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Old February 22nd, 2012, 05:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
grinchmonkey
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I believe it came from violin and other stringed instruments of that variety before guitar, as previously mentioned. Also as said, fretting or stopping 2 strings is basically how it was explained to me, not sure if open strings "technically" fit into that, but if it sounds cool, more power to you.
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