Hello Aleksander and welcome,
I would like to ask you if you are complete beginner or you had some long time ago learning path so you are now just refreshing?
If not… in my opinion being able to consolidate in 1 month for complete beginner whole Grade 1… is really too fast and you probably did not make strong foundations, which are crucial for next progression.
Please check out all the “requirements” to finish Grade 1 and share with us if you are really able to do all the things. I think realistic time for Grade 1 is starting on 6 months +.
About that C chord… if I can understand it correctly I think you should learn it the way Justin teaching it. In future there will be chord changes where you benefit much more with “free pinky” and also pinky is making flavours to that chord on different strings for melody.
Edit: I steal this from @Richard_close2u who is official JG approved teacher.
I have written this, or similar, in a number of topics.
Here is an overview of Grades 1 and 2:
And here are Justin’s recommended practice routines - to be done several times a week for at least a week for the first few modules and longer than a week as the course progresses.
Realistically, taking an estimated average learning and practice route of 30 minutes per day, increasing (after 3-6 months) to 60 minutes per day on core learning, several times per week, Grade 1 is likely to be a 4-6-month or more learning course.
I wrote this recently in this topic.
Beginner Grade 1 has 75 lessons plus essential consolidation. Each lesson requires at least one day of practice time but by the end of Grade 1, in Modules 5, 6 and 7, I would say that to do the learning justice and really get solid in the basics, each lesson should respectfully be given several days or a week or more, each of the seven modules probably starting at one week for module 1 up to several weeks for module 7. I would even (albeit exaggeratedly to make a point) go so far as to suggest treating each module number as a guide to the weeks required.
Modules 1 to 7 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28 weeks. That is more than six months just there.
Grade 2 has 68 lessons. And as the learning ramps up the technical challenge and skill, each lesson and each module will require extended time to really get to grips with. I would suggest a similar approach.
Modules 8 to 14 = 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 = 77 weeks. That is more than a year.
Okay - those cumulative totals are on the high side. But I would rather encourage that over the opposite of not taking enough time.