Oh, I absolutely know what you mean. It’s the same here with the F Barre and the stuck 3 & 4 chords. I can play them, but the changes take horribly long 
. Nevertheless, I’m absolutely certain, that this will improve. And by using these chords in songs I really love, the practice is still fun to me - even if it sounds terrible at the moment 
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We’ll get there in the end 
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I think that is the problem with me. I’m not sure that I have found songs I really love. I have found songs that I play but in a lot of cases I not heard or heard of the song/artist.
Hi @Stuartw. I agree with you and @NicoleKKB that finding songs you like is a good motivator. Since you are working on F and 7th chords, there a lot of songs within your reach chord-wise. It’s just a matter of finding ones you like. You might also find songs that you didn’t know you would like until you play them…
For skill development, I just started playing lots of songs even though I did not know them or the artist. I started doing this by learning to play anything Justin recommended in the modules. I then started doing it with the Justin/Musopia App. I would pick a category and try to play everything in the list. I learned a few things do this:
- The variety of strum patterns and tempos in the variety of songs, even for relatively simple chord patterns, helped my strumming and chord change speed.
- The ability to slow songs down in the app, or on YT (whatever), is huge. It helps keep you from getting discouraged, even with a song you like, because you can’t keep up. Play at a speed you can keep up with and increase the speed as you improve.
- And most importantly. There are many songs that I really liked playing that I would not have looked at based on genre or artist. E.g. I don’t listen to country very much, but I’ve learned that there are lots of country songs that are fun to play along to. Ditto for Taylor Swift.
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I don’t know if you like Neil Young, but you could try to play along with the rhythm part in his song Danger Bird. The verses are F-G-A, the latter sometimes turning into A7, that lend themselves for barre grips but you can experiment with playing open grips or mix barre and open ones. The choruses are C-D-Em and you can use the same approach for them, though I prefer to play these parts with open grips. Plus the song has a nice relaxed tempo.
Apart from Living With War I don’t have or have any other NY albums. Not sure why I bought LWW. Probably heard one track on the radio. Thanks for the suggestion which I will check out.
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Hi guys.
To be honest I wasnt planning on posting this video here. And i dont even kniw if its allowed since i am not even playing the guitar
I am following a seminar of tony robbins at the moment and posting a video about facing your fears and changing your identity was the challange of day 2.
So i did post this in social media.
Please delete if this isnt allowed 
Since i feel abit strong from facing that challange i hsve the courage of posting it here too.
You guys are an amazing community. Thank you so mutch
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Well done on posting the video! Mental health gets ignored all too often.
I think a lot of us here are a bit shy about being on camera and performing.
All too often in life fear holds us back and the fear itself is almost always worse than the actual thing.
Flip side is you only get 1 life and not to worry too much about what other people think!
Recording yourself playing and sharing is probably the most useful part of this forum I think , even if you dont share much
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thank you rob. You are right emotional health its so important, I havent been very kind to myself the last couple of years actually. I am doing that now.
Tony has been so helpfull, I just cant believe. Anyways like I said i wasnt really planning on posting this video here and videos of myself playing are coming up for sure.
But I wanted to share with this amazing community my progress, in this case mental progress 
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Tip my hat, dailin. Looking those fears in the face and then acting is the epitome of courage. Remember courage is not having no fear but acting as you want despite the fears.
So I celebrate your courage to share this video and you can rest assured that the Community will be supporting you every step you take. You are not alone in the fears and nerves.
AVOYP is perhaps not the best place for the post since it is about guitar recordings. I also noticed you had a Topic about goal-setting. So I have taken Moderator liberty and moved your goal Topic into the Learning Log category. You can continue to update that by making replies as you progress.
Then I thought that is a good place to share this video, since apart from all you shared, there is the declaration of intent to learn, record and share your guitar playing.
Very cool looking guitar in the background by the way.
Power to you
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Hi Dailin,
How Good that you realize that you have to be kind to yourself, only if you take good care of yourself you can also give the bèst to the loved ones around you and/or the new people you meet,…I wish you a nice peaceful and long road,… 
Greetings,Rogier
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Hi Dailin,
You have met this challenge with grace. Your video shows you as a strong and courageous person, to face your fears and be authentic to yourself and the world is an accomplishment that too many people will never be able to do. That fact that you have done this is a very big step forward.
Cheers
Glen