Hi all, any insight on how to change between D and D6/9 affectively. I change middle finger from 1st string to 6th, but feels odd.
I had to look D6add9 up in a book.
It had 3 examples of that chord.
Of the three choices, Iād play that D6add9 as
2nd finger on fifth string (A) 5th fret.
index finger on 4th fret of 4th (D) and 3rd (G) string
3rd finger on 2nd string (B), 5th fret
pinky on 1st string (e), 5th fret.
Low E string can be played open or not played.
That fingering in my mind does cover the D chord triad (D,F#,A). Plus the 6th (B)and the 9th (E) best I can see.
Iād have to practice that chord to go D to D6add9, but it looks doable, perhaps.
What is effective is relative, but you may want to try these grips for the D6/9:
The first one might be more economical since you could barre strings 1-3 in the D major grip as well.
If you insist on playing that grip for the D6/9, I suggest you to just practice changing between it and the open D grip. Working on the āweakā finger G grip may help with it.
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You can try fretting that F# on the low E with your thumb.
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Thumb isnāt long enough to mute A string. Thanks 
@Brewie Bruce it would help if you post your question in the thread for the lesson you are asking about. Every lesson has itās own thread.
Are you asking about the D6/9 used in the Horse With No Name lesson?
@Richard_close2u can you move this to the appropriate lesson thread?
Sorry i was referring to the chords not mentioning any lesson so i thought being chords i thought chords for beginners was appropriate. This is not so?
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Seems reasonable to me.
I suppose you should have included the specific voicing of your D6/9 chord: 200200, since (as you see above) there are several ways to play that chord (any chord actually). This would have avoided the posts above that considered different fingerings.
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I have no idea, only two months in, to me chords are chords, lessons are lessons. Ill just reply instead of creating a new topic to be safe till i try to understand how it all works.
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Hi Bruce,
Iām guessing @stitch presumed you were trying to learn Americaās song A Horse with No Name because that would almost be the only reason a beginner would play this chord. Seeing as you are learning it, you really should check out Justinās lesson, as it only switches from E minor to that chord, (which is a lot easier than from the D). It makes a lot more sense (and is a lot more fun) to learn chords by playing songs 
On the other hand, if you are simply doing it as a finger exercise, just continue moving your 2nd finger from the 1st to 6th string until it no longer feels āoddā. I doubt you will ever need it in a song though 
Thanks for the question. I just learned a new song!
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Right nothing to do with a song, just practicing different chord changes not looking to put the two in music.
Best to focus your time on learning and applying chord changes in a musical context.
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Yes mabey, its just another way i thought of chord exercise. Sorry didnāt think the community was so critical and judgemental
Not critical or judgmental just trying to help you out. There are multiple ways to play chords on a guitar so when you ask a generic question with out context you will getting multiple answers to your question that will not be of any help.
Also learning chords you may never use is a waste of your time. A better use of your time would be to learn how to use the chords you already know to make music.
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I think it is more in line to providing advice based on lots of previous experience. I understand where you were coming from and back when I started I had a spreadsheet listing every potential chord change, based on ALL the chords Justin taught in the old Beginners Course. I soon learnt that a huge percentage of those changes would rarely be used in songs. So I started to focus on common chord progression and also learning song.
So all folk have been trying to do is learn from our past mistakes and practice more effectively.
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Absolutely. The revised beginner course now addresses that point towards the end of Grade 1.
https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/best-chord-changes-to-work-on-b1-702
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Guess i just figured all chords go together at some point, that is my theory.