The first thing to focus on is how to create Pressure. One of the principal reasons beginners don't make great progress is because they practice guitar in a lazy way and without any specific goal in mind. They do not put any pressure on themselves and as a consequence their rate of improvement is slowed or even nonexistent.
This next secret is very easy to do and also very effective.Let’s say you are strumming a 4/4 rhythm on the chord G and you just can’t seem to change to the chord C without missing the first beat. Here’s what to do.* Hold the chord G and strum the first three beats.* Lift your hand on the fourth beat and at the same time strum the open strings as you move to the chord C.* Strum C on the first beat, second beat, and third beat.* On the fourth beat lift your hand and at the same time strum the open strings as you move back to the G chord and time for the first beat.* Continue on in this manner while gradually increasing your speed (tempo).
The next is so simple and will help you when practicing. As you know we have a basic set of 10 open chords which give us an excellent foundation for playing a great many songs. Currently you may be very good at changing only between certain pairs of those chords such as E minor to G or C to A minor. Ideally what we want to achieve the same level of fluency between all 10 chords.A good way to begin is by selecting one chord, for example G, and make a list where you are paring that G chord with every other chord available. It would look like this.
G – Dm
G – Em
G – F
G – Am
G – Bm
G – D
G – A
G – E
You may have notice about the list I have created above. Firstly, my focus is squarely upon a G chord and I am relating every other chord in the set to that specific G major chord. In a future practice session you may choose to focus on any other chord and match it against all the others in the exact same fashion.
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