Hello, I’m Steve. I’m over 50 and trying to Learn Guitar. I don’t know why it just seemed like the thing to do. Also learning drums really liked Justin‘s YouTube videos and his teaching style although I am frustrated with the one minute cord change issue.
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Welcome to JG, keep practicing those changes, start slow and gradually increase speed as dexterity and muscle memory kick in. It takes time🙂
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Hi Steve ,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
no no , back to “fun” 
It’s only a short period, I promise you that you will soon see the fun in it, don’t keep doing things that frustrate you for too long, practice calmly and carefully and watch the following lessons and keep practicing this in short sessions… with a smile 
Greetings,Rogier
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Hello Steve,
welcome to the community, wishing you luck on your journey. 
Frustration is part of the progress, but dont let it ruin your approach for the guitar. If you wanna keep yourself motivated make some notes and count.
Day one you will make 10 changes per minute.
Day two you will make 11.
Day three BOOM you will make 15!
For me the biggest improve comes after I sleep, so I also recommend you sleep well and dont get too frustrated. You will make it. Take time.
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Hello and welcome to the forum/community!
Understandable. A lot of beginners are.
But that’s where you start and where you’ll find out just how determined you are to start learning guitar.
The most important thing to remember here is: it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
These things will take time. How much time is dependant on a ton of factors. (doesn’t really matter how much, because having fun is THE most important factor of them all).
Just keep on praticing, playing and, like i said, have fun doing so.
The rest will come in time and with practice.
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Hi Steve.
Hope ya have a lot of fun here.
Your chord changes will come with time and patients. And practice of course. 
For sure this is some good advise. I find that statement to be more than true. A little break from playing, thinking about the playing, and a bit of rest. The next day’s playing may just start to come together.
The sleep really does work imho.
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Hi Steve
Nice to meet you 
I think there is some really great advice here already and I agree…
practice, smile, sleep, have fun and enjoy the journey, take it easy on yourself and keep following Justin’s lessons and you’ll be fine 
I also think that learning guitar is the (good) thing to do 
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Hi Steve, Nice to see you joining a great community, cheers HEC
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Hello Steve & Welcome!!!
Learning a musical instrument is challenging when young - add in a few decades along with less time for most us pre-retirees to practice makes things a bit more difficult!
That’s where the most common words in the responses above come in:
FUN!!!
This is the key that unlocks the guitar & also the reason why us mid-life & older people are doing it in the first place!!!
PLAYING!!!
Yes, there is an element of “work” involved… it’s not an easy thing for most but after all, we’re PLAYING guitar, not doing it because it’s a totally depressing experience! Sometimes the valleys & plateaus bring us down … but the hills that you’ve conquered… that’s so cool!!!
PRACTICE!!!
Maybe not the most exciting part but as long as you think of it as Playing & Have Fun, it’s not a drag! Especially when things “click” for the first time! Or when you’ve set a goal & achieve it for the first time… so you set a goal of maybe 40 OMCs for the Em → D change → Em… you spend your 10-15 minutes trying but can only get to 33 changes… do something else for a few minutes & then set it down. Get some rest. Tomorrow’s a new day!!! Pick it up, think of your goals & go again!!! It won’t take long before you are changing the goal to 60 or even 80 OMCs because 40 is too easy!!! 
Keep going Steve!!! You’re gonna be ok!!!
Good luck!!!
Tod from New Mexico
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Welcome to the forum. I started learning guitar with Justin in my early 50s, now 14 years later I’m so glad I did. The joy of being able to play as opposed to just dreaming about it is wonderful. The one minute chord changes lesson is a great one, I still fall back on that when learning a new chord transition. Look forward to hearing more from you.
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Welcome to the community, Steve!
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Welcome to the forum Steve. Soon, you could make a video of you playing the same song with different instruments and put them all together in one video! I also hope you get those one minute chord changes soon.
Cheers, Hans
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Welcome Steve,
Soon you’ll be onto working out playing your favorite songs by ear! You’ll blast past those changes sooner than you think
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Hi Steve, welcome to the community!
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Hi Steve, welcome to the community.
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Hi Steve, welcome to the Community, enjoy the ride.
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Welcome to the community Steve. As others have already stated, keep the fun in your journey.
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Steve,
I’m 80. I had the same problem a few years ago and started with accuracy first. Get the chord right. Speed next. Use a metronome. That helped me a lot. I try to play 40-60 minutes every day. I warm up doing chord changes, slowly then faster as my hands loosen up. I also do scales, and hammers as part of my warmup. Do that every day for 5-8 minutes and it gets a lot easier. Welcome to the community. Rock on!
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Hello Steve.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. There a whole host of golden oldies over in the dog house.
Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space. View by Categories.
We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ‘community’. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.
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We also host regular (virtual) JustinGuitar Community Open Mic events for community members.
That is plenty to be going on with. It is a vast community space so if you need help as you find your way around just ask.
Cheers. Richard
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Hi Steve, this made me smile
A warm welcome to our Community! The chord changes just require practice…a lot!.. don’t get too much frustrated and just keep on going, you’ll gradually achieve more and more control over your fingers.