C6th Open String ideas

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Andy Volk
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C6th Open String ideas

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Here are a few tricks of the C6th trade I've discovered over the years and documented a few years ago in this two-pager. They can come in especially handy in creating intros and outros.
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Bill Leff
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Re: C6th Open String ideas

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Thanks Andy. Good info.
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Re: C6th Open String ideas

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Ya, sounds great on that old six stringer dobro.
Almost Celtic.
Thanks much,
BJ
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Re: C6th Open String ideas

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Here's another open string chord run I usually use as an ender in the key of C.

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