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Music Appreciation

GiqueCee

(4,632 posts)

1. Great tune...

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 10:38 AM

21 hrs ago

... and even though she's left-handed (so am I, but I played right-handed), Ms. Cotton never reversed her strings, so all her chord fingering is reversed instead!

Thanks, Nittersing!

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