Originally Posted by: jhaythorne91[p]I'm hoping someone would maybe have some advice or training tips for a good routine in chord changes and also tips for training my fingers to press the strings at the same time instead of one at a time.
There's an segment within one of Lisa's lessons with focuses upon simultaneous landing of chord forming fingers. That said, the important things to remember when forming chords are (i) anchor finger, and (ii) play root note first. If you don't know what they are or why yet, keep patiently progressing with Fundamentals One.
Practise frequently. Practise forming chords. As soon as have three or four chords, e.g. A,D,E, or G, Em, C, D or C, Am, F, G which you can form from recall consistently, then focus upon chord changes. Once you can perform them to a similar standard, attempt playing songs until you can do so with musicality. With either of those last two chord combinations and permutations thereof you can play thousands of popular songs.
Time. There is no magic button, cheat or secret shortcut. Learning everything guitar just takes time. Have realistic expectations as to the repeticious personal effort (there's a pseudonym for 'that' practise word again) required and time frame it will take to achieve the necessary competence and confidence.
[br]Another member here at Guitar Tricks john of MT has a Chet Atkins quotation appended as the signature line of his forum ID. I agree with it wholeheartedly.
"It takes a lot of devotion and work, or maybe I should say play, because if you love it, that's what it amounts to. I haven't found any shortcuts, and I've been looking for a long time."[br]-- Chet Atkins