I started to do something like this with a metronome. Starting painfully slow (subjectively that’s about 60 bpm for me) then play either 1 bar or 1/2 bar per chord. Play for a few minutes at that speed until I nailed the changes on time with perfect sounding chords. Then bump the tempo up by 10 bpm. I’d increase speed until I couldn’t keep up or my metronome topped out, whichever came first. Really helpful to practice changes in a song I’m trying to learn at a tempo FASTER than the actual song.
Increasing the tempo by 10 beats per minute is quite a challenge I'd say. I get my students to increase the tempo by 4 bpm each time, it's a gentler way of reaching their limits...
@@guitargriff3490 Valid point. I guess the increments are somewhat subjective. When changing between more common chords I’ll go up by 10. For more complicated grips I’ll increase at a slower rate.
@@AntarikshRajkonwar I mean if you’re in 4/4 time play quarter notes on the beat with the same chord (1 2 3 4) or change chords so you’re playing say a C on beats 1 & 2 but a G on 3 & 4.
Hi, Justin. I just wanted to share a tip that has helped me switch between chords, specifically your favorite G shape to standard C with fourth finger on G and thumb muting the sixth string: I noticed that when moving from C to G my habit was to move my ring finger before my middle finger. I tried to break that habit by moving in slow-motion, moving my middle finger first, and after a few minutes those two fingers were beginning to move simultaneously. It was a small mental shift that introduced a new finger motion that should speed up the change eventually.
This is one of the best lesson videos I've seen on this channel. I know most of the open chords individually, those are quite easy, but quick, smooth and good sounding changes have always been a hang up of mine. I think this will help. You rock Justin!
So glad I saw this video pop up in my feed. This is exactly the procedure that I am currently following whilst I struggle to get good chord changes. So many people keep commenting on my channel that I should forget the way that they sound and just get to strumming songs. I've been tempted to go that route but I always come back to practising them slower so that I can listen to the notes and hear when the chord is bad. As I go I get quicker. I also found that just banging the chords out to get quick changes was resulting in bad muscle memory. My teacher agreed when we spoke about this and I am so glad that someone with a great reputation for teaching guitar on here has covered this topic.
I said the phrase 'practise makes perfect' once to a music teacher and they replied with 'practise makes permenant'! He had a point! If it's bad practise it's not going to help you.
Also, I think it helps to remind yourself of why you're practising a particular thing. Is it something you've got to master because your going to perform it at some time, for example..?
Justin, when I hear "One Minute Changes" I start panicking, sweating and shaking!! Joking of course. Have such a pain in my fingers tips, they have deep grooves every time I finish every session but I am still a happy bunny! Also thanks God The E chord has an anchor in common with the A and D........Happy finger tips pain everyone!
It doesn't matter how long it takes to change from 1 chord to another, just that each time you do it, you try and make the change quicker... How are your fingertips..?
Excellent lesson. Went to my first in person guitar lesson the other day. He had me switching chords which I could do but the switches were slow and did not sound great. So will follow this lesson to try and get perfect chords and perfect switching at the same time.
I'm practicing this way changing between C and G, but using the pinky on 1st string. Because I don't use the pinky much, it's been hard, but I can see some improvement after a couple of weeks.
I was getting good at playing basic basic chords and then i stopped playing for a year :( getting back to it now. I watched this video 2 yrs ago and it really really helped me! Thank you so much for all the lessons Justin! :))
Yes, slow and relaxed is always the best way to start, otherwise your muscle memory is messed up, like writing. Got stick control for drums, its from 1940 or so, and it Warns in the intro that when you tense up anywhere in the body you should relax.
I'm glad my pal, on the creek, recommended you. Of course, he yammers on about Justin, and has since I got my first guitar, in January Finally, after him going on and on, google must have been spying on him (he always has his internet on, while I don't), because when I got home and turned on yt, there you were, and it was the one lesson my friend actually wanted me to watch.. the great strumming lesson. It really did take my strumming to the next level. I'm almost an intermediate player, I think (I am joking.. I don't believe in the layers of learning.. we all learn as we do, if we put ourselves into it..) because of that strumming lesson, just a few days back. Now, my pal can stop going on and on about his love-affair with JustinGuitar. Yes, you taught him, "Norwegian Wood", and I am yet to hear it (I expect he wants to get it down, and/or he wants to add his own spice to it.) Hahaha! Marty still has my heart.., mainly because he makes me laugh as I learn, but, I'll make room. ((You do know i mostly wrote this long comment because I think my friend will see it, right?))
It's been a year since I've been picking at them strings. What I've come to notice is that. If you can't form the chords fast enough, you won't be able to switch between chords fast enough.
Get a timer, start it, form a chord. Take ur hand off the fret board and see how fast you can form that chord again, if you're still struggling to place ur fingers ur gonna struggle to switch.
Something I just can not get for the life of me is switching smoothly from open to Barre chords, such as A to Bminor It's driving me crazy. I'm starting to think I'm just not wired correctly for this lol
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@@justinguitar Thank you, this helps a lot! Another thing I'm doing is when practicing the chord I'm putting the ring finger first, now I'm almost placing all the finger at the same time. I think in a couple of weeks I'll make it.
My pinky always mute the 1st string when play the D chord, it's killing my transitions coz i have move it around or change angles even if i press right next to the fret
my issue still 2.5 years in is i can get there fast and clean without a strumming pattern so to speak, but add a strum pattern and it sounds awful i mean from a to bm and difficult chord transitions like that, tik tok keep arm moving but it sounds horrible if you don't get there as fast as your strumming hand i'm stuck at this point at times other times i'm ok, its becoming very frustrating
Wish I new this long time ago I fine do it .but you live and lern .Good video for people who want to lern swap chords . .for beginners .base it . Building tool .to how to lern.
@@guitargriff3490 I precisely am referring to the intonation. The tuning is fine. My acoustic guitar needs to go to a shop and have some work done. Something is terribly wrong. It can be tuned and play open notes fine, but the second I press on the fret board, “play a chord” I can hear that something is not right. It needs some professional TLC.
In a Word, If You are Impatient? You will never be a musician. SLOW is ur friend. You may learn to play something. But it will always be Bad, sound poor, be sloppy, etc. FAST is the GOAL, Not the PROCESS. The only way to get fast is to go slow. 40 bpm or even slower, If THAT'S what it takes. If ur Fast in a Hurry to get somewhere n have No Patience? Ur wasting ur time trying to Be a musician. Sry.
