Re: JAMES TAYLOR
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Originally Posted by vindibona1
Yes... And he also plays a D chord 2-3-1 rather than the tradition 1-3-2. I find both a bit awkward and in the context of Fire and Rain (IMO) unnecessary and uncomfortable. But everyone is different- and who can argue with James Taylor? I can see how one might like the A/2-3-1 to be beneficial in a similar way as 2-1-3 but I find it easier to tuck the index finger down into the others with 2-1-3.
P.S.... Thanks for the thought. I needed to revisit Fire and Rain and relearn it as JT played it. I'm learning some new tricks from it myself.
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I play these the way JT does and the open Em, too. I didn't know he did that when I learned. I was just teaching myself and derived the fingerings that worked best for me. In some video, JT says that he derived the fingerings himself when he was learning on his own as a kid. I think it's because we both preferred to keep an anchor whenever possible and not to switch the order of fingers when we didn't need to. These days, I find myself more often playing the mini-barre A and D, though.