She is just trying to be your rhythm section. Just improvise over the dog butt in the bass.
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My hands are not much flexible. I am unable to extend my third finger to play the D chord. Are there any technics on his website to stretch the fingers/ hands? I could not see anything.
Thanks for the help!
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Hi Simon, yes Justin provides us with several different finger stretching exercises .
If you go to the main site and search for finger stretching youāll find a more advanced one or two.
My experienceā¦ take it slow and do it daily. Itās frustrating but it works.
Also not sure how you came to post in this area. Perhaps the grade 1 section would give you better answer from a moderator. But I help as best I can. Good luck
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Be sure to take it very slowly. It takes weeks for your hands to overcome doing something different and in cases where you have an old injury, a little longer. This will just take some patience.
Also, be sure to use the forum search. This topic has been handled in a few threads for various stubborn fingers.
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Iām brand new to the guitar. I notice when I first start to practice, I can play clean D and A chords without a problem, but as I continue to practice, I struggle to form the D chord properly. Assuming, this is just fatigue and as I play more the muscles in my hand/fingers will continue to develop making it easier?
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Physical and mental fatigue can play a part. I know when I play a while, I get sloppy, and it is not that my hand feels tired, but my mind is not paying attention as well as it needs.
In both cases, once you build up stamina (mental and physical) and also donāt need to think in a detailed way (familiarity) about what you are doing, you will be able to play longer without those mistakes.
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@sequences Thanks!
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Hi @ChrisMI, to add to the answer of @sequences, fatigue will certainly play a role. Another thing is that, as a beginner, you donāt have any calluses yet on your fingertips. This means that your fingertips are still weak, and after playing for a bit, the strings will create a groove in them. As a consequence of this, it gets harder to fret the string properly, and the pad of your fingertip will spread out more, with an increased risk of muting other strings. This will all get better when you build calluses, so no need to despair!
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Iād like to know how to get my fingers to stop sliding up or down the string to spots I donāt want them. They donāt stay put. Are there such a thing as finger exercises? These are 64-year-old first time playing guitar fingers and they arenāt particularly cooperative.
EDIT: I just found the finger stretches video! Maybe thereās hope. =D
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yes - look up in the thread a bit. 
be patient with your fingers - you are likely making them do something different and it takes the body weeks to adjust to that.
Also, do a search on the forums here. there are several discussions about fingers not reaching and there are stretching things there as well.
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Welcome to the community Simon and also Divan it is always good to see new faces here so join in and enjoy cheers Hec
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Hit one year of playing today. Wanted to come back here to play module 1 to celebrate. Wouldnāt have made it here without the site.
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Awesome job! Glad youāre enjoying the site and welcome to the Community 
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Hi! Iāve been practicing the D chord for a week and recently Iāve been able to play it more often than not! 
I still donāt feel completely comfortable with my finger placement, especially the ring finger and thumb, but I think Iām getting there.
I was wondering how I should approach these lessons. When should I move on to the next one? After some set amount of time, once Iāve perfected the chord, or even if Iām still struggling a bit with the current one?
Welcome to the forum Dominik
You can do the D, A and E lessons all at the same time. It will keep things more interesting and help develop your calluses so you donāt end up with grooves from playing the same chord all the time.