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Keep your right hand in-charge
when strumming guitar chords
The next common block to switching chords quickly, is a mental
one. Often, beginning guitar players want to make sure everything
is perfect before they will strum a chord. Sometimes you have
to make a leap of faith that you will make it to the next chord.
If you do make a mistake, or put your finger on the wrong string,
don't stop. Keep going, and fix any problems with the chord as
you are playing. Perfectionists can not stand doing this. But
if you have to check and double check every chord that you are
playing in a song, it will never sound like a song.
Be sure to check out the following lessons for more information
on strumming.
chord
strumming 101
4/4 accompaniment
strum patterns
Listen to the 2 examples below. They are both the same chord
progression. In the first one, I am going to stop and double check
my fingering, and then continue strumming. In the 2nd example,
I am going to make mistakes on each chord (on purpose). I am not
going to stop; I am going to fix those problems as I am playing.
You be the judge as to which one sounds more like a song.
You will get more accurate with your chords the more you play.
If any particular chords or chord combinations are giving you
trouble, by all means stop and work on them. But when it is time
to play a song, do the best you can, and keep going.
When strumming a song, I always tell my students that your right
hand (strumming hand) should be in-charge. If your left hand is
in control, then it will stop, make sure everything is perfect,
and then tell the right hand it can continue. If the right hand
is in-charge, it will keep moving and not give the left hand time
to stop and smell the roses. The left hand will learn very quickly
to keep up, if the right hand is in-charge.
 Page 2, switching between two different chords
Page 1, placing all of your fingers down at the same time
Changing between guitar chords
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