As I said watching him was an inspiration. Just wondering now, do you count every chord you play or if it’s a bit duff do you have to lose it?
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You are not looking for perfection. It is really a case (early on especially) of only not counting a chord if it is dreadful. If you manage to get your fingers about right and the sound about right then count it.
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Not Richard, but here’s what I do…
OMC is about quantity, not quality…so you count every change, no matter how bad it sounds.
If I blow one change, I just count it and carry on at my current speed.
But if I blow two or three in a row, I keep counting, but I slow down a bit, until my fingers catch up.
When they do, I try to speed up again.
This approach worked very well for me…I could often increase my numbers by 10 to 20 changes a minute, on a day to day basis.
But don’t compare yourself to me…the main thing is that your numbers should increase over the long term.
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I’ve just had a quick read thru this topic to see if anyone is having the same issue as me. Unless I missed it, no one else is, so there is obviously something very wrong with me 
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How do you not lose count during your changes? I start out OK, then as I start making mistakes, missing strings, hitting others and my shapes disintegrate, suddenly I’ve lost count.
Obviously I need to concentrate on my counting more, but I find there are too many other things going on . . .
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Happens sometimes, easiest way is to just count out loud. Less likely to lose count.
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Hi Geoff, maybe try to use a metronome. Set it to a certain count, let’s say 20 bpm and see, if you are able to change chords in time, if so, set it to a higher rate. I practice my changes this way, because first, I don’t have to count and second, I do them evenly and have to stay in time.
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Counting out loud helped me too.
Or I would just make my best guess at how many I’d missed, and count from there.
Worst case…start over. It’s only a one minute exercise.
Exact count is not really important, IMO. As long as it is increasing over time, you are improving.
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Thanks JK, I’ve been trying to keep my practice as quiet as possible until I can make a sound that isn’t so frightening 
(which is also why I haven’t been doing very much pick work yet) but I think I’ll have to bite the bullet, swallow my embarrassment and make some noise. At least until I get a metronome, which leads me to Helen . . .
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Thanks Helen, that might be the answer. I might see how much something like that little Korg job in Justin’s video costs. I was thinking I might be able to get a metronome app for my phone, but I use the timer on that. So yes, a metronome 
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The below costs less than a beer and has a lot of functions that you will be very useful when your working on your rhythm
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Hi Tom, you’re right. I’m trying to run before I can crawl a bit, which is why all my previous attempts at playing an instrument failed.
I also just got a ‘Consider replying to several posts at once’ admonishment, so I better go before I get into more trouble
Thanks everyone for your replies
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Thanks Socio, I’ll definitely check it out
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Guitars make noise 
. But I know what that’s like, I tend to use my electric unplugged for some things.
FWIW, I don’t do OMC with a metronome. Scales yes, OMC no. Many different ways to practice things.
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As @socio already mentioned, Justins Time Trainer is very useful and has a lot of very helpful functions as an increasing speed option, different time signatures, accentuated beats and so on. And it’s really cheap.
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I just took a look at it in the the App store, which also has a little demo from Justin on its features. It looks brilliant, and at that price I’m sold. Thanks Helen (and Socio!) 
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Wow great exercice did 25 on my first try!
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Welcome to the community 
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I am only a beginner and I got 30! On my second try!!! But they didn’t sound great some where a bit muted some where buzzing
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I Just got 38!! My second Day doing it and I am already so good
!!!
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Hello @M1m and welcome to the Community.
That’s quite an achievement on your first go.
We all develop differently, and we all have ups and downs. Enjoy this good start and keep at it when you hit a hurdle.
Hope that helps.
Cheers 
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