Hey & welcome to GT!
Originally Posted by: skele-pop
I practice daily and know the most common chords but changing one to another can often slow me down especially with the G chord.
Consistency & repetitious practice is the only way to improve your guitar playing. So, it's good that you make time to practice every day!
Chord changes are something we all struggle with as beginner guitar players. I've seen this strategy help some beginners practice more efficiently. Essentially you want to break the task into 2 separate parts: left hand, then right.
First just put your fingers in place for the G chord. Strum it once. Then switch to another chord (any chord that isn't the G!). Again strum it once. Switch back to the G chord, strum it once.
Just focus on getting one chord placed & one strum. Don't worry about strumming it in time. Do that for a while during your practice routine.
Now let's add in the strumming hand & put those chords together in time! At first it will be clumsy, but you need to try to play the G chord once then count evenly 2, 3, 4. Use that time to switch to another chord, play it once then count 2, 3, 4. Switch back to G & repeat!
The idea here is to slowly work up to playing the G chord in time with other chords.
If you keep attacking the problem from 2 different fronts, then eventually you&'ll see improvement! Hope this helps! Keep practicing! ZZSmilieZZ
Christopher Schlegel
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