking style.

I think it's useful to be able to play both ways and also both versions of the chord (with or without the added D on the B string) as Tekker illustrated above.


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