Video Question: Hotel California Chord Help

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Date: September 7th, 2007 | Length: 2.03 | Instructor: David MacKenzie

Kylehumber asks "how do you know which barre shapes to use when just reading the name F#....in the vid i understand the use a c and a e shape." Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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