Hello,

I'm 42 years old guy who started learning to play guitar in January 2019. Never played any musical instrument before (I don't count primary school's horrible flute/recorder lessons).

I'm playing an electric guitar and have no interest in acoustic. Interested in rock(60's to more modern) and perhaps metal(some time later). Though my wife would like me to be able to play some kid's songs to my 4 year old boy and under 1 year old girl. :)

I've been doing Lisa's basics for few months now and did play along "Begin again" and "Cross the Line". Really painful. I've not been able to switch perfectly from one chord to another at the speed of the play along. If I strum all the strings of the chord instead of the first + the rest, then I'm doing it perfectly.

Is it a real problem if I can't nail down the chord changes at the speed of the play alongs at first?

Any suggestions how to continue to learn to switch chords faster?

I've been still practicing them and going forware a little, and probably will go forward again and continue practicing all chord changes.