How are the newbies doing with chord changes?

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie and Ive been on this site since May. Just tonight I started working on the C and D chord changes. I've been following the progression and although I'm not where I'd like to be. When I step outside of myself I have made some stellar progress from knowing absolutely nothing in May to where I am at now. I'm no where near great, but I'm bumbling along.

I was just wondering how everyone else at my level is doing. My chord changes are far from fluid, but I'm coming a long. How are you all doing?

Originally Posted by: EdsYamaha1967Hello everyone, I'm a newbie and Ive been on this site since May. Just tonight I started working on the C and D chord changes. I've been following the progression and although I'm not where I'd like to be. When I step outside of myself I have made some stellar progress from knowing absolutely nothing in May to where I am at now. I'm no where near great, but I'm bumbling along.

I was just wondering how everyone else at my level is doing. My chord changes are far from fluid, but I'm coming a long. How are you all doing?

Targeting one specific change at a time is the right approach. I remember it took me forever to get anything with F# or C#minor. Blah.

Good luck man. Keep up the solid work.

Thank you!!

Hey I to started out a newbie,I'm now at 3 years an continue to learn. I had to take time off from being in the hospital,a couple of months. I'am back at it, an loving it. It really does take alot of work, time an practice. Lisa McCormick's teaching are amazing,check her out. Don't know where your headed but your certainly on the right site to learn if you want to . Since progressing I'm going into other teachers sites. It simply gets better an HARDER but it's all worth it. Good luck an practice is the key. lindap

Not at all a newbie but one of the first songs I learned was Rush' Fly By Night which has a kind of easy chord change with a nice (but not easy for a beginner) descending arpeggio.

The point was that I practiced that opening section a thousand time in a row. When I'm rusty, I still noodle on it a bit because it still show how rusty I can get with that arpeggio.

Find a few chord changes and just do them over and over again: C, D, A then G, D, A then E, A, C and so on....

Not that you have to these actual patterns but I did a bit of that when I started. Chord changes seemed to be kinda naturally for me when I knew the chords and that's kinda the point: You want to get used to your fingers landing at a certain location.

Make up little patterns and hammer them over and over, then vary the theme.

It's funny, one of these little chord changes I used to mess with when I started is still the first couple of chords I do when I pick up a new guitar to try out or what I strum after I tune: (open) G, D, A...and maybe an E for fun.

My cousin is picking up the guitar. She just reached out to me in frustration about changing in and out of the D chord. Sounds like you got over that initial difficult phase. Keep up the good work.

I am going to show her this so she sees it is a common struggle, but one that can be overcome.

Thanks!

Jon