Hey and welcome to GT! Glad you are enjoying the lessons.

Originally Posted by: jhaythorne91

I'm hoping someone would maybe have some advice or training tips for a routine in chord changes and also training my fingers to press the strings at the same time instead of one at a time.

That's mostly a matter of repetitious practice. You have to put in enough time that it becomes second nature, your hands & brain will automate the process. So instead of struggling with one finger at a time, thinking, "Put this finger here, don't mute that other string, keep this finger here, hey, keep the other finger where it's supposed to be", with enough repeitition you are thinking, "A minor chord" & your hands & brain take care of the details! It's referred to as muscle memory. You have build the neural pathways & train you hands to get used to the process.

Be patient with yourself! :)

Regarding the specific problem of chord changes, it can help to just focus on the problem area.

Play one chord, for example the A minor chord, make sure it rings clearly. Then switch to the E minor chord, make sure it rings clearly. Repeat!

But just strum each chord once. Don't worry about getting into a strumming pattern until you can get from one chord to the next cleanly. Just focus on making the change. Finger chord, strum once, change to next chord, strum once, back to first chord, repeat. The only reason you want to include the strum at all is just to make sure you are fingering the chord cleanly.

Hope that helps! Best of success.