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Open & Shut

  tend to hang around in one fretboard position as much as possible before switching to another, and that’s especially true when we play in open position. But mixing positions instantly enriches our possibilities, especially when it comes to getting out of cowboy strumming mode in the lower register. Just the movement of the fretting hand from one position to another offers new rhythmic possibilities, and

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