I don’t find the two fingered g chord particularly useful. I started my guitar journey with a free 10 day guitar course and open chord song lessons on YouTube. I find the three or four fingered g chord much easier, especially for mostly open chord songs like Every Rose Has its thorn when you have g to cadd9, cast no shadow with a similar chord progression and R.E.M’s The One I Love.
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hello and welcome in the community
great for you but I find the two fingers G very useful
We are all different , and we all have different ways of learning , we must repsect that 
do you wanna introduce yourself ?
Hi Nathan,
To me, it’s great that ya find the 3 or 4 finger G easier as they use 3 or 4 fingers to fret as opposed to 2.
You may find the 2 finger G useful in the future though. There are places where ya might want to use your index finger to fret other notes other than the 3rd.
So imho, keep at it man. There are many chords I find difficult to play. Chords I don’t use often. But there are times when they are the chord I need to play whether I find them easy or not.
Also, keep in mind. There are many forms (ways to play) of a G chord (any chord for that matter), I’m finding these alternative chords have their place in this song or that song. It seems to me it’s good to be versatile.
Keep on jammin man! It’s a long journey.
Enjoy the community, as we’re all on the long journey here, 
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Hi and welcome Nathan cheers Hec
You are on the right track if you look at what you are learning and try to see the benefits for yourself. I find that the two-finger G can sometimes make it easier for you to change chords or start a bass line. For example, I struggled with “Sittin on the dock of the bay” for a long time when I tried to add a little bass line on the A string until I learned the two-finger G from Justin. Fingers 1 and 2 are immediately available after the G and I personally find it more comfortable this way. You can see the playing style in David Pots’ video for “Sittin On”. I don’t know if I’m allowed to post the YouTube link here.
Niether do I
I am a 2+ year beginner and from the beginning I learned the full 4 fingered G and it is now much easier to play for me as 2 fingered G chord.
But lately I am trying to add embellishments to my rhythm and it is hard to do that with full G. So now I am learning and forcing myself to use 2 finger G more often.
It is going ok so far, but I really much prefer the sound of the full G… maybe because I am more used to it, I guess…
Anyhow, you have to master both (all) fingering
This lesson will illustrate what the 2-finger G chord grip is good for:
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Funny how different we all are, I almost exclusively use the 2 finger G as I find it the quickest and easiest especially in the faster tempo songs.
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Hi Nathan, and welcome!
I’m currently fascinated with the various open G grips. Like you, I first learned the 3-finger version, then the 4-finger version. The 2-finger version is stretchier for me, and so at the beginning it was a bit more difficult to form…but I persevered feeling it was a good exercise. Now I use 2-finger when switch to and from C, and in many other situations. When switching to B7 from G, I find the 4-finger version easiest. And oddly, in many circumstances, the classic 3-finger grip is the most difficult on my wrist! Go figure.
Hope to see you around!
I like all the forms actually. I play the 2 finger mostly so that I can keep the the other fingers free to do embelishments for hammer ons and other melodic type sounds. But the the stuck ons are super cool sounding and the heavier sounding G chord has their place as well. Sounds good when you have some fuzz and overdrive but dont want to jump right on the barre chord yet. My suggestion is learn them all because they all chords have multiple ways to play them. As a beginner find the one that suits you best and play it and when you feel comfortable try some diffferent voicings.
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