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Left Hand Shifting Exercises

This lesson explores playing the chromatic scale and G major scale on single strings in the Taro Patch tuning.  When changing positions the goal is to keep the left hand parallel to the neck with the fingers curved in a fan shape.

Tuning: DGDGBD 

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