Hi @bstanic,
This is so difficult when starting out. Yes, it is best to be able to do at least 30 chord changes before moving to the next module. Ideally they would all be perfect - after all, practice makes permanent! BUT: don’t let the perfect be the enemy of progress. In my opinion, as long as most of your changes are clean, you’re good to go. As I understand it, guitarists work on challenging chord changes throughout their guitar lives! As you continue your practice, over time your hands will be able to stretch more. You’ll gain more control over your fingers. You’ll learn intuitively where the fret wires are. Your callouses will change, and you’ll be better able to fret notes cleanly, with ease. In other words, you’ll be better able to form clean chords with ease. I’ve been playing over two years, and when my hands fatigue I still play buzzy chords. If you haven’t yet, have a look at a couple of the Nitsuj videos - Justin learning to play left-handed. That’s helped a lot of us understand what is reasonable to expect at our beginning levels!
Many thanks. Couldn’t agree more. I didn’t see the point in moving forward until at least 30 are clean.
Thanks for the detailed response. Good to know that even good guitarists have to keep practicing their chord changes. Will check out Justin’s left hand videos.
Haha…I wouldn’t put myself in the category of “good guitarists” (I’m still a beginner), but I’m definitely better than I was! Hope to see you around the Community.
Love this exercise. Am I supposed to be aiming to hit the right strings when doing this, or is it more about getting the fingers in the right place? I know you kinda said that, but I don’t believe you specifically mentioned about the strumming part. I got super dizzy looking back and forth between each strum to make sure I was 1. getting my fingers in the right place and 2. only strumming the relevant strings lol.
Hi Amy, welcome to the community! This exercise is focusing on your fretting hand, so be sure you’re hitting the right strings and work to make the notes sound cleanly as you work to make those changes faster. It’s great that you’re thinking about which strings you hit strumming, and you should indeed work on this. But I’d say that’s not the focus of this exercise. There will be plenty of opportunities to focus on strumming accuracy. Think of it this way: once you become proficient at fretting your chords, you’ll be able look at your strumming hand without having to look back at the frets. No dizziness!
If you’re up for it, head over here and tell us a bit about your guitar journey.
i got 18 on my first go and then I started getting used to it and it got 29 on my second go and then my timer went off as soon as I did 30!
Hi Dilakshi @ElectricGuitarBeginner, welcome to the community! Wow, you’re off and running, that’s great progress. 
We’d love to hear about your guitar journey so far…if you have a minute, consider introducing yourself over here. Hope to see you around!
Hello there,
I am a total beginner, and just had a quick question about doing these exercises! When switching between the chords, is it okay to be leaning in and looking at the chords themselves? During the earlier lessons, I know leaning in to look is not good for my posture in the long run, but I can’t tell yet whether or not my hands are in the right position to even count it as successful switch. I don’t want to reinforce a bad habit early though, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
Hey Andrew @andrewsnapz, welcome to the community! You seem to have good instincts…you are correct, we eventually don’t want to look at our hands while changing chords. But of course as a beginner it is necessary! So: do it while you must, always with the goal not to. Which is pretty much what you’re saying. If you haven’t seen this yet, have a look at Justin learning to play left-handed. He did this to experience what we beginners do (he’s been playing so long he doesn’t remember!). He calls himself Nitsuj while doing this. Here are the Grade 1 Nitsuj videos.
And if you have a minute, stop by the Introduce Yourself topic and tell us a bit about yourself! See you around…
managed to get 62 in one minute on my first try!!
Hello Andrew, welcome to the community forum. If you have a mirror at the right height, you might try playing in front of the mirror. You will be able to see your hand positions without bad posture.
HI Mia, welcome to the community forum. If you change between chords at greater than 60 in one minute you are ready to move on to other chord changes and start practice this chord change with Perfect Fast Chord Changes.
day one: 28 chord changes
Welcome Philippa @pippab, welcome to the community! Twenty-eight changes is impressive for day one. Keep us posted on your journey! And if you feel like it, head over to the Introduce Yourself topic to tell us about your guitar journey so far, and what brought you here.
I can do around 18 right now, I don’t know if it’s any good!
Hi Clara @ClaraGinevra90, 18 is just fine for today! And yes, it’s good. Keep at it…I think the first two chords are the most difficult to learn. Let us know how you progress!
managed to do 56 my first time, but I had a tiny bit of experience before doing this course
I got 16 in at my first attempt. I wasn’t going for speed, I made sure I was not hitting the top 2 strings on D, and the top string on A.
Hello all,
Do I have to lift the anchor finger and is it a good practice to lift the anchor finger from the chord while changing?
For example, I am practicing changes between A, and D - Both have figure 1 on the G string.
Also, is sliding finger 1 to the first fret from the second fret to play E good or do I need to lift?
Thank you for your help!