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One common question that is asked by many beginning guitar players
is "how can I learn to switch between different chords quickly"?
There are a few reasons why guitarists have trouble switching
between chords, and we will take a look at some of them in this
lesson.
Placing
all of your fingers down at the same time
Especially when learning a new chord, the tendency is to put
one finger down at a time. This is fine at first, but soon enough
you will find that it slows you down drastically. It is important
to work on placing all of your fingers on a chord at the same
time. Here is an exercise to help you learn how to do this.
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1. Place all of your fingers down on a chord that you have
chosen to work on. I have picked C for these examples. You
might have to put your fingers down one at a time at first.
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2. Very slowly lift your fingers off of the strings. As
you do, try to hold your fingers in the shape of the chord.
Do not lift more than a centimeter away from the strings
at first. Try to watch those stray fingers that do not want
to obey your wishes.
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the strings that they just came from. Try to make all of your
fingers touch the strings at the same time. |
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Watch
this video of the exercise
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As you become more comfortable with the above technique, try
to lift your fingers further away from the strings each time.
Also try to increase the speed that you lift up and put down your
fingers.
Page 2, switching between two
different chords on the guitar 
Changing between guitar chords
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