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Originally Posted by HHP
Just takes practice as its a useful form. I wouldn't call it "Tom Petty G" since people used it for decades or more before anyone had heard of him. If you ever aspire to play "Dueling Banjos", you'll need to master it to play the guitar intro.
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And lots of CSN and Neil Young, and I use prodigiously in The Who's "Blue Red and Gray."
Mute the A string with your ring finger and you have both index and middle to fiddle with. A common usage is to hammer on and pull off the C chord from the G with both fingers, a la "Helplessly Hoping" and "Tell Me Why."