Fishers hornpipe

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From Bilbo1 on 2/10/2011 6:26:37 AM

I just started working on fishers hornpipe, it sounded fairly simple until I tried it!! I've been working on the first few measures this morning but cant get used to using my M finger on the 2nd string, it just doesn't feel natural.

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	eknjr says: 2/10/2011 6:52:58 AM It will come after a while you find times that you have to change fingering to get the fingers coming up in place.
John Kuhn says: 2/10/2011 7:41:53 AM I hope your in D?..BUT, Im flashin back to 83 with the TT book when ya said M on the 2nd?
	Bilbo1 says: 2/10/2011 8:13:40 AM Nope, I'm playing it in G John
John Kuhn says: 2/10/2011 8:27:14 AM Go over the the FHO and say" Hey, Fisher's in G everybody"..Then RUN....They'll not leave a scrap of meat on your bones.LOL. It DOES lay nice in G. Took me a little while to get it "Bouncin" right to where the M felt right feeding the I and T to the 7th fret A note in that 1st pass ya use it. How bout that D phrase playin inside at 10-12 frets?... Dont cheat...LOL
	Bilbo1 says: 2/10/2011 8:35:58 AM Thanks John, suddenly it seems even more daunting!! It's going to take me a while to figure this out.
	jimh269b says: 2/10/2011 11:00:11 AM youll get it
tom elder says: 2/10/2011 3:14:08 PM I do it in c There are a lot of different versions.I saw one the other night from 1799.But yeh you gotta learn to get that finger on that 2nd .Sometimes i take the right hand part of a hard lick like that and just do chord changes with the left.This builds my confidence and i go back and really mess it up then.It is a good tune.
	jim109b says: 2/11/2011 11:06:08 AM Well I tried Arkansas Traveler in G at a jam. I've nearly healed now... ;) (they were nice about it really) And I know what you mean about the 'inside' picking stuff...
	banjopicker47 says: 3/2/2011 7:48:08 PM i play it in"G" tuning as well it's a bit tricky but can be done
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