Originally Posted by: billshan46[p]My main concern is changing from D to C, I find I am really cutting the D short most of the time to make sure I can get the C set. Is this normal?
It is for you Bill. 
Seriously. Jokes aside, I just tried it as I put my money where my mouth is and won't say something is easier than it is or achieveable if it isn't. Just grabbed my APX600 for a hands on to confirm it. Dmaj to Cmaj or the opposite, Cmaj to Dmaj open voicings easy peasy without requiring an early liftoff at moderate to quick tempo, so at this juncture it appears something to do with your technique Bill. Look at how you are forming the voicing, and if there's nothing errant with that, it's just more practice required to get you up to speed.
This is part of the learning curve. Try to analyse what it is in your fingering that is the cause, and what you can do to remedy it. I do this daily with everything I play.
That's the thing about these lessons. Assimilating the 'knowing what to do' comes a lot faster than the demonstrated doing competency. It's the repetition until rote mojo before moving on many struggle with. Look for ways to make it interesting.
