Hi all, curious on how one practices changing chords. I’m working on A C D E G chords, I start chord changes A-C, A-D, A-E etc. Then C-A, C-D, C-E etc, through all 5 chords for 1 min. each. Does it make any sense or am I just beating myself up. Also all suggestions are welcome.
Assuming you’re doing one-minute changes like Justin suggests (back and forth between two chords), there’s no reason you need to practice both A-C and C-A since they are effectively the same exercise. You really only need each unique pair, and even then, I would probably just pick a handful of them (5 or so) to do each day, otherwise, personally I would get bored with that being my entire practice session.
If you want to work on each one of those changes, you could rotate between sets of them each day. Alternatively, you could focus mostly on the ones that give you trouble, or better yet, the ones you need for songs that you are learning.
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Appreciated, thanks
you could layer your practice
1: just the changes
2: timed changes, with a drum beat or metronome
3: compound changes (ex, 3 or 4 chord sequences instead of goign back and forth)
4: timed compound changes
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Appreciated, I do count how many changes i make in that minute, added in for a little incentive and also count individual 3 min. finger placement. Just in case anyones interested:joy:
. Sorry
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Hi Brewie
From my own experience of not being to get to grips with guitar properly for 50 years, I would say that initially you need to familiarise yourself with a new chord so that you can grab it from other chords you already are good with. Once you have 2 or 3, then find a simple song that you can use to play using it and chords you know. This is really the process Justin teaches.
Have look at https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/super-easy-2-chord-songs-b1-114
and https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/songs-for-module-5-b1-507
What I always find hard when learning a new chord is being able to change from to it in the context of a song whilst strumming a rhythm, it is beginning to become easier now to learn a new chord shape 6 months on from starting to play guitar again.
I hope this helps, it does get easier with practice.
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Thanks! Much Appreciated
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