The D and C chord feel almost impossible to play any tips?
The D and C chord feel almost impossible to play any tips?
# 1
finger stretches as above.
It's the finger shapes your learning so you will find them easier up the neck towards the pick ups.
Find an area where you can make the stretches in to the chord shapes you struggle with.
As you improve move slowly back down the neck until you are able to make the correct shapes in the correct positions.
This applies to any of the stretch moves you might come across. Always easier up the neck where the frets are a little closer.
Dave
# 3
Spend 5 or 10 minutesevery day practicing changing from C to D and back, don't strum just change C,D,C,D continuously for at least 5 minutes, take your time at first and make sure all the right strings are ringing then slowly speed up over the days, you should see good improvement after a few days of this.
# 4
Chiming in as a fellow beginner who is slightly over the same hurdle. Probably the biggest factor that keeps me going (and keeps this journey fun) is when something I've been trying to learn seemingly snaps into place.
That is, reiterating what others have said above, I keep practicing and trying to make it work, then one day I sit down and it just works. Obviously it's not magic, just persistence and patience and, IMHO, not 'watching water boil' because that will make it seem like you're not getting anywhere. Keep practicing and have faith that your brain and your muscle memory are processing everything when you're NOT practicing.
It's $#$&ing amazing when you pick up your guitar for another practice session and your fingers just do it. As soon as you remove your expectation that it should happen is usually when it does. Good luck!
# 5
