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Old 07-18-2016, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by stanron View Post
Right from when I started to play, in the early 60s, I found I could hold down two strings with one finger. So I do a two finger A chord. Two adjacent fingers, usually the second and third, not first or fourth, get all three strings. I also do a two finger E chord. I never got arrested for it.
+1 (but only with the A chord, I've never played a two finger E chord). So, for the A chord, I'm:

5) Index D, middle G and B strings (fretted closer to the fret), and I play the high E.
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