I got 9 on my first attempt, 12 on my second, then 11.5? on my third… lol. This is fun! Then I got 15, I think (I lost count). It definitely is getting easier with practice. My fifth attempt got 21, and 22 on my sixth. Then I went back to 21. Then back up to 22. My fingers were hurting pretty bad after that, so I called it quits for the day.
Hello, everyone. I wanted to ask if I should look at my left hand doing the chord shapes on the neck or at my right hand strumming. Because I feel like I can’t strum the right strings without looking, but looking back and forth slows me down.
Hi @sofiamg, welcome to the forum! There’s no rule as to where you have to look at this stage. Your ultimate goal would be to be able to play without looking at either one of your hands, but of course, that takes practice. So for now, look at your hand(s) if you need it, and don’t worry about it too much. You’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll become less dependent on looking at your hands.
Should the 30 changes in a minute be clean sounding chords before moving on? I got around 12-15 and they were pretty rough. I’ll definitely be practicing this over the next couple of weeks.
Hi @ReactionTime , and welcome to the forum! At this stage, you should aim for clean-ish changes: the cleaner the better, but it’s ok if it’s still a bit rough around the edges. Later on, Justin will introduce something he calls ‘perfect fast changes’ - that’s when you will start aiming at really clean.
We’ve all been where you are now, and we all managed to get past it - you will too. Just keep practicing and you will be amazed how fast you will get to over 30 more or less clean changes!
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I appreciate the encouragement! I wasn’t able to practice for several days, but was able to get 22 changes in a minute just now, so I’m not as far off as I originally thought.
Edit - I hit 26 changes just 10 minutes later. The dopamine hit is real!
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I hit 12 on my first 1min exercise. Feels like a good starting point!
Hit 24 on my first go, although I can see how this exercise helps long term. Really good stuff tysm!
It is amazing I got 40 on my 1st tery