You need to stop looking at the fretborad and practice finger placement without looking. Be patient, I promise, your fingers will memorize how to get there by themselves. Just takes time to form the dendrites for the mechanical memory.
@@mirceaflorescuy ohh great let's us pray I do teaching children music but I don't have guitars , I would like to connect and tell you more there is any way where we can? If you don't mind
Just sit with your guitar in your hand while you're watching tv and practice switching from chord to chord with your left hand. You don't even need to strum just practice transitioning while you're watching something and the speed will come. It's all about doing it properly first! You got this!
A total beginner doesn't need to sit and change chords without strumming. Muscle memory will be taking place while muting strings because improper finger placement. Always arpeggiate through the strings to define proper finger placement.
"The key is to just show up and do it." This is it, as long as you're practicing you will eventually get there, it just takes time. It gets frustrating when you want to play like all the guys on TH-cam but you have to get the fundamentals down before you can sprint!
I’m a beginner/intermediate(maybe) and also self taught! Best tip I learned to be fluid with chord changing is to use a G chord for example. Go from G to A over and over until it feels natural and you don’t have to look. Make sure each not rings out properly. Then go from A To D and so on.. it really helps you understand the fluid movement. Once you get chord changing down, try to just strum in a pattern of some kind and then just switch chords fluidly
One way I try to move to the C chord (Not the most conventional way but works for some people) is by practicing the transition from Em to C, where we pivot of the middle finger. Then once that is pretty comfortable, it can make it easy to go from G, D or other chords to C, where we land the middle finger first and then go to the shape.
Don't get frustrated. And just know your gonna get there. For a true beginner it might take 2 years to get down 10 of the most used chords. And be able to change fluently between each other. Also, understanding strumming and dynamics. Along with counting out the rythum while playing and singing. Not to rush you. But learn note values. Whole Note, Half Notes, Quarter Notes, 8th Notes and 16th Notes..
@liberalsrmentallyflawed3611 😂😂😂 good to know! I want to see what i can do in 4 months! That's my time frame! I understand that to truly master it it takes a lot of time! Thank you!
@@mirceaflorescuy I tried to learn violin at school when I was 10 or 11, they gave me a violin for right-handed people, I am left-handed - my progress was very slow, I didn't enjoy it and stopped not long after. A couple of years later I started teaching myself to play guitar using a left-handed guitar, my progress was much better, I'm 56 now still playing every day. I just wondered if maybe you were left-handed and playing right-handed guitar.
@Garstonk 😂😂 i am right-handed, i know the progress seems slow, and it looks like some time i don't enjoy it, but i do! I won't stop until i'm able to play!
I am ahead of you by a couple of months. All the online teachers say "only 10/15 minutes per day" but really I think they only say that to make you pick up that guitar. I certainly rarely put the guitar back down before an hour! You are doing great - I hope you are enjoying yourself! Also, you are talking more than you are practicing, so that isn't helpful for your progress. But I admire your stick-to-it-iveness!
@bronwenhook6088 Well, the idea behind this is to prove that you can learn anything with minimum effort (14min/day within 4 months). You can learn anything! Secondly, i have to talk 😂😂😂 i have to tell what one goes through during this whole time! Thank you for your support!
You need to stop looking at the fretborad and practice finger placement without looking. Be patient, I promise, your fingers will memorize how to get there by themselves. Just takes time to form the dendrites for the mechanical memory.
@nativestrong7253 ok, i will do that, definitely!!
Hello thanks for sharing watching from Africa
@thierrymunseugandachildren802 thank you for your support!
@@mirceaflorescuy you're so welcome have you ever visited in Africa? Where do you come from? I see you love music
@@thierrymunseugandachildren802 never visited! But i think i will one day!
@@mirceaflorescuy ohh great let's us pray I do teaching children music but I don't have guitars , I would like to connect and tell you more there is any way where we can? If you don't mind
Just sit with your guitar in your hand while you're watching tv and practice switching from chord to chord with your left hand. You don't even need to strum just practice transitioning while you're watching something and the speed will come. It's all about doing it properly first! You got this!
@FatGuyWithALittleGuitar thank you for the suggestion. It sounds good! And thank you for your support!
A total beginner doesn't need to sit and change chords without strumming. Muscle memory will be taking place while muting strings because improper finger placement. Always arpeggiate through the strings to define proper finger placement.
@@liberalsrmentallyflawed3611 thank you, that makes sense!
"The key is to just show up and do it." This is it, as long as you're practicing you will eventually get there, it just takes time. It gets frustrating when you want to play like all the guys on TH-cam but you have to get the fundamentals down before you can sprint!
@@FatGuyWithALittleGuitar yessss, the key to everything, at first you suck , then with time and patience everything changes!
Keep going. Eventually it will all fall into place.
@ecologicmedia i don't doubt the process! I'm afraid that i have nothing to show after 4 months! 😁
@@mirceaflorescuy Gaining muscle memory on the G, C and D chords took me more than a year. Persevere and you will get there.
@ecologicmedia thank you. Good to know! 🙂
I’m a beginner/intermediate(maybe) and also self taught! Best tip I learned to be fluid with chord changing is to use a G chord for example. Go from G to A over and over until it feels natural and you don’t have to look. Make sure each not rings out properly. Then go from A To D and so on.. it really helps you understand the fluid movement.
Once you get chord changing down, try to just strum in a pattern of some kind and then just switch chords fluidly
@TreeShark that's the way, i know! I'm just learning the basics, and i know it takes a bit of practice until fluidity comes easy! Thank you!
One way I try to move to the C chord (Not the most conventional way but works for some people) is by practicing the transition from Em to C, where we pivot of the middle finger. Then once that is pretty comfortable, it can make it easy to go from G, D or other chords to C, where we land the middle finger first and then go to the shape.
@swaggerjackish good to know! Thank you for the suggestion!
Don't get frustrated. And just know your gonna get there. For a true beginner it might take 2 years to get down 10 of the most used chords. And be able to change fluently between each other. Also, understanding strumming and dynamics. Along with counting out the rythum while playing and singing. Not to rush you. But learn note values. Whole Note, Half Notes, Quarter Notes, 8th Notes and 16th Notes..
@liberalsrmentallyflawed3611 😂😂😂 good to know! I want to see what i can do in 4 months! That's my time frame! I understand that to truly master it it takes a lot of time! Thank you!
Are you naturally right-handed?
@Garstonk i am really curious why you asked me this question! Yes, i am right-handed!
@@mirceaflorescuy I tried to learn violin at school when I was 10 or 11, they gave me a violin for right-handed people, I am left-handed - my progress was very slow, I didn't enjoy it and stopped not long after. A couple of years later I started teaching myself to play guitar using a left-handed guitar, my progress was much better, I'm 56 now still playing every day. I just wondered if maybe you were left-handed and playing right-handed guitar.
@Garstonk 😂😂 i am right-handed, i know the progress seems slow, and it looks like some time i don't enjoy it, but i do! I won't stop until i'm able to play!
I am ahead of you by a couple of months. All the online teachers say "only 10/15 minutes per day" but really I think they only say that to make you pick up that guitar. I certainly rarely put the guitar back down before an hour! You are doing great - I hope you are enjoying yourself! Also, you are talking more than you are practicing, so that isn't helpful for your progress. But I admire your stick-to-it-iveness!
@bronwenhook6088 Well, the idea behind this is to prove that you can learn anything with minimum effort (14min/day within 4 months). You can learn anything! Secondly, i have to talk 😂😂😂 i have to tell what one goes through during this whole time! Thank you for your support!